GoDaddy $4.19 Reversal

[lextalionis]

Note: This was a misunderstanding, there is no reversal. Thanks!


I believe Godaddy has initiated a reversal, and is re-acquiring their domains registered for $4.19 using the smtp email exploit.

Good move on their part, but it raises a couple of questions:

1. Whose responsibility is an exploit?
If a user uses the tools provided to achieve a discount, within legal limits, is the registrar bound to honor the payment?

2. If the exploit is closed, should the registrar have retroactive recourse against the owner?

3. What should happen to the domains?

 

[Tippy]

I never took advantage of this exploit, but I dont think they should come back now and charge people more, to me its their fault and I cant believe that they just found out about this now, I'm certain they troll the forums and read the threads about it.

Perhaps it was a whole scam on their part, perhaps not, who knows but it might just work for them in the end, I guess you'd have to check their terms of service or policy, lets face the facts, it was kinda cheating and the offer was aimed at people to just cancel the added service right after regging a name at the special rate.

 

[Joe123]

I believe Godaddy has initiated a reversal, and is re-acquiring their domains registered for $4.19 using the smtp email exploit.

Where did you here this from?

I've never heard of this happening before and GoDaddy has had a lot of similar exploits previously. I'm very doubtful it will happen.

 

[lextalionis]

My account has a $4.19 reversal. I still have the domain, so I am not sure what will happen next.

I agree, they are a great company, but they set the rules on their website, so it is not technically cheating. Ethically it is up for debate.

 

[namethreads.com]

Sometimes godaddy refund a reg fee if a registration does not succeed for some reason -- e.g. someone else registers the same name a split second before you.

Are you sure this isn;t the case?

My 4.19 domains have not been reversed.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

Can't believe they'd do that, and nothing happening in my account with the "loophole" domains either.

-Allan :gl:

 

[lextalionis]

I don't think that is the case, because I am shown as the registrant through whois. These were registered on the 25th of Oct.

 

[namethreads.com]

Was the e-mail like the one below?

This was sent to me, presumably because of an error in registering a particular domain and I was not using the loophole that time:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Support <[email protected]>
Date: Aug 27, 2005 8:19 PM
Subject: Regarding your Recent Order for <domain name>
To: [email protected]

Dear Customer,



An error occurred when your order was placed. We will be refunding the cost of the order. Please contact us at [email protected] for additional assistance.



We apologize for any inconvenience.



Thank you for your business.



Domain Services

GoDaddy.com

 

[theSun]

thats a lot of reversals. upcoming

 

[lextalionis]

I really am at a loss here. I have receipts for all of my purchases in my godaddy account. I used the loophole on the 25th and those charges haven't been reversed, and whois, and my gd account confirm my ownership of all domains.

No explanation in email either, I guess I will just have to wait until tommorrow. Maybe it has to do with their CC system or something.

I don't see how they could revoke a registration?

 

[Epic]

Its their fault they let the loophole happen, they should go back and charge for it

 

[scrsteven]

It's not even a loophole. It's a real product, and the 1.99 discount applies. I don't see anything saying it wouldn't. Post your e-mail here lex to prove what you are saying and that it's not just your registration didn't go through bc I've had errors where names didn't reg and they refunded me.

 

[Shorty]

Man, I really hope this isn't true, all my domains have been registered through GoDaddy during these offers. We did nothing wrong by taking advantage of their offer, they really should not be able to reverse us for it. I haven't heard anything about it yet, anyway.

 

[IAmAllanShore]

The sky is falling!!!!

Wolf! Wolf!!

Martians landed today in New Jersey.

-Allan :gl:

 

[sjp]

The loophole is still working. If GD really decided to put an end to the $4.19 practice they'd fix that loophole first before they started to hunt down the accounts who used it. That's why I think it's highly unlikely that they're actually doing anything against it at this moment.

 

[lextalionis]

I don't have an email or any explanation, I have several reversals occuring through my bank account from godaddy, for $4.19.
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All of my domains are accounted for with receipts and whois. Like I said I don't know whats going on. My best guess is a CC pre-auth hickup of some sort.

 

[Iravan]

Even if this is true, they still should not be allowed to revoke registrations because there was a product...

 

[kslup_k]

i think you should wait for a few days until the transaction is approved/

right now, it is just pending.

I regged lots of names using 4.19 but didnot get any reversal...

 

[Virgil]

I had a reversal once at Godaddy. I noticed sometime after it happened. No domains were erased from my account or anything, so I emailed them to notify their error. They thanked me and corrected their error, and that was all to it.

 

[floatingworld]

The sky is falling!!!!

Wolf! Wolf!!

Martians landed today in New Jersey.

-Allan :gl:

no self-respecting Martian would land in New Jersey. 8^X
The problem I think is probably connected with this particular sale.