YOU'LL PARDON ME IF I DON'T START DOING CARTWHEELS (Posted 2007-05-01 03:47:23 by basscomm) In the midst of the spam-fest that is my Inbox, I found this gem (irrelevant bits removed): -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= ****************************************** Your refund for ICANN Fee overpayment ****************************************** Dear basscomm, The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN(R)) recently agreed to reduce their Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to $.22. What does this mean for you? Good news. You have been credited $.03/yr for each domain name you registered or renewed dating back to July 1, 2006* -- $.03 has been placed into your Go Daddy(R) account with this customer number: xxxxxxxx. Your in-store credit will be applied to your purchases at GoDaddy.com(R) until it's gone or for up to 12 months, whichever comes sooner. If you have any questions, please contact a customer service representative at xxx-xxx-xxxx. _<link removed>_ As always, thank you for being a Go Daddy customer. _<Signature, disclaimer, etc.>_ Copyright (C) 2007 GoDaddy.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= To put that into context, I have two [ http://crummysocks.com ] domains [ http://closeoutwarrior.com ] registered through GoDaddy, but only one that fits the criteria, which means that I have a grand total of $0.03 in credits. And while I both understand and appreciate that someone hopes that this is a gesture that is going to generate loads of revenue, I think it's a bit silly. I'm not getting back the $0.03 that I overpaid last year, I'm getting credited $0.03 on future purchases (until the credits run out, of course). And yes, I'm being silly about the whole thing. I still use and have no issues with Go Daddy's services. I'm sure that this credit is going to be a greater boon to those who hold large quantities of domain names. Heck, with this credit, if I had 299 domains I could renew one of them for free. Well, for free plus the $0.22 ICANN [ http://www.icann.org/ ] fee. -------- There are no comments on this post. To submit a comment on this post, email basscomm@crummysocks.com or visit us on the web [ http://crummysocks.com ].