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I still get them 

Posted Tuesday 17th July 2007 17:28 GMT

I still get these "somebody wants to register mydomain.us" or .biz or .info. I even received one about a month ago with regard to .co.uk. Since I do security for a living, I knew better. But there are, I fear, those who will fall for this. Thanks for giving this some press. Too bad everyone here already knows not to fall for it. Right?

Pot. Kettle. 

Posted Wednesday 18th July 2007 07:41 GMT

Considering Nominet offers to let me reregister any .co.uk domains I let lapse for the bargain price of just 80 quid, I think them accusing others of sharp practice is really rather special.

Re: Pot. Kettle 

Posted Wednesday 18th July 2007 07:58 GMT

Errr... you can just renew them with the company that registered it for you (or the company whose tag the domain is on rather). Nominet charge £80 + VAT to discourage direct registrations, you always have a choice to renew/register with someone else.

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