On 5 Aug 2002 at 17:41, Lucian Daniel Kafka wrote: > At 04:54 PM 8/6/02 +1000, you wrote: > >On Mon, 5 Aug 2002, Peter wrote: > > > > > I read the auda documentation that said the the domain > > > registrations only cost $12, yet the parasites losers > > > at Melbourne IT are forcing us to pay them $140 for > > > this service. > > > >And when Melb IT ran the show; the costs were not *even* $12/domain > >(probably more like $5/domain/year) :P > > Registrars buy wholesale domains for more than that. .com.au/.net.au are > for example $50, others cheaper. The $11 is the auDA fee only, on top of > which AusRegistry puts its own fee. > > > Kind regards, > > Lucian Kafka > <http://www.conexim.com.au/>www.conexim.com<http://www.conexim.com.au/>.au > Doesn't this beg the question: why did auDA bother with having registrars? At the moment the average domain buyer has up to four shysters taking a clip - auDA, AusRegistry, Registrars, and Resellers. Would it not have been more efficient to have eliminated the Registrars at least? CBReceived on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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