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

Ben Efros Ben at Efros.com
Sat Mar 23 23:23:07 UTC 2002


I received a copy of this email myself, because of a domain I registered 
for someone .... wow, I hate NetSol even more :)

At 01:54 PM 3/23/2002 -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.
>
>The domain expiration notices are designed so that it is not obvious that the
>notices are from Verisign, Inc. as opposed to Go Daddy Software. To see a copy
>of one of these deceptive expiration notices, please go to the following URL:
>http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/private_vsrn.asp?display=letter.
>
>Those customers who fall prey to the Verisign, Inc. scheme will have their
>domain name(s) renewed at a price more than 3 times higher than would be the
>case if they renewed with Go Daddy Software.
>
>For a .com, .net or .org domain name renewal, the victimized customer 
>would pay
>$29.00 to Verisign, Inc. instead of the $8.95 charged by Go Daddy Software.
>
>Those customers who fall prey to this scheme, will not receive any better
>service or value.  They will however be tricked out of $20.05 per domain name.
>
>Renewal notices from Go Daddy Software are sent via email, and always mention
>the Go Daddy name.  You can be sure that any communications you receive
>concerning your domain name that do not explicitly and obviously display 
>the Go
>Daddy name are not from Go Daddy Software.
>
>If you believe, as we do, that this practice of Verisign Inc. is misleading,
>predatory and improper, we invite you to make your feelings known by 
>writing to
>ICANN (who is the governing body for all Registrar's and Registries) and to
>Verisign Registry.  Email links for both are provided below.
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Bob Parsons, President
>Go Daddy Software, Inc.
>
>ICANN Registrar Complaint Form (hosted at InterNIC)
>http://www.internic.net/cgi/registrars/problem-report.cgi
>
>VeriSign Registry Customer Service
>info at verisign-grs.com
>Phone: 703-948-3200
>
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