RE: [ga] Eliminating the Add Grace Period

["Thomas Barrett - EnCirca" <tbarrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Is there anyone out there really concerned about protecting the interests of
the consumer?

Giving the consumer the option of immediately deleting a name is
pro-consumer.

Eliminating the Add Grace Period is anti-consumer.

Giving the consumer the option of immediately deleting a name argues for
both the continuance of the ADD Grace period AND adding a RENEW Grace
Period.

Allowing for a RENEW Grace Period would be a pro-consumer move.  It is very
common for a customer to renew a name by mistake.  Today, the only options
for a renewal mistake are to issue a credit card charge-back or ask the
registrar to eat the fee.  Eliminating the Add Grace Period would reduce the
consumer to the same two sorry options.

So, let's stop pretending that eliminating the Add Grace Period is
pro-consumer.  It is not.

Rather than simply abolishing the ADD Grace Period, there should be more
creative thinking to find a way to address domain tasting without harming
the consumer.

Regards,

Tom Barrett
EnCirca, Inc