Pseudo-renewal-notice from OpenSRS Reseller (Supralink)

[Winston Neutel]

Another helpful notice encouraging me to "renew" a name with an
organization which is not the domain's current registration service
provider, or else the domain name might be lost (attached).

This time it's from an OpenSRS reseller, Supralink
<http://www.coolwhois.com/?d=supralink.net>

Has anyone else received one from them? The prices are in Canadian
dollars so perhaps it's targeted at Canadians only.

You'd think that when they compile their database from the whois
info, they'd at least drop the records where expiring domain is also
found in the reseller section of the whois results. :-)

The e-mail does use the word "transfer" to describe the transaction
on two occasions but doesn't make clear the distinction between
renewing and transfering, and warns of the the consequences of
failing to act in a way that seems to me to suggest that transfering
is the only way to keep the domain active. The web form refers only
to renewal, with no explanation about transfering the name.

Whoops. You can submit the web form without filling in the payment
information and get a success message. I wonder how that will turn
out.

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Title: Domain Name Expiration Notice

>>> broken.ca >>> Domain Name Expiration Notice As a courtesy to domain name holders, we are sending you this notification of the domain name that is due to expire soon. When you renew today with SupraLink Solutions, you can take advantage of our best prices. Your registration for broken.ca will expire on 1-12-2003. Take action today! You must renew your domain name to maintain your exclusive rights on the web. Now is the time to transfer your name from your current Registrar to SupraLink Solutions and renew it with us. Failure to renew your domain name by this expiration date (1-12-2003) may result in a loss of your online identity making it difficult for your customers to locate you on the web. Privatization of domain name registrations and renewals, now allows the consumer the choice of Registrars when initially registering and also when renewing a domain name. Domain name holders are not required to renew their domain name with their current Registrar. Review our prices and decide for yourself. You are under no obligation to renew your domain name with us, unless you accept this offer. Click here to transfer and renew your domain name online or call our Customer Service Department at 514.735.8989.   Renewal   Domain name   Period covered Price in CA $     1 year   2 years – Recommended   5 years – Best value   10 years – Huge saving   broken.ca   broken.ca   broken.ca   broken.ca   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2004   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2008   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2013 $26.00    $49.00    $110.00    $200.00    The following names might be available for you to register. Secure and protect your domain name from being duplicated by your competitor.   Period  Other available domain names   Period covered Price in CA $     2 years   2 years   2 years   2 years   2 years   broken.com   broken.net   broken.org   broken.biz   broken.info    From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005   From 1-12-2003 to 1-12-2005 $37.00    $37.00    $37.00    $40.00    $40.00    Compare us to other registrars; you will see why do thousands of businesses switch to SupraLink monthly.   Registrar   Extension Price in CA $     Extension Price in CA $      SupraLink Solutions   Verisign – Network Solutions   Register.com   MelbourneIT – INWW   NamesDirect   eNom   Webnames   Domain Registry of Canada   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org   .com/.net/.org $20.00/year   $47/year   $47/year   $47/year   $40/year   $40/year   $47/year   $39/year     .ca   .ca   .ca   .ca   .ca   .ca   .ca   .ca $26.00/year    Not available    $67/year    Not available    Not available    $54/year    $50/year    $40/year    SupraLink Solutions    4036 Cote-Vertu Boulevard    Saint-Laurent, Quebec    Canada H4R 1V4       Telephone: 514.735.8989    Fax: 514.345.0123    Web Site: www.supralink.com    Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]   Our goal is to inform you, not disturb you; therefore if you receive this email in error or do not wish to receive any further emails, please visit us at www.supralink.com/dnremove.asp. Your request will be processed within 10 days. Your domain name: broken.ca, your email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] and your notice number: 19579

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