Pete - considering that this is such a heavy Rant - I think it really might have been MORE Appropriate in [OT] instead of [NF]. I know its technology related (with regards to Domain registry) - but still...
I personally use GoDaddy. And, I know there is a good number of people in the group here that use it - and have suggested others use it. Its true - that they tend to try and cross-sell you all the time. I got .com domains - and they love to push others on me - like .net and .info and such. And, in reality - I think that is just STANDARD Business practice. Just a company trying to make money - and that's why they are in business. Also - I haven't had any problems with the automatic renewal stuff. When one of my domains comes up for renewal - they try to push me to act earlier - and take them up on other offers. But, I just let the time slide by - and, instead of getting anything extra - it just automatically renews my domain. Plain & simple... Anyway - enough said... -K- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 8:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NF] Bob Parsons used to be a nice guy Hi Everybody, Back in the days when he was traveling around to user groups and hawking his software such as "Money Counts" in person Bob Parsons used to be a nice guy. I can not recommend his damned Go Daddy as he has gotten WAY-THE-HELL too big for his britches. I have one domain name registered with his damned Go Daddy registry. He isn't satisfied with that, he wants to trick his customers into buying more. Credit cards routinely renew. Both Visa and Master Card also have some sort of update for automatic payments, which worked just fine and dandy on my phone bill. Go Daddy, however, insists you to do your "automatic" renewal the hard way whether your card has recently renewed or not. Last year, when my card had *not* been due for renewal, they still jacked me around and made me log in. You have to go through pages and pages of deceptively designed "special offers" where it is quite difficult to avoid buying other stuff that you don't need, which is the whole point of the automatic renewal "not working" - and of course, somehow remember a password you use once a year. So, if you want to be jacked around, scammed and f*ucked over, try Go Daddy. Otherwise, use some other registry. That said, yahoo is even worse. Fraud on the Internet is still fraud. -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a1409df1...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
