Re: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers

[Ryan Wright <ryanpwright@xxxxxxxxx>]

LOL, it's OK. Thanks Bob for the effort, though. :)

-Ryan

On 6/16/05, Jon Heese <dmcforum@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Heh, apparently you didn't read the original post.  You know, the one
> where Ryan was complaining about GoDaddy.  =)
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> Regards,
> Jon Heese
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> Videobob Moseley wrote:
> > Oh wait, I was thinking servers.
> > If you want to lock names, http://www.godaddy.com
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> >>From: "Jeff Chabotte" <Jeff@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Reply-To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: <DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>Subject: RE: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers
> >>Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 05:58:07 -0400
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> >>A couple better places:
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> >>Dotster.com
> >>Ev1servers.net
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> >>Or I ould register them for you as I own a webhosting company,
> >>7blade.com for $12/yr. if you need any help, contact me off list.
> >>
> >>-Jeff Chabotte
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> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >>Behalf Of Ryan Wright
> >>Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 2:46 AM
> >>To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Subject: [DMCForum] Domain registrars/resellers
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> >>Any opinions on a good domain registrar/reseller?
> >>And what's the difference between the two?
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> >>Long story short: I have half a dozen domain names with GoDaddy. Never
> >>had a problem until yesterday. Apparently someone filed a complaint
> >>about my invalid whois data on ryanwright.com. I had written "private"
> >>for the address and "000-0000" for my phone number. My email address,
> >>however, was valid, which should be good enough - it allows people to
> >>contact me.
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> >>Not so. The complaint was filed and GoDaddy yanked my domain. Didn't
> >>even tell me, either. Yesterday DNS servers quit resolving it. I called
> >>GoDaddy FOUR times today. The first three times it was, "Oh, there is
> >>apparently some problem on our end, we will fix it." Then, "You should
> >>try this, etc." When it got later into the evening and it still wasn't
> >>working despite my doing everything they asked, I called a fourth time.
> >>This time the rep argued with me that it must be a problem with my DNS
> >>server. Eventually he agreed to look into it further and then told me,
> >>"Oh, we took your domain away from you, you can't have invalid whois
> >>data, that's a federal law you're breaking by writing 'private' in
> >>there."
> >>
> >>Well first he's full of himself, it's not a law, apprently just an ICANN
> >>policy. And second, I'm supposed to get 15 days notice, but they don't
> >>seem to care. So I fixed the info and they agreed to reinstate my domain
> >>but, "It could take up to 7 days." Those f***ers. They can take it away
> >>in an instant but won't give it back for a week? In the meantime I can't
> >>contact anyone, nobody can get to my web site, and my mail servers are
> >>broken because DNS doesn't resolve correctly anymore.
> >>
> >>So I'm very disillusioned with the whole domain name thing. I can't
> >>believe they can just take your domain from you like that... especially
> >>considering I paid for the damn thing. I'm even more upset at the way
> >>GoDaddy handled the whole thing and am looking for another registrar to
> >>transfer my domains to. Any suggestions?? I've been doing a lot of
> >>searching and it seems like most of them are fly by night con artists.
> >>Lots of reports of various registarars refusing to release domains when
> >>you try to transfer them, confiscating them for random (or no) reasons,
> >>intentionally overcharging, refusing to issue refunds after they
> >>overcharge, then confiscating ALL of your domains if you issue a
> >>chargeback... Lots of things that should be illegal, but apparently
> >>aren't, and will never be resolved without lawyers.
> >>
> >>Oh, and even better, every time you change your whois info - which I was
> >>just forced to do tonight -- GoDaddy locks your domains for 60 days and
> >>disallows all transfers during that time period. Isn't that nice. So I'm
> >>completely at their mercy. That, and someone out there dislikes me
> >>enough to complain because they couldn't get my private mailing address
> >>out of whois. Like they had any f***ing right to it in the first place.
> >>
> >>:(
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> >>-Ryan
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