Hi Elliot, Always important to take care of Mom, but hadn't she died at this point in time?
Best, Loren elliot noss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > the #1 filter here is, IMHO, the kitchen table test. how would you want > your mom's service provider to treat her? > > sorry for being brief, but I am just back from vacation and am digging > out. please dig in at length. > > Regards > > Chuck Hatcher wrote: > > >>Loren Stocker wrote: > >> > >>... > >>However, I'm troubled by one thing: can't the Registrant just sell the > >>domain > >>at anytime DURING the years they have it? Why cut them in at the end?.... > >>unless this these domain never go to the pool;) > >>... > > > > > > If you accept the notion that the only fair way to determine who should get > > an expired domain name next is to make them pay something near its fair > > market value, then who gets the money? The answer depends on who you ask. > > > > One line of reasoning is to treat expired domain names like tax-delinquent > > real estate. Generally when real estate is sold at auction in a foreclosure > > situation, once the taxes or loans plus interest, fees, and expenses are > > paid, the former owner gets any money that's left. > > > > Verisign's plan for expired domain names would result in Verisign reaping > > most of the profit. Pool's plan results in Pool and their registrar > > partners sharing the profits. Some might say the money should go to a fund > > to feed hungry children. It's easy to find fault with all these plans, but > > what would you do? (And please don't say you like it just the way it is! We > > are spawning new registrars by the hundreds, most of which have no intention > > of providing registration services.) > > > -- > Elliot Noss > Tucows Inc. > 416-538-5494 > enoss.blogware.com >
