Sorry, Michael, I'm not with you. What do you mean by a procurement price of around $30,000?
Cheers, Chris Disspain CEO - auDA [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.auda.org.au > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Michael McGoogan > Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 14:33 > To: .au DNS Discussion List > Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd > > They must be good domains; I mean at a procurement price of around > $30,000 per domain...I hope they come with a free pen. > > > > -- > Thanks, > Michael McGoogan > > Managing Director > AussieHQ Pty Ltd > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris Disspain > Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 1:48 PM > To: '.au DNS Discussion List' > Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd > > Hmmmmm...since launch last Tuesday 13 applications from communities and > rising..... > > > when it collapses (as it inevitably will,).... > > Well, of course, you'd know best..... > > Chris Disspain > CEO - auDA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.auda.org.au > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Kirk Fletcher > > Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 10:17 > > To: .au DNS Discussion List > > Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd > > > > > > > I can understand $65/$99 for it, the $550 fee charged by > > > auDA*cough*aucd.org*cough* how ever, is blatent false advertising, > > > and misleading. > > > > Not really... the $550 actually goes to the community domains mob... > > the registrar does indeed only get their little fee on top. It's > insanely > > ridiculous, but that's the way it works. I'm sure I could have > thought > > of much more interesting ways to blow a million dollars that to create > > this miserable organisation. > > > > Aside from that, if a customer goes to one of these registrars and > asks > > about community domains, they are fully expected to "pass their client > > on", and then hope that after they've been approved, they come back. > > Obviously, any registrar with a brain will instead encourage them to > > buy something else. Something that is cheaper to the registrant, more > > recognisable to visitors, and more profitable to registrars (ie, ANY > > OTHER domain type!) > > > > I cannot believe anyone would want one of these domains - and am > > even more surprised that any registrar bothered supporting them... I > > just hope that when it collapses (as it inevitably will,) that they > don't > > expect further auDA funding. > > > > > Cheers, > > Kirk > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > --- > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
