RE: [DNS] Non-disclosure of domain name seller charges

RE: [DNS] Non-disclosure of domain name seller charges

From: Jon Lawrence <jon§jonlawrence.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 11:27:34 +0100
To be fair TPP have offered to refund the A$100 and cancel the forwarding,
which is good.  

The problem remains however that they're not disclosing this charge during
the ordering process.



>-- Original Message --
>Reply-To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>From: "Skeeve Stevens" <skeeve&#167;skeeve.org>
>To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
>Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:22:12 +1000
>Subject: RE: [DNS] Non-disclosure of domain name seller charges
>
>
>You cant chargeback PART of a charge I am pretty sure...
>
>As in.. he cant get $100 back of the $149 charge...
>
>...Skeeve
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian Johnston [mailto:ian.johnston&#167;infobrokers.com.au] 
>> Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 7:42 PM
>> To: jon&#167;jonlawrence.com
>> Cc: DNS
>> Subject: [DNS] Non-disclosure of domain name seller charges
>> 
>> 
>> Jon
>> 
>> I'm a member of the Committee drafting the Registrars' (and other
>> domain name sellers') Code of Practice.
>> 
>> Your experience raises issues that I wish to draw to the attention of
>> other Committee members.  Hopefully the Code will address such
>> problems.
>> 
>> I seek your agreement to forward you emails on this subject to the
>> [code-discuss] mailing list.
>> 
>> Have you considered repudiating the transaction, and requesting a
>> charge-back from your credit card provider?
>> 
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
>> 
>> --
>> Ian Johnston, Policy Consultant
>> Small Enterprise Telecommunications Centre (SETEL)
>> www.setel.com.au  mailto:ian.johnston&#167;setel.com.au
>> 02 6258 3409 (B/F)  02 6259 7777 (B)  0413 990 112 (M)
>> 
>> SETEL is a national small business consumer association
>> advancing the interest of Australian small business
>> as telecommunications and e-commerce consumers
>> 
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Jon Lawrence [mailto:jon&#167;jonlawrence.com]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 6:56 PM
>> > To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
>> > Subject: RE: [DNS] Unbelievable Enetica/AusRegistry
>> >
>> >
>> > Skeeve
>> >
>> > Real time zone and whois updates are a great innovation in
>> > the industry.
>> >  Note that Neulevel (.biz/.us) and Afilias (.info) have
>> > also been offering
>> > this functionality for some time.
>> >
>> > On another note...I applied for a .id.au name through TPP
>> > Internet some
>> > weeks ago.  The name was registered within a couple of days
>> > (don't know
>> > exactly how long it took as I was travelling and didn't get
>> > a chance to
>> > check - may have been instantaneous).  I took however 9
>> > (yes nine) days
>> > to get the name delegated.
>> >
>> > I have just received my credit card statement and was
>> > somewhat surprised
>> > to see a A$149 charge rather than the A$49 I had agreed to.
>> >  I have been
>> > advised that the additional A$100 was for the email and web
>> > forwarding service
>> > that I selected.
>> >
>> > I have two problems with this:
>> > (1) this charge was not at any time spelt out during their
>> > somewhat eclectic
>> > ordering process
>> > (2) A$100 for email and web forwarding for 2 years...now
>> > that's what I call
>> > margin...
>> >
>> > Needless to say I shan't be dealing with this registrar again.
>> >
>> > regards
>> > jon
>> 
>> 
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