Network Solutions (their new scam?)

[DigitalSkyline]

Network solutions apparently sent this to one of our customers and we didn't even use network solutions to register their domain... We also have just less then a year left on the domain.

I will never do business with that verisign because of this and wish everyone would switch. Didn't they just lose a class-action lawsuit for this sort of thing? There should be a world-wide boycottt against them. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust.

-----Original Message-----
From: Network Solutions
[mailto:customernotification@networksolutions.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2003 4:35 PM
To: INFO@some.COM
Subject: Retrieve Expired Domain Names

Dear Network Solutions(R) Customer,

Although your domain name registration(s) has been deleted from active
status in your Network Solutions account, it can still be retrieved
before being placed back on the market to the general public.

Due to non-payment, the following domain name(s) has expired:

some.COM

If you inadvertently neglected to renew the domain name(s), contact a
Network Solutions Customer Care Representative at 1-866-234-4126 to
check if this service can be restored to active status. For a fee, in
most instances, we can register the domain name(s) to you with a
one-year term added to the expiration date.

Don't let this domain name(s) become available to the general public for
anyone to register. Call us within 7 days of receipt of this e-mail at
1-866-234-4126 to ensure that the domain name(s) is restored back to
your account.

Sincerely,

Network Solutions(R) Customer Care

(C) 2003 Network Solutions, Inc. All rights reserved.

[jmbeach]

Are you sure this is from Network Solutions? I don't doubt it's them, but with just a phone number and no website to signup at, it could be any Joe Blow sending mass email.

Besides that, though, if you check NetSol/Verisign's BBB rating, it's not so good. Complaints of poor sales and marketing tactics, so it probably is them, the jerks

I'm really not surprised, and haven't used them for years. I try to convince as many clients as possible to switch too, because frankly who wants to pay $35/year anymore?

It's amazing how few registrars and internet companies fail to comply with the rules that each domain has attached. That is, not to use the Whois records to send unsolicited marketing crap to domain owners. I even get snail mail from god-knows-who trying to sell me services, while they blatantly disregard these rules.

I don't think any company is afraid of getting busted for this stuff - sad state of affairs.

[DigitalSkyline]

I told my client to do a search on google for verisign and class-action lawsuits if they have any questions regarding their legitimacy... I dont know but I think that will do the trick.

[Funnyhat]

Network Solutions does that now if you have domains at a few companies... They send a notice out hoping you will renew the domain with them for a lot more than you paid with the other guy. I guess giving them the power of running .com and .net was not such a good idea... Now with the wildcard and them sending messages to .com and .net owners.. Whats next they going to be able to hold domains hostage?

Their system prolly messed up and sent it out anyway...

Mark