Re: [ga] Eliminating the Add Grace Period

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thomas and all,

  Here, here Thomas!  I would have used the term "Stakeholder"
or "Registrant" instead of "Consumer".  In any event, your quite
right.  Well done! ICANN is not pro-consumer/Stakeholder/
Registrant, and never has been.

Thomas Barrett - EnCirca wrote:

> 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

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