> can tell you that (despite what other people have recently said) in a
> "card not present" transaction, where you didn't get a point-of-sale or
> delivery signature, you have no defense against a chargeback. Absolutely
> none.
I am aware of this.
> Now, when it is impossible to collect the money owed, it's reasonable
> that we have a way to cut off the service we've sold to that person,
> whether it was the actual owner of the card or not. That's not "bizarre":
> if someone uses fraud to "buy" ten years of domain service, it isn't
> right that I'll lose the $100 AND they can use the service for the next
> ten years for free.
I guess the issue here is that our upper management discussed this
risk internally before ever deciding to go with OpenSRS, so we were very
much aware of the risks and the possibility for substantial fraud. That
is part of what one accepts when choosing to register via OpenSRS as
opposed to becoming an ICANN certified registrar.
Jeff
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