Wednesday, Wednesday, January 16, 2002, 4:49:18 PM, Scott Goodman wrote: > William X Walsh wrote:
>>>What is the reason for this action of removing the year and refunding it >>>back to the losing registrar? If the year is removed is the losing >>>registrar obligated to refund the amount back? >>> >>>This doesn't make any sense to me. You pay for a year so you can perform >>>the transfer then get that year taken away from you? >>> >> >>My understanding is that this only applies to "auto renewed" domains, >>where the registrar is automatically charged for the renewal on the >>anniversary date. This was setup so that they were not out any money >>if the registrant did a transfer after this date, if I remember >>correctly. I'm sure Ken will correct me if I'm mistaken :) >> > I just took a look at a cutomer's domain which recently seems to have > had this happen. The customer even spoke with NSI who told him he had to > buck up before the domain could be transferred. NSI followed up with an > email thanking the customer and letting him know that he was now now > free to perform the transfer. > The domain expired Dec 26, 2001. The customer paid NSI to free the > domain for xfer, then paid us for the transfer. The transfer has since > been completed and the current expiration of the domain is Dec 26, 2002. Yes, I know how it works :) I was explaining why it was setup this way. Registrars have the right to block transfers starting on the date of the anniversary, but some do permit them past that point. In any event, I think it would be smart for all of us to warn customers that if their domain renewal took place in the last 45 days they are risking not getting what they paid for. Some registrars, including NSI in the past, have also withheld future domain years from the registry that the customer has paid for, adding them only as the time comes up. That is another way customers lose something they paid for during the transfer process. Fortunately this has been VERY VERY VERY rare. -- Best regards, William X Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- "There is no better way to exercise the imagination than the study of the law. No artist ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth." -- Jean Giradoux
