Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP

[Ross Rader <ross@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think eliminating it is pretty harsh, but I agree with most of your  
concerns with the current proposals. My preference would instead be to  
limit the AGP to a very short period (i.e. less than 24 hours) so that  
mistakes can still be fixed, but that the potential for abuse is kept  
to an absolute minimum. Mistakes do happen, and speaking as someone  
who inadvertently let loose a test script on the registry and  
registered hundreds of useless names, I would like to keep the  
potential to fix these types of mistakes when they occasionally  
happen. I'm less concerned about fraud because this is something that  
we can actively control through tight monitoring and screening of  
credit cards, etc.
On Mar 27, 2008, at 3:05 PM, <chris@xxxxxx> <chris@xxxxxx> wrote:
> So do I. I think I hear a consensus stampeding toward us. Of course  
> this is just a bottom up consensus which ICANN has repeatedly  
> ignored in the past.
> Chris McElroy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Palmer
> To: ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP
>
> I have yet to hear of a valid reason for domain tasting. Karl is  
> correct. There should not be any refunds for domain
> registrations at all for people who are repeat offenders. There  
> isn't any place for this nonsense as
> it takes up valuable resources that no one gets paid for.
>
> I support the call for elimination of the AGP as well.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Karl Peters - TLDA
> To: Dominik Filipp
> Cc: domain-tasting-motion@xxxxxxxxx ; ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [ga] Call for Elimination of AGP
>
>        I heartily second the "call for Elimination of AGP" as posted  
> by Dominik Filipp and for reasons explained on the GA list in  the  
> past week and for reasons not yet even enumerated. No one has yet  
> spotlighted even one PROPER use of the domain tasting by a major  
> corporation in market study and the arguments for protection of  
> registrars from credit card fraud and the like are no more  
> compelling that ANY internet sales related company's difficulty.  
> Registrars who can not handle the business should drop out of it, as  
> in any other industry. What makes them special?
> -Karl E. Peters