Derek,
I agree to disagree.
Josh M.
> From: "Derek J. Balling" <dredd@megacity.org>
> Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2000 20:16:35 -0700
> To: Swerve <shwa@swerve.com>, Chuck Hatcher <chatcher@ashland-ky.net>,
> <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
> Subject: Re: Transfer of domain questions.: Let's make things safe andSmart.
>
>> Hmm, i see it as a courtesy to the domain holder to protect their interest.
>> A courtesy that is potentially much more valuable to the present user/holder
>> than the benefit of making the domain available to someone else at the date
>> of expiry. Also, the grace period could be fixed at 90 days, which still
>> could allow for possible new domain owners to plan for the mad dash to
>> register that domain.
>
> I think we should agree to disagree on this topic.
>
> You (as a reseller or registrar) can show all the courtesy you want
> to your customer, EXCEPT when it deprives ME (or anyone, really) the
> right to register a domain that is not bought-and-paid-for already.
>
> You want to show the courtesy to your customer? You pay for it, keep
> it alive and out of the pool and recoup your expense and maybe a nice
> added "emergency rescue fee". Don't hold a domain out of the general
> populace without anyone paying for it.
>
>> In a perfect world, everyone's paperwork is in order, but the idea of a
>> grace period leaves room for error. Remember, that in some cases, it could
>> be a TEN YEAR period that we are talking about here.
>
> That's where the reseller/registrar comes in, notifying their
> customer far in advance "hey this is coming due".. Start trying to
> notify them way in advance, and that will give you time to track them
> down if the normal avenues of communication have deteriorated due to
> customer-mismanagement.
>
> D
>
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