Tony <tony@dreamstargroup.com> said:
> Shouldn't it be illegal for NetSol to send people a bill even after a
> domain name has transferred from their system?
>
Unethical yes, but whether it's illegal or not is a point of contention. In
my opinion it is, because although NetSol admit there is something wrong with
their billing system, they haven't done anything about it. And they've had a
year to sort it out.
But as far as the law is concerned, the Internet is just a whole different
world. The legal-eagles seem to think that what's right in the real world
doesn't apply on the Internet, and vice-versa. Therefore somebody has to set
a precedent. Apparently someone was supposed to be, but I've heard no more
about it...
.. blah blah blah ...
> for $35. So he paid it because he was afraid of losing his domain name.
> Network Solutions was paid $35... they cashed the check, and they did not
> add a year to his registration....
>
However, if this is true, Network Solutions have committed fraud. No doubt
some of the quite, quite sad NetSol-supporters on opensrs-discuss will come
back and say, "No, it's not, because paragraph 3, subsection 4, line 8 of
blah-de-blah says such-and-such, but there's absolutely no two ways about it -
it's fraud, plain and simple.
As I said above, NetSol admit that there is a problem with their billing
system, but have done nothing about it in the last N months. Therefore they
are knowingly - and so fraudulently - charging ex-customers for products
and/or services they have not supplied, have no intention of supplying, and
in fact *could* not supply.
However, there's still room for bull$hit on the part of the lawyers and legal-
eagles. Especially the unethical ones who work for corporations like NetSol.
Here's some questions they'll ask you: Did your client complain? Did he try
and get his money back? Did you tell him he should ask for his money back?
Did you tell him to complain? I could go on...
The simple fact of the matter is - and on this point I have to concede defeat
to the aforementioned NetSol-sympathisers - that no-one has brought NetSol to
task for this. Properly that is. Everyone has been affected by it, but no-one
has done anything. Until someone does, it's going to continue...
adam
DISCLAIMER: Me? I don't even live in the US, so I wouldn't have a hope of
succeeding. Neither have I or any of my clients ever paid a NetSol invoice,
to the best of my knowledge. Up until now, they've gone in the bin. From now
on, they go back in the envelope, with "NOT ACCEPTED AT THIS ADDRESS" stamped
on them. Let them pay a few cents for taking my time...
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