WOW, that's super bad, not to mention that it CLEARLY was not really given much concern, as you would have had the English checked in the email that you should FULLY expect to go public. It reads like someone trying to tell my dad they are from Microsoft and he has a virus wrote it.
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Reminds me how I somehow registered and even paid for the domain name "DJ.com" on Namecheap in 2016 and held it for a day before it was reversed. Now it is being used for dowjones.
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Reminds me how I somehow registered and even paid for the domain name "DJ.com" on Namecheap in 2016 and held it for a day before it was reversed. Now it is being used for dowjones.
DJ.com was unregistered before you registered it in 2016?
Damn, that's really bad. And from their response, it seems like they don't even care much. They credited payment to ex domain owner' account and, for them, that's it. What morons...
They reserve the right to refuse service and reversing is a kind of refusing service. If they sell a domain called guugle.com to you and Google's lawyers ping them, namecheap won't stand on your side. They'll just reverse the purchase and wash their hands off it.
That's why I only go for random or domains with my name. If no one wants it, i can have it for a while until name cheap charges 20 dollar to renew .com domains...
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@ExtaHost said:
Reminds me how I somehow registered and even paid for the domain name "DJ.com" on Namecheap in 2016 and held it for a day before it was reversed. Now it is being used for dowjones.
DJ.com was unregistered before you registered it in 2016?
Honestly no clue, maybe it was just a bug from Namecheap side shownig it as registrable.
@ExtaHost said:
Reminds me how I somehow registered and even paid for the domain name "DJ.com" on Namecheap in 2016 and held it for a day before it was reversed. Now it is being used for dowjones.
DJ.com was unregistered before you registered it in 2016?
Honestly no clue, maybe it was just a bug from Namecheap side shownig it as registrable.
WHOIS shows dj.com has been registered since 1994. And the Internet Wayback Machine shows its been going to the Dow Jones website all the way back.
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If it's OK for a hosting provider to delete VPS and refund, it should be OK for a domain registrar to delete domain and refund.
In legal principle, a domain is owned by the registrant, whereas a VPS is owned by the service provider.
If your account gets terminated without notice with your domain registry service (lets use cloudflare for this example) because of abuse of a service that is not your domain, good luck getting your domain off cloudflare or bringing them to court.
Legal principals are only applicable to same sized entities. If it's you vs cloudflare, you will lose out most of the time. I mean I doubt you even bothered to read their ToS when you signed up
If you need an example, look no further thæn our favorite island-goers. If you tried the same, you'll be a convicted pedo and put in jail in no time.
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WOW, that's super bad, not to mention that it CLEARLY was not really given much concern, as you would have had the English checked in the email that you should FULLY expect to go public. It reads like someone trying to tell my dad they are from Microsoft and he has a virus wrote it.
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Pretty bad!
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Reminds me how I somehow registered and even paid for the domain name "DJ.com" on Namecheap in 2016 and held it for a day before it was reversed. Now it is being used for dowjones.
DJ.com was unregistered before you registered it in 2016?
Damn, that's really bad. And from their response, it seems like they don't even care much. They credited payment to ex domain owner' account and, for them, that's it. What morons...
They reserve the right to refuse service and reversing is a kind of refusing service. If they sell a domain called guugle.com to you and Google's lawyers ping them, namecheap won't stand on your side. They'll just reverse the purchase and wash their hands off it.
That's why I only go for random or domains with my name. If no one wants it, i can have it for a while until name cheap charges 20 dollar to renew .com domains...
If you want information, feign ignorance reply with the wrong answer. Internet people will correct you ASAP!
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right!
If they make that argument they could simply unregister any domain a customer owned for 10 years with them.
Exactly.
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If it's OK for a hosting provider to delete VPS and refund, it should be OK for a domain registrar to delete domain and refund.
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Honestly no clue, maybe it was just a bug from Namecheap side shownig it as registrable.
WHOIS shows dj.com has been registered since 1994. And the Internet Wayback Machine shows its been going to the Dow Jones website all the way back.
In legal principle, a domain is owned by the registrant, whereas a VPS is owned by the service provider.
If your account gets terminated without notice with your domain registry service (lets use cloudflare for this example) because of abuse of a service that is not your domain, good luck getting your domain off cloudflare or bringing them to court.
Legal principals are only applicable to same sized entities. If it's you vs cloudflare, you will lose out most of the time. I mean I doubt you even bothered to read their ToS when you signed up
If you need an example, look no further thæn our favorite island-goers. If you tried the same, you'll be a convicted pedo and put in jail in no time.
If you want information, feign ignorance reply with the wrong answer. Internet people will correct you ASAP!
It’s OK if you disagree with me. I can’t force you to be right!