Sorry, Michael, I'm not with you. What do you mean by a procurement price of around $30,000?

Cheers,

Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo§auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+ceo=auda.org.au§dotau.org [mailto:dns-bounces+ceo=auda.org.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael McGoogan
> Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 14:33
> To: .au DNS Discussion List
> Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd
> 
> They must be good domains; I mean at a procurement price of around
> $30,000 per domain...I hope they come with a free pen.
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Thanks,
> Michael McGoogan
> 
> Managing Director
> AussieHQ Pty Ltd
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dns-bounces+m.mcgoogan=aussiehq.com.au§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+m.mcgoogan=aussiehq.com.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> Chris Disspain
> Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 1:48 PM
> To: '.au DNS Discussion List'
> Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd
> 
> Hmmmmm...since launch last Tuesday 13 applications from communities and
> rising.....
> 
> > when it collapses (as it inevitably will,)....
> 
> Well, of course, you'd know best.....
> 
> Chris Disspain
> CEO - auDA
> ceo§auda.org.au
> www.auda.org.au
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dns-bounces+ceo=auda.org.au§dotau.org
> [mailto:dns-bounces+ceo=auda.org.au§dotau.org] On Behalf Of
> > Kirk Fletcher
> > Sent: Sunday, 13 August 2006 10:17
> > To: .au DNS Discussion List
> > Subject: Re: [DNS] aucd
> >
> >
> > > I can understand $65/$99 for it, the $550 fee charged by
> > > auDA*cough*aucd.org*cough* how ever, is blatent false advertising,
> > > and misleading.
> >
> > Not really... the $550 actually goes to the community domains mob...
> > the registrar does indeed only get their little fee on top.  It's
> insanely
> > ridiculous, but that's the way it works.  I'm sure I could have
> thought
> > of much more interesting ways to blow a million dollars that to create
> > this miserable organisation.
> >
> > Aside from that, if a customer goes to one of these registrars and
> asks
> > about community domains, they are fully expected to "pass their client
> > on", and then hope that after they've been approved, they come back.
> > Obviously, any registrar with a brain will instead encourage them to
> > buy something else.  Something that is cheaper to the registrant, more
> > recognisable to visitors, and more profitable to registrars (ie, ANY
> > OTHER domain type!)
> >
> > I cannot believe anyone would want one of these domains - and am
> > even more surprised that any registrar bothered supporting them... I
> > just hope that when it collapses (as it inevitably will,) that they
> don't
> > expect further auDA funding.
> 
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Kirk
> >
> >
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