On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 12:01 PM, R P Herrold wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, der.hans wrote: > >> since godaddy is local and reported to be GNU/Linux friendly, this is news >> for us. > > dunno what being FOSS friendly or no has to do with alleged > 'sharp' business practices, but ... > >> http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/06/29/0625249 > > from TFA: 'When a GoDaddy customer forgets or otherwise fails > to renew a domain, GoDaddy sells it off ...' > > If it expires, it expires. One no longer owns any interest in > it. So? > > HOWEVER: As to prospective acquirers of an expired domain > (i.e., as a customer of 'TDNAM'), it would seen that a duty of > loyalty, not to 'poach' nor to favor one customer over another > except according to a previously agreed scheme, seems pretty > obvious. > >> I didn't see a response on the godaddy site. > > This response from them seems apropos: > > "Go Daddy has reviewed the auction and found nothing improper. > > Adam Dicker's knowledge on the auction was no different from > what any customer coming to our TDNAM site would have had. > > To ensure customer confidence and to avoid any possible future > questions of impropriety all GD employees are now and in the > future prohibited from participating in TDNAM auctions, > purchasing, sales & back orders." > > - Christine Jones, Go Daddy General Counsel & Corporate > Secretary As an unlicensed person, I think: This is a class action fraud - try it with stocks and you go to jail, at the very least GoDaddy has got to be thinking about this as a civil liability. reputation? what reputation? we don't need no reputation! ok gone.... > > ==================================================== > > -- Russ herrold > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss