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[mole]

Yes, I can confirm they do charge your card first for every pre-order you make. I've got tons of what you see below reflecting on my card account with I can monitor in real time via online banking.

GREAT DOMAINS HERNDON VA
USD $39.00

 

[URLCollection]

Originally posted by DNMole
Yes, I can confirm they do charge your card first for every pre-order you make. I've got tons of what you see below reflecting on my card account with I can monitor in real time via online banking.

GREAT DOMAINS HERNDON VA
USD $39.00

That makes sense Mole - I thought they did as it is authorized prior to completing the transaction -

 

[Nexus]

Originally posted by Duke
Several of us had that same problem at Pool and aired it in a thread a few weeks ago Steve. Guess they never fixed it nor have any interest in doing so.

All the "pay for play" services have a serious flaw in them in my opinion. That "fraud bids" and "declined credit" can be waiting on the otherside of every transaction in their system is an eponential nightmare given that upwards of 18,000-20,000 (or more names) drop everyday (how many fraud/credit issues can they realistically handle in a business day?) They can try to cut down on it, but ultimately it is the business model itself that brings that inherent risk with it. It's a great system when its working, but like open sockets on a Windows XP box, it is pinned on the likelihood of an underwelming percentage of badwill and customer problems.

I had to wait for one domain to drop, stuck in Dotster "billing" limbo, and never used for over a year. Eventually I forgot about the name, and someone else got it when it was deleted. Tech support told me that seeing names in billing limbo was "very common". Arg. Hopefully the new "private auction" round will help alleviate these problems further.

~ Nexus

 

[clemzonguy]

Thanks for the clarification. If it was only pay for success on the WLS i would have ordered a lot more.

Would it be better ordering discounted snaps at this point or using the ones I have with exchanges on or just outright buying the NRR slots for $39. I understand they are cheaper but say I have some that I can renew for say $9.99 on snaps.com. Does it matter and has snapnames made a public statement about snaps holding the same weight as NRR slots? Is Verisign just trying to underprice all the other snap resellers making it look like they are selling pre-WLS slots when in fact they are selling snaps or do these carry some "special weight".

 

[NexSite]

I bought NRR two days ago, not charged yet. Said it wouldn't be charged unless it was successful.

 

[Nexus]

Originally posted by NexSite
I bought NRR two days ago, not charged yet. Said it wouldn't be charged unless it was successful.

You would think "pre-orders" would not charge unless successful. As opposed to WLS, these are "pre-orders" for WLS. The last .US landrush I think had an explicit decree somewhere that NO legitimate "pre-orders" were allowed to *charge* customers for that service. You'd think this would be consistant with that.

~ Nexus

 

[clemzonguy]

I bought NRR two days ago, not charged yet. Said it wouldn't be charged unless it was successful.

Okay so what's the real truth?? I've got two conflicting stories now. :[

 

[URLCollection]

Originally posted by clemzonguy


Okay so what's the real truth?? I've got two conflicting stories now. :[

Clemzonguy - It appears that we were charged - I will ask our accounting dept. Monday and post what they tell me - They see the daily charges on the cards and I do not - Maybe someone else can say for sure prior to that? Steve

 

[clemzonguy]

I think what the confusion over is their deceptive wording to get people to order thinking they will have more security with them. How is having a pre-wls order a security? Maybe I should call the SEC on this one. (i wish) :-D

 

[URLCollection]

Originally posted by clemzonguy
I think what the confusion over is their deceptive wording to get people to order thinking they will have more security with them. How is having a pre-wls order a security? Maybe I should call the SEC on this one. (i wish) :-D

I am sure you would not be the first call the SEC has recieved on the WLS - Try the FTC as well - Bet they have had a few hundred reports, to date, on this matter. Good Luck - Steve

 

[actnow]

SEC wouldn't have anything to do with it except that Verisign is a publicly traded company.

Steve is correct that FTC would be the correct agency. But, to get FTC involved, is like pushing a rock up a hill.