register.com pisses me off - CYA!
So, the domain www.carefulrecords.com expired. I figured, "okay, no big deal, I'll just pay another $30 and renew it for another year."
Not so fast, bucko! Welcome to the LATEST SCAM!!!!
Register.com didn't send me an e-mail or anything letting me know this was about to happen. Why not? Well, because now they want to charge me $240 to "preserve" my domain name. WHAT THE FUCK?
This is literally highway robbery. They are taking advantage of people who have made an investment in a domain name by charging this arbitrary dollar amount to flip a switch. They let your domain expire without warning you, then charge you extra to turn it back on.
Who's protecting the consumers here? Is this legal? How can we fight back?
My response, when asked to pony up $240 to keep my $30 domain name, was to say FORGET IT!!!! SEE YA!!! I'll let it totally expire in a few weeks, and it will return to the public domain, and if I decide I really want it I'll pay $30 to register it again. If someone else wants it and snatches it up in the meantime, well, more power to 'em. I refuse to be ripped off.
So I did a little research and there's a domain registrar called enom.com and they seem like a much better deal. I'm transferring ultrajosh.com over to them. We'll see how it goes.
Not so fast, bucko! Welcome to the LATEST SCAM!!!!
Register.com didn't send me an e-mail or anything letting me know this was about to happen. Why not? Well, because now they want to charge me $240 to "preserve" my domain name. WHAT THE FUCK?
This is literally highway robbery. They are taking advantage of people who have made an investment in a domain name by charging this arbitrary dollar amount to flip a switch. They let your domain expire without warning you, then charge you extra to turn it back on.
Who's protecting the consumers here? Is this legal? How can we fight back?
My response, when asked to pony up $240 to keep my $30 domain name, was to say FORGET IT!!!! SEE YA!!! I'll let it totally expire in a few weeks, and it will return to the public domain, and if I decide I really want it I'll pay $30 to register it again. If someone else wants it and snatches it up in the meantime, well, more power to 'em. I refuse to be ripped off.
So I did a little research and there's a domain registrar called enom.com and they seem like a much better deal. I'm transferring ultrajosh.com over to them. We'll see how it goes.
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