according to Josh they are all mates. Good to see they are investing in
depreciating assets. Oh well I guess that's the knowledge base in the West.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Stark [mailto:ronstark§snapsite.com.au]
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 4:47 PM
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: RE: [DNS] Ball gazing


Seeing that you say that you consider Australia a communist country, the
Merc is out of place unless it's to bribe an official.  Either you don't
understand capitalism or you don't understand communism.

You cite 418 000 stamps, envelopes and flyers - a rather precise number
I find intriguing.  One question - does that mean that you are in fact
privy to the exact scope of Chesley's mailout?

Ron Stark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brad Norrish [mailto:brad§brad.com.au]
> Sent: Monday, 5 January 2004 1:57 PM
> To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Ball gazing
>
>
> Another look at what might be on the DNA books:
>
> 418,000 Stamps  $200 000
> 418,000 Envelopes $10 000
> 418,000 Flyers $20 000
> Designer $1000
> Legal Fees $300 000
> New Convertible Mercedes Benz $?
> The look on Josh's face in the morning as he opens his 20
> copies and realizes that somebody is charging over market
> average in a communist
> country- Priceless !
>
> If only the Auda was as transparent
>
> Brad
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Josh Rowe" <josh&#167;email.nu>
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:36 PM
> Subject: RE: [DNS] Ball gazing
>
>
> > I thought this was an interesting part of the ZDNet news article:
> >
> > " ... The mail-out yielded 9,000 registrations at AU$237, a figure
> > significantly higher than the average domain name
> registration fee of
> AU$85.
> > In total the mail-out resulted in AU$2.3 million in
> registrations with
> DNA.
> > ... "
> >
> > I'm not an accountant, however here's my best guess on Chesley
> > Rafferty's (Domain Names Australia) books:
> >
> >  $2,133,000  : 9,000 net.au domains sold by DNA &#167; $237 each ($
> > 540,000) : 9,000 net.au domains cost &#167; $60 each from Explorer* ($
> > 300,000) : estimated legal fees for auDA + ACCC vs DNA
> court case ($
> > 400,000) : estimated cost of 500,000 allegedly misleading
> advertisements
> > ============
> >  $  893,000  : Chesley Rafferty's (Domain Names Australia) estimated
> profit
> >
> > * Based on Explorer's reseller price (http://whatsinaname.com.au/).
> >
> >
> > Also of interest are the types of e-commerce complaints received by
> > the ACCC.  They are listed in the review discussion paper of the
> > Australian E-commerce Best Practice Model
> >
> (http://ecommerce.treasury.gov.au/bpmreview/content/_download/
> BPM_Review.pdf
> > ).
> >
> > "Table 1: Types of e-commerce complaints received by the
> ACCC (30 June
> > 02 - 30 June 03))
> >
> > ============================================================
> > Issues or conduct Percentage of complaints
> > ============================================================
> > Misleading advertising or prices 23
> > Domain name renewals 20 <-------------------|
> > Pyramid selling and other scams 7
> > Unsolicited goods or services 4
> > Warranty matters 4
> > Anti-competitive arrangements 2
> > Unconscionable conduct 1
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > Source: Based on data supplied by the ACCC."
> >
> > " ... Data from the ACCC also show that sixteen online traders
> > accounted
> for
> > nearly half of all online-related complaints received by the
> > Commission during this period. These traders generated consumer
> > complaints
> concerning:
> > domain name renewal; dissatisfaction with Internet broadband/ADSL
> services;
> > [etc] ... "
> >
> >
> > Chesley Rafferty, Brad Norrish, etc
> > http://whatsinaname.com.au/slammers/
> >
> >
> > Have a safe and Happy New Year all!
> >
> >
> > Josh
> > --
> > http://josh.id.au/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Kim Davies
> > Sent: Tuesday, 30 December 2003 9:20 PM
> > To: dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au
> > Subject: [DNS] Ball gazing
> >
> > Kind of an auDA annual recap here in this article, "Domain
> regulator
> > labels DNA brawl as biggest consumer issue", from ZDNet:
> >
> > [snip-snip]
> >
> > Source:
> >
> <http://zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000048590,202
82256,00.htm>
>
> kim
>
>
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