The Biggest Joke in .Asia GoLive pre-registrations.
EuroDNS actually mistook the .Asia GoLive date as 28th March 2008 --
that's two days late than the actual .Asia GoLive date, 26th March 2008.
Before 27th March, both their .Asia GoLive promotional voucher and the message page (after you click on the voucher image) were saying:
"Go Live on the 28th March."
As my friend and I noticed that EuroDNS failed to submit our .Asia GoLive pre-registrations on 26th March, I emailed them to inquire about the mistaken date and the reason why they failed to submit our pre-registrations.
EuroDNS replied a few days later, saying the reason for not submitting my domain pre-registrations in time was because my applications were still under review by EuroDNS -- which is obviously a lame excuse --
the .Asia domain applications have always been reviewed by the official .Asia Registry, not by any domain registrars.
The real reason for EuroDNS' failure in submitting all of our .Asia GoLive pre-registrations is that they mistook the GoLive date as the 28th of March.
By the time they realized their mistake (on 27th March, they corrected their Promotional Voucher image, changing the Go Live date from 28th to 26th of March), it was already one day late, and most of our desired .Asia domains have been taken by other registrants through other registrars.
When I asked for refund, they insisted on charging at least 10 Euros per their Terms & Conditions -- which is obviously not abiding by the ICANN regulations that require the domain registrars to issue full refunds for unsuccessful registrations.
EuroDNS, with their unjust Terms & Conditions, actually benefits from their mistakes.
We, as the victims of EuroDNS, should not have to pay for their mistakes.
I encourage all the EuroDNS victims to report their cases to ICANN and the Consumers' Foundation --
it's the only way to stop EuroDNS' unfair business practices.
(PS: After receiving many complaints, ICANN had asked another fraudulent registrar RegisterFly.com to issue full refunds for failed domain renewals and removed the official ICANN accreditation from the company.
I believe justice can be served if many of us victims file complaints to ICANN, too. )
Overall Rating for EuroDNS: MINUS
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