Quoting Chris Berkeley on Tuesday August 13, 2002:
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| Doesn't this beg the question: why did auDA bother with having registrars? At the 
| moment the average domain buyer has up to four shysters taking a clip - auDA, 
| AusRegistry, Registrars, and Resellers. Would it not have been more efficient to have 
| eliminated the Registrars at least?

Well, I don't know if you want a serious answer if you think everyone is
a shyster...

Anyway. auDA did not decide to have registrars. It held an open
Competition Policy Development Panel which accepted submissions from
anyone interested, and based on submissions developed a model that
was most desirable.

There are really only three parties. If you choose to use a Reseller
instead of going direct, that's your own fault. There will also be
people reselling products no matter what it is.

kim