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Bob Parsons also has a post about the RF situation in his blog: http://www.bobparsons.com/RegisterflyScandal.html

 

[Lasher]

Wow Lasher, that was kind of mean
I have over 400 domains registared with GD and have not had one problem. I need tech support, they pick up the phone. I accidently reg the wrong domain, they refund my money. I think GD is a great registrar.

Congratulations. I've personally had no problems with GD myself either, but then many never had a problem with RF either until it really hit the fan. Some of my issues with GD:

1. If I complain about usage on one of your domains and there is even a hint of truth, they will charge YOU to investigate it.

2. They turned over FamilyAlbums.com to someone who had it backordered because the name owner had an invalid email address on their whois. No phone call or contact via mail was attempted.

3. They shutdown seclists.org - a full disclosure security mailing list that has been operating for longer than GD itself, because one of the disclosures contained passwords.

4. If you update contact information on your names, contrary to ICANN rules they will "lock" the name for 60 days.

5. Guess this one is more personal, but I'm sick and tired of Bob Parson's hypocrisy. Campaigning against domain tasting while his own company tastes his customer's expired domains for traffic and jacks up the TDNAM bid on those that have traffic. (I have no problem with either practice in principle, just don't do one and criticize the other).

6. Plenty of TM complaints against names at GD have resulted in GD sidelining those domains. I don't care if your domain is 'Goooogle.com', it is not the registrar's call to decide what is and what is not a TM infringement. They have no business removing service from a name until a qualified legal verdict has been reached, either via the court process or the UDRP.

7. There's plenty more. Start at http://www.domainnamewire.com or http://www.nodaddy.com. I am not affiliated with either site in any way btw.

I want my registrar to be just that - a registrar, a keeper of records. I do not want my registrar making moral and unqualified legal decisions about my domains and usage of those domains. In terms of price, stabilitity and range of offerings, GD is indeed a good registrar, just make sure you read the T&Cs and do your homework before transferring in hundreds of names.

 

[airwav]

Congratulations. I've personally had no problems with GD myself either, but then many never had a problem with RF either until it really hit the fan. Some of my issues with GD:

1. If I complain about usage on one of your domains and there is even a hint of truth, they will charge YOU to investigate it.

2. They turned over FamilyAlbums.com to someone who had it backordered because the name owner had an invalid email address on their whois. No phone call or contact via mail was attempted.

3. They shutdown seclists.org - a full disclosure security mailing list that has been operating for longer than GD itself, because one of the disclosures contained passwords.

4. If you update contact information on your names, contrary to ICANN rules they will "lock" the name for 60 days.

5. Guess this one is more personal, but I'm sick and tired of Bob Parson's hypocrisy. Campaigning against domain tasting while his own company tastes his customer's expired domains for traffic and jacks up the TDNAM bid on those that have traffic. (I have no problem with either practice in principle, just don't do one and criticize the other).

6. Plenty of TM complaints against names at GD have resulted in GD sidelining those domains. I don't care if your domain is 'Goooogle.com', it is not the registrar's call to decide what is and what is not a TM infringement. They have no business removing service from a name until a qualified legal verdict has been reached, either via the court process or the UDRP.

7. There's plenty more. Start at http://www.domainnamewire.com or http://www.nodaddy.com. I am not affiliated with either site in any way btw.

I want my registrar to be just that - a registrar, a keeper of records. I do not want my registrar making moral and unqualified legal decisions about my domains and usage of those domains. In terms of price, stabilitity and range of offerings, GD is indeed a good registrar, just make sure you read the T&Cs and do your homework before transferring in hundreds of names.

I humbly bow to Lasher... :]
Fortunately I have never had any type of those described problems.
What ever did happen to FamilyAlbums.com? Did the owner ever recover the domain?

I agree with you on your defination of what a registrar should be. I will take your advice and, especially after this RF fiasco, be more cautious about who I parther with as my registrar.

Regards.

 

[bidawinner]

1. Poppycock

2. Poppycock .. it is the domain owners RESPONSIBILITY to have correct contact info..nots godaddy's

3. Poppycock..seclists ADMITS they were showing lists they SHOULDNT be.. freaking hackers..who gives a ratss ass that othrs are also doing it...others also speed every day.,..is that your excuse when you get a speeding ticket?

4.Thats the freaking rules..go whine elsewhere

5.yawn

6.Good for Godaddy..quit squatting

7.Penis envy .. just a bunch of whiners

Congratulations. I've personally had no problems with GD myself either, but then many never had a problem with RF either until it really hit the fan. Some of my issues with GD:

1. If I complain about usage on one of your domains and there is even a hint of truth, they will charge YOU to investigate it.

2. They turned over FamilyAlbums.com to someone who had it backordered because the name owner had an invalid email address on their whois. No phone call or contact via mail was attempted.

3. They shutdown seclists.org - a full disclosure security mailing list that has been operating for longer than GD itself, because one of the disclosures contained passwords.

4. If you update contact information on your names, contrary to ICANN rules they will "lock" the name for 60 days.

5. Guess this one is more personal, but I'm sick and tired of Bob Parson's hypocrisy. Campaigning against domain tasting while his own company tastes his customer's expired domains for traffic and jacks up the TDNAM bid on those that have traffic. (I have no problem with either practice in principle, just don't do one and criticize the other).

6. Plenty of TM complaints against names at GD have resulted in GD sidelining those domains. I don't care if your domain is 'Goooogle.com', it is not the registrar's call to decide what is and what is not a TM infringement. They have no business removing service from a name until a qualified legal verdict has been reached, either via the court process or the UDRP.

7. There's plenty more. Start at http://www.domainnamewire.com or http://www.nodaddy.com. I am not affiliated with either site in any way btw.

I want my registrar to be just that - a registrar, a keeper of records. I do not want my registrar making moral and unqualified legal decisions about my domains and usage of those domains. In terms of price, stabilitity and range of offerings, GD is indeed a good registrar, just make sure you read the T&Cs and do your homework before transferring in hundreds of names.

 

[AdoptableDomains]

Why doesn't registerfly pay when we pay?
I thought they just get a %

They don't pay instantly. I think general practice is to pay a monthly bill to the registries.

If we renew for 5 years, the registrar only renews for one year and waits 12 months to renew for another year?

If that happened, then something shady is going on. If you renew for a 5 years, the record at the main registry should reflect that. If not, then the registrar is working your float not giving you what you paid for.

 

[Lasher]

1. Poppycock

2. Poppycock .. it is the domain owners RESPONSIBILITY to have correct contact info..nots godaddy's

Thanks for the intellectual refutal, you have clearly pwned me with factz, d00d. Btw, even if the email address had been right, the amount of time given to the owner to respond was enough that anyone on a cruise could have missed it. So let's add that it is the owners RESPONSIBILITY (as opposed to responsibility?) to check their email as often as GD would like, just in case.

3. Poppycock..seclists ADMITS they were showing lists they SHOULDNT be.. freaking hackers..who gives a ratss ass that othrs are also doing it...others also speed every day.,..is that your excuse when you get a speeding ticket?

Agreed. My point is it is not the registrar's place to decide what is and is not legal.

4.Thats the freaking rules..go whine elsewhere

GoDaddy's rule only. I think you (rather eloquently) agreed with me, which was basically read the T&Cs carefully and if you don't like them go elsewhere.

5.yawn

Once again I bow to your refutal, hard to argue with that those mad debating skills.

6.Good for Godaddy..quit squatting

Do you happen to have a relative called GoreObama? Just curious, because you were selling the domain recently? You don't think that's squatting? Better hope GoDaddy agree if either of them complain, or you could just move it to a registrar that lets the law decide the law.

Btw, I agree with the 'quit squatting' statement and I don't own goooogle.com, my point is it is not for the registrar to decide what is and isn't squatting. Not all "squatting" is black and white.

7.Penis envy .. just a bunch of whiners

Ahh, so anyone with a consumer warning site is just a whiner with penis envy?

Off to lick my wounds...