Re: OpenSRS not deleting a domain name despite Non Payment

From: Ashish Aggarwal (openlists@yahoo.com)
Date: Fri Dec 07 2001 - 10:17:47 EST


"I'm pretty sure that OpenSRS doesn't refund your
money even in cases where there's a chargeback
involved, but at least they are able to place the
domain on hold. I look at it as a cost of doing
business."

No, they are not ready even for that.

Ashish
--- WebWiz <webwiz@atlcon.net> wrote:
> I think OpenSRS has always been pretty clear that it
> is
> your obligation to obtain payment BEFORE you
> register the
> domain. The only scenario where you might obtain
> payment
> but then lose it is with a credit card -- where the
> card
> is supplied and charged for the domain, and the
> registration
> is completed, but then the charge is reversed. In
> that
> case, you *did* collect payment, but then it was
> taken
> away from you. With any other payment method, once
> you've
> collected the payment, it can't be taken away.
>
> I'm pretty sure that OpenSRS doesn't refund your
> money even
> in cases where there's a chargeback involved, but at
> least
> they are able to place the domain on hold. I look
> at it
> as a cost of doing business.
>
> As for the expense of sending faxes from other
> countries,
> there are plenty of services available that will
> send a fax
> via email for not too much money. Check out
> www.efax.com
> or www.j2.com as some examples. In both cases, the
> fax
> would actually be sent from the US, so the long
> distance
> fees would be minimized.
>
> Regards,
> Eric Longman
> Atl-Connect Internet Services
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <openlists@yahoo.com>
> To: <discuss-list@opensrs.net>
> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 8:48 AM
> Subject: OpenSRS not deleting a domain name despite
> Non Payment
>
>
> Hi
>
> Recently one of my client requested me to register a
> domain name and later
> did not pay up for it. When I requested the OpenSRS
> for deletion, it say,
> (complete message after the email)
>
> "Registrant reversed the charges on the domain
> payment. Simply failing to secure payment from your
> customer after the
> transaction is completed does not qualify for such
> action."
>
> Why is the deletion of domain name credit card
> centric. There are many ways
> in the world by which a person can make a payment,
> do we not know that or we
> choose ignore them. In fact outside Europe and USA,
> credit card is as common
> as a trip to moon.
>
> Another point is faxing the request. Faxing the
> request from many countries,
> including India is more costlier than the domain
> name itself.
>
> I am sorry, but after paying the highest prices, we
> deserve better
> treatment.
>
> Ashish
>
>
>
> "Hello
> OpenSRS can only explicitly delete a domain at the
> RSP's requst within 48
> hours
> of the Registration. In order to "deactivate"
> (Reg-Hold) a domain, the RSP
> must
> provide faxed proof that the Registrant reversed the
> charges on the domain
> payment. Simply failing to secure payment from your
> customer after the
> transaction is completed does not qualify for such
> action.
>
> Fax copies of credit card chargeback from your
> merchant bank to:
> 416.588.4659
>
> Regards
> OSRS Comapliance"
>
>
>
>
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