The Domain Name Registry of America thinks it’s doing me a courteous service by posting me a letter by snail mail (internationally, may I add) to tell me that this domain name will expire within the next few months. October 21, 2007 to be exact. I’m being offered a 1 year renewal for AU $41.00, which according to the letter, is a huge saving on their prices, which makes me wonder why they even bother sending out these letters if I can get a renewal from Dotster (my registrar) for $14.95? Something tells me they don’t make very much money with such outrageous prices.
So as I said, a one year registration costs AU $41.00, 2 years for AU $68.00 and 5 years for only AU $130.00 ($75 saving - AU $205.00 for a domain for 5 years? I think not!) and considering I purchased this domain for $1 something tells me their letter is wasted on me. I even got the bunch of fine print on the back of the letter which got a glance before I scrunched up the letter and placed it in the bin. But before I did this I decided to scan the letter just for effect - The Original Letter. Apologies for the poor quality scan.
Conclusively, I believe this is the last time I place my real address to be displayed on the WHOIS database. Goodbye Domain Registration snail mail spam! I consider this letter a preparation for if I ever receive a letter in the post to enlarge my penis. And while we’re on the subject of spam why not read up on the history of Spam?
I got one of these today :/
It wouldn’t surprise me if a lot of people were scammed in this way.
Yeah, it would certainly catch out many people who didn’t know better than to look around and compare prices only to find out the DROA is a complete ripoff. Boycott I say!