[PLUG] Anybody heard of this: A WARNING TO OUR CUSTOMERS ?

[Nathan Meyers]

On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 01:54:28PM -0800, Zoltar the Magnificent wrote:
> 
> Got this from GoDaddy.com, the registrar for my domain.  Anybody heard anything
> about this?  I know there've been a few discussions about evil registrars, but
> this seems beyond the pale.
> 
> 
>  
> 
> Please be aware that Verisign, Inc. (formerly Network Solutions) is sending via
> the US Mail, what we believe to be deceptive and predatory domain expiration
> notices.  
> 
> The purpose behind these notices is to get the unsuspecting customer to
> transfer to and renew their domain name(s) with Verisign Inc. at significantly
> higher prices.

Very strange. Affordablehost.com sent some similar warnings about a
similar practice - but the offender wasn't NSI, it was some registrar
I'd never heard of.

Nathan