Where GoDaddy Stands Makes Me Sick...

[MyFuture]

After reading the latest news about GoDaddy and their unscrupulous actions I hope people finally wake up and smell the coffee...

Business practices like theirs makes one shake their head and think again...

See You Later GoDaddy... I am moving and will suggest everyone else to do the same...

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[GT Web]

You make me sick.

Godaddy has TOS, if you choose to use their service you are subject to those terms. Why are people so mad about this? The site had some dangerous information on it and Godaddy pulled the plug. Boohoo.

...and you better not be plugging your own site in this section...

 

[D'same]

You make me sick.

Godaddy has TOS, if you choose to use their service you are subject to those terms. Why are people so mad about this? The site had some dangerous information on it and Godaddy pulled the plug. Boohoo.

You seem to be willing to go along with anything a company does...does holding your site to ransom seem good to you?.....and how come they back-peddled so often.....aaahhhh....I guess losing a domain or two doesn't bother you....

Seems weak-kneed to me....

 

[Dimva]

Godaddy, why are people using them..when we got Moniker?!

 

[Gerry]

I guess losing a domain or two doesn't bother you....

You bring up a very good point, D'same. But it is not just a matter of losing a name or two...it was an entire site.

If it was just a matter of the TOS, then so be it. We'll let the lawyers battle it out.

But I think with all the negative press lately, GoDaddy has some damage control to do.

The most recent article appearing is this one from CNET:

http://news.com.com/Survey+Are+domain+registrars+free-speech+friendly/2100-1025_3-6155614.html

It is a rather in-depth look as to how the registrars themselves view free speech and other matters.

It is interesting to note that GoDaddy, naturally, would publish comments from a favorable standpoint and client.

Meanwhile, several of us on this forum and others were victims of a TDNAM/GoDaddy blunder in which they were selling domain names as being expired but were not expired and domain names that were supposedly at GoDaddy but were in fact at other registrars.

Several hundred, perhaps thousands by one account, domain names were auctioned off that should have never been auctioned off. Tens of thousands of dollars, perhaps more, were tied up.

The most haunting issue about this fiasco? At least three members of this and other forums have supplied emails to and from TDNAM/GoDaddy which clearly shows that TDNAM was notified of this matter while the auction was going on and the customers were told they were wrong.

In the meantime, TDNAM allowed this to go on for weeks.

So it is not simply a matter of TOS, it is a matter of being so big and almighty that your own pride clouds your judgment and discredits your own customers. TDNAM/GoDaddy would have loved for all of it to go away by sending out "owner reclaimed" notices.

And then to blame the matter on an .info registry problem. But when it went beyond the .info into the .com, .net, .org, .biz, and now we are even seeing an .fm or two.

Assurances that this problem was fixed were simply lip service as this was allowed to go on for weeks, nearly a month total.

So it is not just about a TOS or a site that may or may not be the center of controversy in the eyes of some. It is about deceiving and lying to your customers and not listening to your customers' concerns or complaints.

Sincere efforts to alert TDNAM to a huge problem and issue were brushed aside by the staff and middle and upper management. This issue never had to happen.

And now? Well, TDNAM/GoDaddy regrets not having treated their customers with more decency and respect.

So be it.

 

[EGS]

Yeah the same thing happened to me one time, well not really. Eh, it was 10-Domains.com and I paid for 10 year registration for a domain by money order. After that domain gained popularity within a year, the registrar decided to take it and declared that I did not pay for 10 year registration after one year of receiving the payment...

They sold it to NetSter for a large sum of money...and I never got it back. The ****s still have it too, and there's no proof of me sending out payment for 10 year registration.

 

[PRED]

yep. Godaddy stink on a number of fronts. I'm transferring my best names out to Moniker.
Where do you find the auth codes on Godaddy's site?

 

[Theo]

Pred, the auth codes can be found *very* close to GoDaddy girl's nipples. That's why they have those commercials, to trick you out.















OK. Click on a domain, then at the bottom of the chunk of text on the left the last option says "Authorization code: Send by email".

 

[Gerry]

Pred, the auth codes can be found *very* close to GoDaddy girl's nipples.

I think you may actually lift up one of those 10 pounders and move them around a bit to determine if they are authentic or not...OH, MY BAD! The authentication codes for the domains. Sorry, got a little distracted.

Pred, if you need assistance PM me. Trust me, I have plenty of experience transferring out domains from GoDaddy.

 

[Theo]

Some say you need to pull on the earring on Bob Parson's ear....

 

[Gerry]

Some say you need to pull on the earring on Bob Parson's ear....

Now THAT is where I draw the line.

Actually, it looks to be at least a two carat diamond stud. That would help in recouping my loses. I'll give this matter further thought.

 

[PRED]

Pred, the auth codes can be found *very* close to GoDaddy girl's nipples. That's why they have those commercials, to trick you out.

OK. Click on a domain, then at the bottom of the chunk of text on the left the last option says "Authorization code: Send by email".

:eyebrows: LOL
Cheers Acroplex!
I normally then just email the domains, auth codes over to Moniker & they process.
Do i also have to initiate a transfer 'out' at Godaddy? Sorry to be thick!
cheers
Pred

 

[Duckinla]

Heard a rumor. Watch for Superbowl commercials tomorrow advertising a new Godaddy website. BobParsons.com. I'm not kidding. Talk about pure ego. This company won't release profit statements and has probably never made a dime. But they sure brag about their revenues.

 

[Theo]

:eyebrows: LOL
Cheers Acroplex!
I normally then just email the domains, auth codes over to Moniker & they process.
Do i also have to initiate a transfer 'out' at Godaddy? Sorry to be thick!
cheers
Pred

Get the authentication codes at GD, then go to Moniker and begin a transfer. The codes will be entered there.

 

[Gerry]

Heard a rumor. Watch for Superbowl commercials tomorrow advertising a new Godaddy website. BobParsons.com. I'm not kidding. Talk about pure ego. This company won't release profit statements and has probably never made a dime. But they sure brag about their revenues.

Ego does not begin to describe this person, this persona.

See this:
http://www.bobparsons.com/SuperBowlXLISunday.html

YeeHaw! I bought BOB a chopper from Orange County Choppers.

Already on the OCC website:

http://www.orangecountychoppers.com/occ/index.html

He is getting so much publicity and press for poor taste. What's worse, it is press and coverage that he doesn't have to pay for.

And what was Bob doing in Miami? Attending the Maxim party. Wonder if he made it to Snoop Dog's "Pimps and Hoes" party...seriously, he has this. Just not sure if Bob went and not sure what side of this theme he would be on.

 

[Terminator]

You seem to be willing to go along with anything a company does...does holding your site to ransom seem good to you?.....and how come they back-peddled so often.....aaahhhh....I guess losing a domain or two doesn't bother you....

Seems weak-kneed to me....

Are you saying that NO registrar should pull the plug not matter what information is posted? that anyone should have the right to post anything they want too? otherwise its censorship? At what point does a Registrar draw the line? or is there one in your opinion?

No one has the right to post sensitive information that can cause harm to another individual, GTWeb is correct, when he registered the domain, he agreed to Godaddy's TOS and is subject to those terms, the free speech argument just doesn't fly here!

 

[myst woman]

I think these issues are piggybacking. The rage over a registrar pulling a site and the frustation of name and hosting management coming together.
Godaddy did the right thing pulling the site. Where are te feds and identity fraud police? Snacking donuts.
Until the authoritays can catch up with web policing the host will have to do it.
If it had been child porn, would be on the soapbox?

 

[Tia Wood]

Exploiting children does not fall under "free speech".

As an established partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, we also take action based on sites that pose a significant threat to or exploitation of childrem--as was the case in this instance. - GoDaddy

Although GoDadd has plenty of faults that make me scream, I'm sorry but I'm going to have to side on GoDaddy with this one.

1. Under what circumstances will you suspend a customer's domain name based on the content of his or her Web site, in the absence of a court order?

Go Daddy takes action to suspend a domain name in cases where the domain name is being used for, or in association with, illegal activities. Our most common instances involve phishing sites, child pornography Web sites, terrorist sites and the like.

As an established partner with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, we also take action based on sites that pose a significant threat to or exploitation of childrem--as was the case in this instance.

Seclists.org had thousands of usernames and passwords of Myspace users, plenty of them are children.

GoDaddy did the right thing. :yes:

 

[Theo]

When you let others decide where your freedom ends, you've already lost it.

NoDaddy - all the way.

 

[Gerry]

Seclists.org had thousands of usernames and passwords of Myspace users, plenty of them are children.

I never personally saw this website, it's content, or it's purpose. I may have seen MySpace twice.

I am familiar with the controversy regarding the pulling of Seclists.org.

I can only comment on what I know first hand regarding GoDaddy. Even though Seclist is mentioned in the post, I didn't think this was an issue dealing solely with Seclist.org.

GoDaddy has some very serious issues to deal with and needs to refocus their attention on their customers as a whole rather than one site, one $2.6 million dollar super bowl ad ran twice, one set of large hooters, and one Orange County Chopper that I and the other GoDaddy customers paid for.

http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=203502
http://www.dnforum.com/showthread.php?t=204742

http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/282585-what-the-f-is-going-tdnam.html
http://www.namepros.com/legal-issues-and-disputes/284914-f-ed-again-by-godaddy-tdnam.html