Register.com's Tricky Scheme...

[FSNet]

I recently transfered my website www.FlightSource.net over from Register.com and their $35 a year domain cost to namecheap and their $8.88 domains. Anyways, my younger sister answered the phone and came running in to the room and handed it to me saying "It some computer talking about a website?" So I gave a listen and the computer said "Your domain name is expiring soon. Press "1" on your keypad to automatically renew it. I hung up the phone right after that. Isn't that tricky of them, What happens if you pushed "1" by accident or something? I really despise Register.com. Down with them! hahaha...

What do you think?

-John-

 

[DotDuDe]

Hmmmm, that's a bad business practice... they are doing everything they can to stop loosing their clients... Didn't they email you special offers if you transfer the domain name back to you?

-DotDudE

 

[Anthony Ng]

Did the automated phone call mention anything about Register.com? It could be that it's NOT Register.com at all!

 

[mole]

Is that even legal?

 

[DNQuest.com]

I received one of these several months ago and posted my experience on this site. I waited for an operator and b*tch her out bigtime. I brought up the legal issue among dirty tactics (the domain they called about is with another registar). I was very unhappy and told her to never contact me again. She took down my name and number and sor, no contact from Register.com. Not even thier snail mail.

 

[clemzonguy]

If you record your calls where you state take me off your list and document this and they continue to call you. You can actually sue them for like $500-$1500 per offense. There is one I know who sues companies to make money this way. shhh don't tell anyone