What a coincidence!  That sounds just like a guy I know who worked for a
company that took out a .com in response to one of those mailouts, believing
he was renewing his existing domain name.

Two years later they were involved in a legal dispute with an overseas
company who wanted the .com name that they didn't own.

$20 000 later they lost the .com to the plaintiff.  If only they hadn't been
tricked into registering that .com name and ripped off that extra 100 bucks
- they'd have saved that money, plus all the losses of email, internal staff
time and their inefficiencies.

Australia 0, USA 1.

What a disgrace that some people think that sheep are only good for screwing
and shearing.

-r-

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Norrish [mailto:brad§brad.com.au] 
> Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2004 5:50 PM
> To: dns§dotau.org
> Subject: Re: [DNS] 12-3 Win For Domain Name Distributors
> 
> A guy I know works for a company that had their .com.au 
> operational but didn't have the .com version registered. I 
> mentioned that they should get it, he said he wasn't involved 
> with that side of things.
> 
> Two years later they were involved in a legal dispute with an 
> overseas company over the name and $20,000 later didn't own it.
> 
> The service provided by the Australian domain industry did 
> absolutely nothing for this Australian company.
> 
> They already had a domain
> 
> If only they had been "ripped off" by an extra 100 bucks for 
> a 2 years registration!
> 
> This cost doesn't mention their loss of email, internal staff 
> costs and inefficiencies.
> 
> Australia 0 UK 1
> 
> It's pointless to teach sheep economics, just leave them to 
> breed for the benefit of the eagles.
> 
> Brad
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Discount Domain Name Services" <rod&#167;ddns.com.au>
> To: <dns&#167;dotau.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 3:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Guilty Verdict For Au Domain Name Scammers
> 
> 
> > Not misleading ones Jason. We offered a good deal nothing 
> more nothing
> less.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jason Trickey [mailto:jason&#167;mydomain.com.au]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 2004 4:55 PM
> > To: dns&#167;dotau.org
> > Subject: RE: [DNS] Guilty Verdict For Au Domain Name Scammers
> >
> >
> >
> > Have you forgotten you once sent out unsolicited renewal 
> notices yourself
> > Rod?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > -j
> >
> >
> > At 04:48 PM 28/04/2004 +1000, Rod Keys wrote:
> >
> > >People who get into these types of scams always invest in 
> depreciating
> > >assets.
> >
> >
> > 
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