On 9 Feb 2004 at 14:50, Sandra Caballero wrote:

> Hi again,
> 
> I have been talking with Liz Keys of Discount Domain Name Services 
> (DDNS) and have established that the phone call and fax she made to my 
> client were in response to an actual "request for a domain name 
> transfer".
> 
>   This request did not originate from my client, or me acting on behalf 
> of my client, but instead an "unknown source".
> 
> We can only assume this to be RegistryWeb, the current Reseller (?) in 
> control of my client's domain name.
> 
> My apologies to Liz and DDNS re my last email to the List. I fear my 
> questions asking "why" they were calling and sending forms to my client 
> may have implied they were involved in wrong doing. Liz was only doing 
> her job and following through on a transfer request she received.
> 
> Over this past year RegistryWeb have been moving domain names from 
> Registar to Registrar without my clients even knowing.
> 
> RegistryWeb's tactics have been to keep the Domain Passwords from the 
> client, to use what they call security-handles in place of the actual 
> Contact Email so they can filter "transfer correspondence" and also 
> move the domain name to a cheaper Registrar close to expiry.
> 
> Has anyone else experienced this?
> 
> Regards, Sandra


1) Is RegistryWeb (aka Specialist Web Corporation Pty Ltd.of Shellharbour, NSW) a 
reseller for DDNS or anyone else? They have an INWW logo on their site 
(http://www.registryweb.com/_images/inww.gif)

2) Would anyone care to speculate (courageously) as to why RegistryWeb should 
offer.au domains to prospective registrants with "no local business" at a premium 
over that charged to prospective registrants "with local business" 
(http://www.registryweb.com/domains/pricing.shtml)?

cb