Thats probably because the actual problems with registerfly was because of two ex-partners squabbling. Gay partners no less. So you can imagine the squabbling was/is exX10. Most of the information that was being fed to registerflies.com was via jilted lover.
Thank you all for the kind words and the encouragement. For some reason I had not been notified of responses to this thread so I wanted to take a moment to say thank you.
While some of the information has been delivered by the ex-partner, much of it also comes from employees, co-workers as well as others. There's also more information that remains undisclosed from a number of resources outside of anyone who works within the company. Also, the door has always been open for Kevin to respond to any or all of this. Silence in this case has not exactly been his friend.
Let me also state that I have nothing against any one of these individuals. I couldn't even begin to imagine walking in the shoes of Kevin Medina. On a personal level, there are no qualms however, on a business level Registerfly has proven not to be a good thing and many of us were effected by poor business decisions and Kevin has not only chosen to remain silent, but to reopen another site and go back to what he was doing previously. Is this going to lead to a disaster in the end? Not exactly sure but if it were me, I'd first want to clear some things up with those I had hurt before going on to do it again.
Based on the attitude within the chats, (and Bob is Kevin), it really doesn't seem like much has changed. It's a sad thing to see a company self destruct for any reason... especially a company that could have eventually risen to compete with GoDaddy... of course GoDaddy is another issue altogether.
Either way, the back breaker in all these cases has been ICANN. They provide the checks but not the balances and it simply doesn't work that way. ICANN alone has enabled companies like Registerfly to break the rules, rip-off customers and then continue on like nothing happened. Kevin claimed to have owned Registerfly wholly, Kevin should be in jail for what he did, not leaning on Tucows to get him back in action. Furthermore, Mike Zupke of ICANN shouldn't even be in ICANN any longer. Much of what happened to the Registerfly customers can be pinned on Zupke... yet we are still paying his wages.
ICANN is up for contract renewal within the next year-and-a-half and I have been in contact with certain officials that have requested certain documentation regarding the Registerfly debacle as well as information on how ICANN has handled it. That's about all I can disclose at this time.
We need some fresh blood in the organization or we need to put an organization in it's place that will not only write the policy but also enforce the policies as needed.
So, I'll keep everyone up to date and do my best not to take sides. The enemy here is not Kevin Medina, it's the people and companies that have enabled Kevin and Registerfly and Regfly.com to continue doing what they've done.
Peace!
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Last edited by schnitzeldorf : 03-07-2008 at 03:46 PM.
Hi I don't know all these big stories previous.
I had registered lot of domains @ Registerfly.com & All of a sudden they were moved to godaddy!!
But I like the older days of registerfly where I registered .net domains @ 2.99$, .info @ 0.99$ and some times .com @5.99 or even less. They issued discount codes every 2 weeks & made me to register lot of names. Happy they are back to business. But I'm waiting for them to release discount codes.. Correct me if I'm wrong.
What are those old sayings ,Ah yes I remember now. A Sucker born every Minute. A fool and his money are soon parted. Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.
Do NOT even consider using RegFly.com for any new Purchases
If you need discount Codes to afford to buy names , than you can't afford to be Ripped OFF.
Do search on namepros to locate Current Discount codes for other registrars or resellers.
If you can't find any PM me and I will find some for you ,just don't use RegFLY.com
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Last edited by Barefoottech : 03-11-2008 at 04:08 PM.
I have several UGLY threads about my personal experiences with RF, I lost a few sweet names (xxx and x,xxx range) during the debacle, and know other members that lost 100's each.
I have called them everything from thugs to punks, I still have screenshots and emails of deleted support tickets, paid transactions that never went through and no refund, unasked for privacy that included NS changes... all kinds of crap... so my advice to ANYONE wanting to save some $ on the coupons/specials... the grief aint worth it, period.
I lost quite a few domains worth around $10-$20 each and I got pissed enough. If I would've lost domains worth over $1-2K, they would've had to take both me and Medina to the hospital... to surgically remove my foot from his @$$.
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In all seriousness though, I'm really surprised that the guy is still walking around. Losing gobs of money due to the actions of another can do strange things to certain people. Are there no wackos in this industry?
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Not a problem. I'm about to inform everyone of a whole lot more. I've noticed their page ranking going up and I've acquired some information that may help those who have lost domains.
I've recently received a package that nearly blew me away and since the lawsuit has no legs, ICANN is doing nothing (as usual) and these people continue to try to rip people off, now with the help of Tucows and ShareASale.com, I'm thinking it's an appropriate time to give the general public enough information to form a real class-action with some real attorneys.
If there's an attorney out there who may have been on the fence due to lack of real evidence... Not any more!
This evidence was to be used for the Class Action originally but since it never got off the ground, I would imagine one of the ex-employees thought it be best if this evidence was sent to me. I'm speaking with my legal counselor about this now so watch for the updates on Registerflies!
.... it's going to get real interesting from here on out!
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Last edited by schnitzeldorf : 03-19-2008 at 06:11 PM.
I'm subscribed, just very busy. Spoke with an attorney today and it's going to be a couple weeks before this can move forward. I will keep everyone up to date.
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I just spoke with him via telephone. (dont ask how I Got his number I'm special) Anyways He insists Kevin Is not apart of this at all and hasn't spoke to him in over a month. He also said "I will not ever be a Icann Register again as that has caused me nothing but trouble" When asked if 3 or so years down the line I cann has new staff if he would consiter becoming Ican accreddited again.
He seems like a nice and reaonsable person. Maybe you guys are going alittle hard on him. After all Reg Fly dose have the best interface (atleast in my oppion)
He much to my surprized answered all my questions (our chat lasted a good half an hour mostlikely more)
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Kevin Medina is in fact behind Registerfly and that has been verified. Robert Oneil was an $11.00 an employee that was fired by Kevin because Robert was threatening to sue Kevin for not paying wages. Kevin has used Robert now to open Regfly under a fictitious name of Retail Web Solutions. Tucows had also verified Kevin Medina's involvement as well.
If you go and look at the chats, Bob said he hadn't talked to Kevin in over 6 months, then here you talk to him and now it's only been a month. Robert is just a pawn that Kevin is playing chess with. You may have actually spoke to Robert but understand the Kevin is there, is the one behind Regfly. Robert was basically an indigent employee when he joined Registerfly last Feb.
So if you like nice interfaces, then I'd certainly use Regfly.com to buy names. If you actually want your names, then I'd use someone else.
... Side note? What the heck happened to Namepros.com? I don't know who Rick Latona is but the guy looks to be very proud of himself. His name is splattered all over here. Geesh, some of these people and their egos, this is getting ridiculous. This site looks tacky now.
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So, next time you talk to Robert O'Neil, Please tell him to respond to support questions.
Understand one thing. Registerfly and Regfly, Kevin Medina and Robert Oneil are NOT conducting legitimate business, not now, not in the past and that is also not their intention. There are complaints rolling into Registerflies daily about new and recent transactions. These guys are using the traffic to get new customers to take to the cleaners.
Ask yourself this... If you were Kevin Medina and literally got away with more than a million dollars of cash and then an unknown amount in stolen domains... and got away with it easily with no criminal charges, well why wouldn't you do it again? If there's no penalties other than a bad name which they already have, then why not monetize the existing traffic to rip of even more customers?
As much that has been lost in both money, websites, domains and income from the victims of Registerfly, it amazes me that Kevin still has two legs to stand on. What amazes me even more is that they are back in business and up to the same thing.
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Last edited by schnitzeldorf : 03-28-2008 at 12:17 PM.
Ok here is a question for those with Remaining Balance at Regfly...
Recently there was a transaction called "BALANCE TRANSFER PER AGREEMENT" of my balance in my account. I am trying to figure out where it went and have sent Refly a support question. It was not refunded to my card.
Anyone else have similar experience. This "Balance Transfer" happened in early March.
thinking about them again.
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