Misleading VeriSign domain name expiration notice
| From: | Evan Nemerson | Date: | Thu, 25 Apr 2002 01:06:22 +0000 |
| Subject: | Misleading VeriSign domain name expiration notice | ||
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This isn't directly PHP related, but I feel it is appropriate.
I just got a letter from VeriSign- a "Domain Name Expiration Notice". It was
EXTREMELY misleading. I looked like an invoice demanding $29 by 5/15/02.
Basically, they made it seem like I already had a service with them and this
was a renewal of that service. I suppose this is remotely true since they run
the A root server... Nah it's still way out of line.
My domain ( coeus-group.com ) expires 6/6/02 (according to the whois
records). The 5/15 deadline makes it seem like they're trying to get in
before the compitition, so their chicanery will work. As you can tell from
the whois records, my domain is registered through bulkregister.com, via
nomonthlyfees.com (well, you can't tell the second part, but you have my word
on it ;)). Neither of these companies, to the best of my knowledge, are
associate in any way with VeriSign.
I called the billing department @ nomonthlyfees, and they said that this was
happening to lots of people, and not to worry about it (DNS renewal is
included in my hosting charges).
I'm on my way to bbb.org after I finish this eMail. I just wanted to give you
guys warning.
Evan Nemerson
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