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It would seem as though Ezinames is re-enacting the same business practices of it’s predecessor iRegistrations, read on below …

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from: http://capitalism.kicks-ass.net/bhm/index.php?p=742

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12/9/2004 Angst - Worrying about too much shit
Filed under: * Minutae — Korgmeister @ 2:02 am

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I’m also worried because I finally decided to register a domain on a whim, that domain being the-stupid-it-burns.us
The trouble is the outfit I registered it with, Ezinames seems to be somewhat shonky. They said in their Terms and Conditions they would provide a 7 day free trial of web hosting, after which it would be charged at the extortionate rate of $599US per year. However, it said you could just log into your domain management panel and turn it off at any time.

OK, seemed easy. Except for one thing, it wants me to verify my account by printing out this form with my credit card details (which I’d already given to them) and then faxing it to some number in America.

At this point I would like to ask - Hello! Are we in the fucking 1980s here?
Just about any goddamn two-bit operation can set up an secure credit card gateway and these fools want me to fax something with their signature on it to America? That dog won’t fucking hunt.

Anyway, on the control panel it says I have no domains but I received an automated e-mail saying the web hosting for the-stupid-it-burns.us has been activated. This confuses me no end, of course. But for good measure I decided to send a help-desk ticket requesting that the web hosting for that domain be immediately canceled.

I have no idea how this is going to turn out. Possible scenarios include.

#1 - Ezinames welcomes the 21st century, verifies my credit card and lets me turn off the fucking webhosting. (Good thing)

#2 - Ezinames refuses to acknowledge my credit card, cancels my account because I’m not going to pay them. (Nothing lost, nothing gained)

#3 - Ezinames fails to give me the domain, but bills me for the webhosting to this fictitious domain. (World of Pain)

Frankly, if they try anything funny they haven’t got a legal leg to stand on. Firstly, they’re based in Perth, Australia, so they have to comply with the Fair Trading Act, which forbids misleading and deceptive conduct and frankly I can call Consumer Affairs and make their lives very unpleasant. Also, if they try to bill my credit card for that insane sum, it will bounce. Finally, they violated their own Terms & Conditions, which stated I could turn off the free webhosting trial at any point I wanted. There’s few things as fun as explaining to someone that you’ve just hoisted them on their own legal petard.

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from: http://capitalism.kicks-ass.net/bhm/index.php?p=743

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15/9/2004 Job stuff, flying around, trippy stuff & Cardinal Virtues
Filed under: * Minutae — Korgmeister @ 9:30 pm

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Also, I put $220 on my credit card instead of $200 which was silly. I want as little money on that thing as possible lest the Sheisters at Ezinames try to fuck me over for $599US for hosting I said I didn’t want on a domain they claim they haven’t got around to registering. (BTW in case you didn’t get the drift, don’t have any fucking dealings with Ezinames, they suck)

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There have been reports that Ezinames is sending spam disguised as a domain name news e-newsletter.

Since Ezinames is operated by an Australian Company - Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd (Bradley Norrish) - they may have breached the Spam Act Cth (2003).

Anyone who has received this spam should report it to the Australian Communications Authority here: https://www.aca.gov.au/secure/complaint_form.htm

domainenews.com opt-out spammers
http://www.spamhaus.org/sbl/sbl.lasso?query=SBL19233

from: http://groups.google.com.au/groups?hl=en&lr=&th=6d7c854b0dbcd86d&seekm=200409152311.i8FNBZGx017665%40anthem.async.com.br

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1800 Century Park East Los Angeles CA 90025

You can remove yourself from this newsletter list and stop receiving Domain Name News Updates by sending an email to remove@domainenews.com with “remove” in the subject line.

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from: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?threadid=315894

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dmaven

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Interesting spam from ezinames

I got this “Domain Name News” from ezinames, loaded with banners to their 5.95 scam iregistrations/ezinames domains or useless site submit. I never subscribed or used their service. Anyone else get this?

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acts837

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I received that this morning. They must be digging through whois emails because that is my address they sent it to.

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dmaven

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Update for those interested

I have been getting the same email nearly twice a week. Even reporting to spamcop does not help.

These people are a joke

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from: whois.enom.com

Registration Service Provided By: iRegistrations.com
Contact: info@iregistrations.com
Visit: http://www.iregistrations.com

Domain name: domainenews.com

Registrant Contact:

Domain E-News (info@domainenews.com)
+1.3326232356
Fax: +.
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90025
US

Administrative Contact:

Domain E-News (info@domainenews.com)
+1.3326232356
Fax: +.
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90025
US

Technical Contact:

Domain E-News (info@domainenews.com)
+1.3326232356
Fax: +.
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90025
US

Billing Contact:

Domain E-News (info@domainenews.com)
+1.3326232356
Fax: +.
1800 Century Park East
Los Angeles, CA 90025
US

Status: Locked

Name Servers:
dns1.name-services.com
dns2.name-services.com
dns3.name-services.com
dns4.name-services.com
dns5.name-services.com

Creation date: 11 Aug 2004 23:43:54
Expiration date: 11 Aug 2005 23:43:54

The following diagram is a pictorial representation of the information provided on this web site:

Last month I made a post how iRegistrations (www.iregistrations.com) had merged with Ezinames (www.ezinames.com) aka Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd (see Aug 12 entry).

Now, according to their updated terms and conditions, Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd is the company behind the business.

They have also reduced their “free trial period” from 7 days to 3. Which means that unsuspecting people who think they are registering a domain name for $US5.95 get slug with a $US599 hosting package on top of that if they don’t opt-out of the “free trial” in 3 days!

I looked up ASIC and found that Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd has been deregistered.

Is it possible to hold a valid contract with a company that no longer exists?

Extracted from ASIC’s database at 08:07:24 on 25/09/2004
http://www.search.asic.gov.au/cgi-bin/gns030c?acn=096256110

Name INTERNET REGISTRATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
ACN 096 256 110

ABN 96 096 256 110

Type Australian Proprietary Company, Limited By Shares
Registration Date 19/03/2001
Next Review Date 19/03/2004
Status Deregistered
Locality of Registered Office not available
Jurisdiction Australian Securities & Investments Commission

Former Name(s) INTERNET NAME REGISTRATIONS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
INTERNET NAMES REGISTRY AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

from: http://www.ezinames.com/index.php?act=other&feat=terms

” … Terms and Conditions …

Parties

1.1 Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd trading as ezinames.com and hereafter for the purposes of this contract referred to as ezinames, is the service provider under this contract.

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2.6.2 Currently each new ezinames account attracts the provision of the following services for the first domain registered from ezinames : Bulk 500MB Hosting account, host up to 20 domains with up to 20,000MB data transfer (20GB), 500x POP email accounts, 20 MySQL Databases, 200 FTP accounts, 200 Mailing Lists, 500 Sub-domains, CGI-Bin, Control Panel, Search engine
submission (provided in hosting control panel).

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2.6.4 ezinames offers these services free for a trial period of 3 days from the date of domain name registration.

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2.6.9 Billing after the initial free trial period is by direct debit from the registrants nominated credit card at the rate of $US595 for 1 year service period. This charge will be billed in $AU at the then current exchange rate as provided at www.x-rates.com

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2.6.13 Should any fees charged by ezinames to the registrants nominated credit card for the account be charged back (including but not limited to fees for domain registration, hosting, or search engine submission) then ezinames shall gain full ownership, control and possession of the domain name involved. The registrant will also be liable to pay ezinames a chargeback administrative fee of $30.00.

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With regards to Paul Fox, who Bradley and Chesley both attest has nothing to do with any of their current operations; his name is found in an undertaking signed by Bradley Norrish on behalf of Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd.

ACCC - Undertakings register (s. 87B) 2002 - Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd
http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/331708

http://www.accc.gov.au/content/item.phtml?itemId=331708&nodeId=file40036b387663e&fn=d02_63700.pdf

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3.3 Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd undertakes at its own expense to procure that Mr Bradley Norrish and Mr Paul Fox each swear and provide to the Applicant no later than February 2003 an affidavit verifying (and annexing adequate documentary evidence) that Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd has carried out its obligations

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WARNING: THIS POST CONTAINS COARSE LANGUAGE

Jason “Magz” Namour who’s perthbands.com web site is “totally connected to (his) ex-work place” has quit his job.

Domain name registration records show the perthbands.com to be registered to Internet Registrations Australia Pty Ltd and hosted by IMCO Corporation Pty Ltd both companies operated by Bradley Norrish.

http://www.perthbands.com/forums/index.php?act=ST&f=9&t=8394

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perthbands.com > The Slaughterhouse > Quitting my job..

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Posted by: Magz Jul 1 2004, 05:10 PM
Hey guys,

Just thought i’d let you all know i’m no longer at the company i worked at for the past 4 years. I quit today , this company meant alot to me i helped it develop from 3 young guys in a one room office to a multimillion dollar company in the 4 years i was at it for. It’s been a very hard and emotional decision for me and it came about basically because of one cunt of a guy that has only been there under a year. An egotistical, crack smoking, absolute cum drain of a guy. Who wouldn’t know respect if it fucked him up his ring. Thing was he couldn’t get fired because he has entrenched himself too deeply into the infrastructure at my work so being the man i am i decided to leave the job i loved. You may think wow that’s drastic, but this guy has had me close to beating the living shit out of him the past 2 months and it got so bad i had no choice but to quit. Anywyas i leave him now being deeply hated by the rest of my fellow ex-workers whom i’m sure will make his life living hell.

Anyways, this means i have a shitload more time on my hands now so expect some changes to the site and some more big things coming your way.

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Posted by: Duceman Jul 1 2004, 05:14 PM
Magzy, you need him taken out?

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Posted by: Magz Jul 1 2004, 05:17 PM
I’d take him out myself if i could. He’s a little scum sucking fuck.

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Posted by: Magz Jul 1 2004, 07:26 PM
The guy is a cancer in the company he is HATED by everyone, and i mean HATED. He is the most arrogant, egotistical bastard you could ever meet and he makes no bones about it. He gloats about it regularly that he is elite and he’s better than everyone else and no one knows more than him and he’s never wrong. He makes me sick to my stomach just looking at him. He can’t talk normally to anyone he’s always barking orders and whinging. Problem is he’s gotten himself too deeply involved with all the current projects that they can’t afford to lose him. Seeing 99% of my work is for the projects he’s in charge of means i have to work closely with him every fucking day and listen to his uneducated advice on what things should look like and giving me the most pathetic work instructions possible that make it too hard for me to follow therefore he criticises my work and i argue back that if he knew what the fuck he was doing then maybe he’d be able to give me better instructions bla blah which results in him calling my work ‘fucking shit’ and me calling him a useless cunt that has no fucking idea about what he’s doing. This argument happens alot. I’ve almost punched him 4 times in the past week. So rather than get a court date i thought i’ll leave it be and quit much to the dismay of my fellow workers and boss. It’s a catch 22 it’s my only option i seriously couldn’t handle another day working with the guy.

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Posted by: Magz Jul 2 2004, 10:39 AM
haha thanks guys, if i ever see that guy on the street i’m pretty sure it’s gonna be curtains for him. Anyways, Yeah perthbands is totally connected to my ex-work place they host it and everything but i’m not leaving on bad terms with the company so it shouldn’t affect it in the short term. I may have to look into other hosting services in the coming months though.

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from: whois.enom.com

Registration Service Provided By: Internet Registrations Australia
Contact: enquiry@registrations.com.au
Visit: http://www.registrations.com.au

Domain name: perthbands.com

Administrative Contact:
Internet Registrations Australia
Domain Administrator (enquiry@registrations.com.au)
+1.611800833000
Fax: +61399236277
Level 28/ 303 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AU

Billing Contact:
Internet Registrations Australia
Domain Administrator (enquiry@registrations.com.au)
+1.611800833000
Fax: +61399236277
Level 28/ 303 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AU

Technical Contact:
Internet Registrations Australia
Domain Administrator (enquiry@registrations.com.au)
+1.611800833000
Fax: +61399236277
Level 28/ 303 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AU

Registrant Contact:
Internet Registrations Australia
Domain Administrator (enquiry@registrations.com.au)
+1.611800833000
Fax: +61399236277
Level 28/ 303 Collins St
Melbourne, VIC 3000
AU

Status: Active

Name Servers:
ns1.imcoserv.com
ns2.imcoserv.com

Creation date: 03 May 2001 02:41:04
Expiration date: 03 May 2005 02:41:04