And that is the right policy. I've only seen the missing year happen on transfers away from NSI, and only when the domain has been renewed and then transfered away during the autorenew period. A chargeback against NSI usually ensues, since they don't give the client a refund in this case.
Doug. Quoting Charles Daminato <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Chris, > > Tucows policy is to not refund this fee. We have stated previously (on > a > couple occasions) that we will allow a registrant's expired name to be > taken > off hold for a transfer. > > Charles Daminato > OpenSRS Product Manager > Tucows Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Chris Scott > > Sent: June 7, 2002 12:12 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [registrar-announce] Posting of Registrar Advisory > > Concerning Registration Transfers Within the Auto-Renew Grace Period > > > > > > Hi Ross, > > > > Will Tucows refund the renewal fee to our RSP accounts if a transfer > away > > occurs w/in the 45 day period after the auto-renew? If so, will we > be > > notified that this was the case so we can issue a refund to the > > registrant? > > > > Thanks, > > Chris Scott > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ross Wm. Rader > > > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 11:02 AM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Fw: [registrar-announce] Posting of Registrar Advisory > > > Concerning Registration Transfers Within the Auto-Renew Grace > Period > > > > > > > > > Important reading... > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "ICANN Registrar Announcement List" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 11:55 PM > > > Subject: [registrar-announce] Posting of Registrar Advisory > Concerning > > > Registration Transfers Within the Auto-Renew Grace Period > > > > > > > > > > Registrars, > > > > > > > > Please note that ICANN has posted a "Registrar Advisory > Concerning > > > > Registration Transfers Within the Auto-Renew Grace Period." > > > > > > > > The advisory explains why domains that are transferred within 45 > days > > > > after their renewal date will most often be extended by one year, > not > > > > two years as might be expected. (This effect may be obvious or > > > > well-known to many registrars, but it has been the source of some > > > > questions.) > > > > > > > > The full text of the advisory is available at > > > > <http://www.icann.org/announcements/advisory-06jun02.htm>. > > > > > > > > Thank you for your attention. Please feel free to contact me if > you > > > > have any questions, or if I can be of any other assistance. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Dan Halloran > > > > Chief Registrar Liaison > > > > ICANN > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 1-310-301-5822 > > > > > > > > > > > ======================================================================== > > > > You are receiving this message because your e-mail address is > > in ICANN's > > > > database. If the e-mail address is incorrect, please send an > > e-mail to > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> explaining the situation. > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
