TBR Drop - Aug 31, 2022 (2.Viewing)

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theinvestor said:
Well I don’t think that’s right personally. If it’s not registered within the TBR timeframe they should not be charging $20.

I think the issue with TBR and the advantage some get is the fact they are able to get unlimited connections. It is tough to compete with WHC and myID for that reason.
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Agreed. But remember last year? I went through this exact scenario with WHC, I thought they should refund the money out of principle when they screwed up the TBR run and then successfully reg'd them post-tbr, and still charged TBR prices (and possibly still auctioned them off, can't remember).

It was my opinion then that WHC should have refunded the difference, just on principle, since that is not how TBR is designed to work. The main problem I had with it was that it would establish the precedent that registrars could now reg domains any time they like, then still auction them off.

CIRA's opinion was that I was stretching, that WHC wasn't doing anything devious, just trying to cover up a mistake when they mucked up the TBR run and that since we asked them to try and get it, they were doing their best to do so. I definitely get that perspective, and wasn't really accusing them of doing anything bad.

I just didn't want them to set the precedent that it was OK for any registrar to do that in the future. I felt that if you couldn't reg it during the TBR period, you shouldn't even be trying after, that's not what I contracted them to do.

I thought maybe WHC would have just refunded the difference, just to prove that no registrar should be doing this and that they would want to show that they weren't going to be the one that set that precedent. You know, simply out of principle, show some integrity at nearly nil cost. I thought that for the sake of $10 it was a great marketing move. In fact, I was purposely tee-ing it up for them with the opportunity to knock it out of the park from the integrity standpoint.

I was wrong, WHC chose not to do anything.
 
Spex said:
I just followed up with NP to see what happened. Looks like the name was registered at 20:44 GMT...which is 16:44EST and 13:44PST

If they indeed hand-regged it, I'll ask for it to be voided (and get a complete refund) or to refund me the difference between my $20 TBR bid and the hand-reg cost. We're not talking big bucks here, but it's the principle of it.

In hindsight, I don't even want the name anymore :)
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Got a reply from Namespro (redacted to remove my name and the domain in question). They explained the issue and offered me a full refund which I will be accepting on principle.

They dropped the ball and took the risk in hand-registering the name and charging me the full TBR bid. Had they just charged me the hand-reg fee I probably wouldn't have cared. Also, it's funny how they are still calling it a 'TBR registration'

Hi Spex,

Thank you for your inquiry and sorry for the confusion.

Our TBR registration system was stopped unexpectedly during yesterday's run. This is a one-time issue that has already been resolved.

That being said, we will be glad to issue a full refund of the transaction. However, the domain will also be removed from your account. Since a TBR registration is not reversible with CIRA, the domain "XXXXXXX.ca" will simply sit at our internal pool and be released next year.

If you would like to proceed with the full refund and removal of the domain "XXXXXXX.ca" from your account, please reply to this ticket and confirm with us. We will follow up accordingly once we have received your next reply.

Sincerely,
Namespro.ca Team
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Spex said:
Got a reply from Namespro (redacted to remove my name and the domain in question). They explained the issue and offered me a full refund which I will be accepting on principle.

They dropped the ball and took the risk in hand-registering the name and charging me the full TBR bid. Had they just charged me the hand-reg fee I probably wouldn't have cared
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Nicely done Namespro! See, that's exactly the kind of integrity I was trying to give WHC the opportunity to claim, yet they declined. Kudos @namesproCA !
 
theinvestor said:
I think the issue with TBR and the advantage some get is the fact they are able to get unlimited connections. It is tough to compete with WHC and myID for that reason.
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Well - yes, that's exactly it, but in all fairness, its a business decision that both MyID and WHC made to invest in extra TBR links. Obviously any registrar has that same opportunity at the same cost.
 
Marco is getting real close to my guess.
 
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Remember, on the Price is Right, you can't go OVER the price and win, only exact or UNDER.. hmmmmm
 
DomainRecap said:
Remember, on the Price is Right, you can't go OVER the price and win, only exact or UNDER.. hmmmmm
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Haven’t seen The Price Is Right in a while so glad I won! Looks like I will be buying a Lotto Max tomorrow.
 
Looks like we have a few popular choices on yet another low-end TBR list, and unfortunately, the few domains I was planning on bidding on are all on this list. 😭

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