Hi, I have been reading threads here and at other forums over the past couple of years about Paypal always taking the side of scammers due to their policy of "non-tangible" items, and was wondering if anyone has ever heard of anybody taking Paypal to court?
PayPal (Ebay) is frequently sued regarding various issues, and has lost some. So they're not untouchable.
On a related note, some domainers who sell via PayPal, will send the buyer the login / transfer details by postal mail as per PayPal / eBay SPP guidelines (delivery confirmation for under $250; signature confirmation $250+) to the delivery address shown on the "Ship To" screen.
There a lot to SPP, and it keeps changing - in general, eBay transactions seem to afford more protection to both buyer and seller; more countries covered.
Rambling on, but in a nutshell, some domainers will send the login / transfer info via regular mail, which in a dispute becomes the tangible item, which is typically covered - no guarantee this approach will work in one's favor in a dispute, but it has for some domainers.
After all, ownership of domains is verified by the registrar, so IMHO, if you own a domain, it is your legal property.
Not exactly. Read up on real estate title insurance...
Even though one may have a Deed to their home, that doesn't mean the person necessarily owns it free and clear - and hence the need (often required by mortgage lenders) to research ownership, and insure against the unlikely, but possible threat of another person claiming ownership, disputing boundaries, etc of the property sometime in the future.
Point is that registrars often have no way to truly verify ownership, and related issues (ie. TMs), of a domain, in particular, for domains that have existed for awhile...
Registrars simply register domains - they generally don't take responsibility for verifying ownership; absolve themselves of such responsibilty and leave it to the parties to deal with the problem on their own via negotiation, mediation, litigation, udrp, etc.
Ron
