yep. I have got a .net.au request for a .com.au which I used to own. the .net.au is clearly taken. the .com.au is actually availlable. he is obviously using a very out of date database and not checking the claims he is making. Vic Josh Rowe [josh§email.nu] wrote: > Does anyone have a notice from Domains Australia Pty Ltd where the .net.au > version of the domain name was already registered? > > This would undo Chesley's story below. > > > Josh > -- > http://josh.id.au/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Chesley Rafferty > Sent: Friday, 4 March 2005 1:06 PM > To: dns§dotau.org > Subject: [DNS] Copy of letter sent to Chris Disspain re Domains Australia > > Chris Disspain > auDA > 107 Faraday Street > Carlton VIC 3053 > By Fax and Mail > > > 4 March 2005 > > > > Chris > > > This letter is response to a recent mailer sent by > Domains Australia headed "Domain Name Available" which > offered a 5% discount for orders received before 16 > March 2005. > > Yesterday I became aware of a Consumer Alert on your > website at www.auda.org.au which states that some of > the letters sent out offered to register a domain that > was not available to be registered. > > After checking with our mailing company, it quickly > became clear that there had been a number of letters > sent out which were supposed to offer a domain which > was available and instead offered a .com domain (which > in many cases would not be available). This occurred > as a data file was merged with the incorrect wording > file. > > This error was in every respect a technical one, and > was in no way done to confuse the recipient of the > letter. > > As soon as I was aware of this problem, I placed a > corrective notice at www.domains-australia.com.au and > placed a corrective message at 03 9923 6505 to inform > all callers of the error in the mailer. > > Also for orders received, we will contact each > customer to inform them directly of the error, to > explain that the offer should have been for a > different domain and give them a complete refund. > > > Regards > > > > Chesley Rafferty > Director > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > List policy, unsubscribing and archives => http://dotau.org/ > Please do not retransmit articles on this list without permission of the > author, further information at the above URL. >Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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