I too believe NetRegistry's fees are incredibly excessive in this circumstance.
I'd be interested to know your findings as to a registrar with better transfer fees. Cheers On 1/2/07, Michael Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Tony, There is plenty of registrar's out there who do not charge for Tranfser's and will equal out a lot cheaper when its renewal time all it takes is a simple google search J ------------------------------ *From:* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *Tony Owen *Sent:* Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:36 PM *To:* .au DNS Discussion List *Subject:* Re: [DNS] Transfer of Domains I do abide by the rules, which is why I posted a question on this forum (to find out what the rules are) I have no problem paying a transfer fee, but have a look at http://www.whatsinaname.com.au and checkout Melbourne IT's markup ... I am not a customer of Melbourne IT, so I am not trying to avoid paying a bill .. I am trying to: a) avoid having a domain registered with them. b) not paying an excessive charge. I consider what I am doing 'good business' Cheers Tony ----- Original Message ----- *From:* Tony Paterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *To:* '.au DNS Discussion List' <[email protected]> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 02, 2007 6:23 PM *Subject:* Re: [DNS] Transfer of Domains Tony I would suggest that you abide by the rules and pay the necessary charges and let your financials reflect the expense Business is business I can never understand people trying to aviod expenses Reducing them yes avoiding them no How would you like it if your customers looked to avoid paying you Productivity that's the key- it's not so much the costs it how much can your business earn Evaluate the cost and return and if the make or break is $399 then I would reevealute the whole transaction J Happy new year Cmon.com.au Pty Ltd <http://www.directoryaustralia.com> Uniting Australian Business <http://www.directoryaustralia.com> Dial up from $9.75 and ADSL broadband from $29.95 see site for details Anthony "Tony" Paterson C.E.O Alliance Partners www.DirectoryAustralia.com www.Accommodation.com.au www.Cars.com.au www.Classifieds.com.au [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.cmon.com.au <http://www.e-info.com.au> +61 3 59897691 *Add me to your address book...*<https://www.plaxo.com/add_me?u=4294984119&v0=41913&k0=1320342749> *Want a signature like this?* <http://www.plaxo.com/signature> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Owen Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2007 4:56 PM To: .au DNS Discussion List Subject: Re: [DNS] Transfer of Domains > I'm assuming you mean transfer of registrant, and without wanting to start > a > reverse auction on this list... Thanks for the reply, Actually I am just buying a business that owns a domain name ... I have just been told by Melbourne IT that as it no longer has the same abn as it did for the previous owner, I am up for a transfer fee. Cheers Tony --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ ------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/
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