michael lefevre wrote:
>
> "Fred Showker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> >
> > I've discovered DOMAIN names that were registered with
> > false ID and Charge Cards, but are still in operation.
> > Why can't Network Solutions shut them down?
>
> they can shut them down, and it is their policy to shut them down... they
> just don't bother to enforce it... providing they're not knowingly accepting
> false cards, the credit card company will almost certainly honour the
> payments...
f'ups set
An interesting dilema. At one time, depending on the level of risk only
charges over a set level needed prior credit card company approval.
With today's electronic transactions, even your five dollar charges are
sent to and approved by the cc company. Since the ccc has approved the
transaction they are on the hook to follow through with payment. Since
the account has been paid, the business is obligated to provide the
goods/service (they don't care who paid, as long as the bill is paid).
If the cc company later finds out the cc is stolen before the
goods/services have been provided they can notify the business and
reverse the charges. In the case of something like Network Solutions,
the service is domain registration for two years.
The question becomes is the charge for two years of space on their
database or an administrative fee for setting up the account? If the
charge is for space, then technically the service hasn't been provided
and could be reversed by the ccc. NS no doubt argues it is an
administrative fee and the service has been provided (service
obligations fulfilled) as soon as the registration is completed and
uploaded to the database.
Perhaps it is time for the cc companies to get tougher and leave only a
reasonable administrative charge in place and reverse the remainder,
giving NS the incentive to delete the accounts.
Richard
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