Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-20 Thread Mike Mueller
On Friday 19 September 2003 19:29, Pigeon wrote: On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 03:56:03PM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote: If the fee is a result of the domain name expiring and this is a special reinstatement fee, then it seems usary to me. pedant Usury means interest. Perhaps extortion? /pedant

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-19 Thread Kirk Strauser
At 2003-09-19T05:25:43Z, Paul Mackinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 2. Once my domain is registered again, can it be transfered to a different registrar without a loss of service. Recommendations? I'd like to go with a business that thinks you should make a second attempt to contact someone if

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-19 Thread Mike Mueller
On Friday 19 September 2003 01:25, Paul Mackinney wrote: My domain name registrar, Names4Ever.com, burned me be invoicing me at a stale email address, failing to contact me by phone or postal service, and canceling my domain name when I didn't renew. Now they tell me that to reinstate it I

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-19 Thread Pigeon
On Fri, Sep 19, 2003 at 03:56:03PM -0400, Mike Mueller wrote: If the fee is a result of the domain name expiring and this is a special reinstatement fee, then it seems usary to me. pedant Usury means interest. Perhaps extortion? /pedant ot-trivia In days gone by English businessmen took

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-19 Thread Alvin Oga
hiya small claims court is your best bet ... - read the fine print ( usually 3-20 pages of fine print ) about who owns the domain even if you paid the $10-$35/yr a bigger fish would be to file a class action suit against, verisign, networksolutions, hp or whomever they

Re: OT: Burned by domain name registrar for $150, suggestions?

2003-09-18 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Sep 18, 2003 at 10:25:43PM -0700, Paul Mackinney wrote: 1. Do I have any recourse agains Names4Ever, other than writing them nasty letters? They're based in San Diego, CA, also known as APlus.Net. The option of contacting ICANN and the FTC springs to mind. You can always sue in