G'day Dax,

Please be careful, some people here are a bit trigger
happy and could sue you for less than that ... ( ask
Josh Rowe about it)..You don't need to name people or
companies, we know exactly who you're talking about.

Rebecca



--- Dax <shayemaree&#167;bigpond.com> wrote:
> I have been told by clients that ING representatives
> have said they need to register the .com, .biz,
> .info etc etc 
> and they the Rep was insistant that this is the way
> all business are going.
> I have also been told that ING reps phone daily and
> their persistence is unwelcomed and despite being
> informed of this, they continue to call.
> I have also been informed by clients that ING reps
> say Melbourne IT are a 'dodgey company' set up in an
> abandoned warehouse with only 3 terminals and two
> staff members.
> These Clients have ZERO reasons for making this kind
> of thing up and I am curious to know just how far
> ING will go for the almighty dollar?
> As a reseller, I get calls frequently for ING
> requesting to speak with the IT person regarding
> XXX.com.au, Completely oblivious that the Tech/Admin
> contacts where the reseller.
> What truely Erks me is that if the reseller sends an
> e-mail out 60 days proir to expiry, ING will mail
> them 90 days prior. the reseller e-mails 100 days
> proir, ING 120......where will this end?
> 
> 
> 
>
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> 
> Now here's a turn up for you ...
> 
> I've always been very vocal against IRA and ING's
> practices with respect to
> soliciting renewal business.  In this new case
> however, I don't think that
> we should allow our abhorrence of their other
> practices colour our judgement
> of this new offering.  They are using the fact that
> a .com.au registrant is
> a good candidate for selling a .com domain to.  In
> that sense, I don't have
> a problem.
> 
> Further down the line, there is the competitive
> threat that with every .com
> they pick up in this way, they can then contact what
> is now a new client,
> and legitimately offer to manage their .com.au
> domain name for them as well.
> This too is fair competition.
> 
> Where I do have a problem is my suspicion that the
> mail-out seems to be
> based around the .com.au renewal dates (the source
> of previous complaints),
> and their use of data mining (there's that source
> material again!) to
> cross-check potential recipients.
> 
> 
> Ron Stark
> Business Park Pty Ltd
> mail: ronstark&#167;businesspark.com.au
> phone: +61 (0)3 9592 6895   fax: +61 (0)3 9591 0729
> mob: +61 (0)41 812 9922
> http://www.businesspark.com.au
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