Re: registrar charging $30,000 for "platinum" pre-registration

[Benjamin_Azevedo@ibm.net]

pat forrestal wrote:
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> will this fee GUARANTEE registration?
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> pat forrestal
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Indeed they can't guarantee as with multiple registars,
nobody can guarantee first again all other matching 
names from other registars.

And here is another danger in this pre-registration,
spacially using the standard fee:
you are telling them your choice names and they 
do not give any warranty that you'll get the name.

They can possibly register it for themselves 
(or their friends) and you will only know this
after registration.

And, remember, they don't tell you even if there IS 
already another order for the same registration,
in this same registar !
(They can allways tell their friends aked for it before)

It's not like current registration, that you can check 
and immediately make your registration, with a very 
short "risk period" and near zero risk of loosing your choice name.

So, if someone decides to take pre-registration,
should be aware of those extra risks.


Benjamin S. Azevedo
Brazil


> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Arminda Dimayuga wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >>if you don't believe me, point your browser to http://www.capital.net.au
> > > >>and see for yourself.
> > > >>
> > > >>$30,000 (US) for "platinum paid pre-registration", meaning that if you
> > > >>give them $30,000 (per domain name), they'll put your application near
> > > >>the beginning of their que.
> > > >>
> > > >>What do you all think about this kind of practice?
> > > >>
> > > >>I personally don't think that should be allowed.  I think that every
> > > >>registrar should be required to accept registration and pre-registration
> > > >>applications in a fair manner (i.e., first-come, first-serve), for a
> > > >>competitive price (e.g., $50).
> > > >>
> > > >>Arminda Dimayuga
> > > >>
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