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Registrar Told To Stop Direct-Mail Scare-Tactics
kiwimate writes "This article says the Domain Registry of Europe has been ordered by the Advertising Standards Authority to cease and desist on a direct mail campaign that was "distressing and intimdating to recipients" and "misleadingly exaggerated the importance and status of its content". The letter suggested that domain names should be renewed at least 30 days before they expired, and gave recipients an easy option of renewing through the DR of E. Having had to deal with this from an almost identically named company in America, the quoted phrases don't seem nearly as sneaky and dirty as some I've seen, but it's good to see a precedent."
I'm so sick of waking up with a severed horse's head in my bed every time I fail to re-register my domain.
Having had to deal with this from an almost identically named company in America, the quoted phrases don't seem nearly as sneaky and dirty as some I've seen
So you're saying the USA has the sneakiest registries? Why can't you americans accept that some people can be just as sneaky and dirty as you??
I think it's time someone made a "worldwide registry sneakiness index"!
RMN
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All your domains are belong to us!
Has Comcast disconnected your Internet account? Same here. You can read about it at http://comcastissue.blogspot.com
Save your postage-paid envelopes that come with credit card offerings and bogus credit card offers. Then, take them to work and mail them back with the spam faxes inside. This way, they have to pay for the postage to recive crap, and you use up those spam faxes! It's a win-win situation.
Then you'll get put on Microsoft's list of supporters.
Registrar Told To Stop Direct-Mail Scare-Tactics
Letter: Dear domain name owner: BOO!
Owner: EEP! *thud*
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