GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
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GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
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Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#2'Scam' is a really strong word and denotes an illegal action.
While these are shady practices, they are not illegal.
And the 1-month ahead renewal is not shorting you of a month. It's preventing you from getting into a situation where your cert expires because your CC details were invalid and it took to long to replace them. It also gives you time to configure your server, etc.
They are hardly the first company to offer a different initial price than the renewal, either. I hate that tactic, and watch for it, but it's not even unethical unless they don't tell you about it.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#3'Scam' is a really strong word and denotes an illegal action. While these are shady practices, they are not illegal. And the 1-month ahead renewal is not shorting you of a month. It's preventing you from getting into a situation where your cert expires because your CC details were invalid and it took to long to replace them. It also gives you time to configure your server, etc. They are hardly the first company to of…
I'm sorry I must disagree. Its not a scam in the classical sense but it is one. Its like the real-estate sites that ask for a credit card and a free trial, to cancel you must CALL between 3-4pm on a Wednesday when their lines are busy AND they promptly close doors at 4pm or you will get charged perpetually.
However GD can offer whatever they want. HOWEVER this is deceptive marketing AND I am fairly sure you can take em to courts over this.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#4HAHAHAHA. Well, it actually gets worse. If you cancel the auto renewal, then go into Google and search for "ssl certificate" you'll get a wonderful ad (at the very top) that is for $12.99 (with the quote "why pay more"). You can then buy that cert and it gives you the exact same thing as the renewal (admittedly a bit more work, but is the convenience of auto-renewal really worth $37?).
Been doing this for the last 3 years: they are TRULY retarded for using such a scheme but hey! It catches some people, so I guess tactics like that got them the $2bn "investment" from the friends at Silver Lake.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#5HAHAHAHA. Well, it actually gets worse. If you cancel the auto renewal, then go into Google and search for "ssl certificate" you'll get a wonderful ad (at the very top) that is for $12.99 (with the quote "why pay more"). You can then buy that cert and it gives you the exact same thing as the renewal (admittedly a bit more work, but is the convenience of auto-renewal really worth $37?). Been doing this for the last 3…
Exactly. Disable auto-renew for all your GoDaddy products! Thankfully GoDaddy explains how to do this:
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#6'Scam' is a really strong word and denotes an illegal action. While these are shady practices, they are not illegal. And the 1-month ahead renewal is not shorting you of a month. It's preventing you from getting into a situation where your cert expires because your CC details were invalid and it took to long to replace them. It also gives you time to configure your server, etc. They are hardly the first company to of…
'Scam' is a really strong word and denotes an illegal action.
Not at all. It implies deceit, but not necessarily illegality. Many scams are legal.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#7'Scam' is a really strong word and denotes an illegal action. While these are shady practices, they are not illegal. And the 1-month ahead renewal is not shorting you of a month. It's preventing you from getting into a situation where your cert expires because your CC details were invalid and it took to long to replace them. It also gives you time to configure your server, etc. They are hardly the first company to of…
I'm sorry I must disagree. Its not a scam in the classical sense but it is one. Its like the real-estate sites that ask for a credit card and a free trial, to cancel you must CALL between 3-4pm on a Wednesday when their lines are busy AND they promptly close doors at 4pm or you will get charged perpetually. However GD can offer whatever they want. HOWEVER this is deceptive marketing AND I am fairly sure you can take…
If the real-estate sites really make it impossible to cancel, why not call your credit card company and get them to issue a chargeback?
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#8>I called GoDaddy Support this Sunday afternoon. While it was a long distance call, I only had to wait about a minute to reach a person in their Billing Department. They were happy to refund me the $49.99 after I deleted the cert and sent me the instructions to disable auto-renewals I linked to above.
This times 1000
I experienced this exact same issue. I was pretty pissed to say the least but I called, got a human in about 60 seconds, and they refunded me as well as told me how to disable auto renew. I see no problem here.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry I must disagree. Its not a scam in the classical sense but it is one. Its like the real-estate sites that ask for a credit card and a free trial, to cancel you must CALL between 3-4pm on a Wednesday when their lines are busy AND they promptly close doors at 4pm or you will get charged perpetually. However GD can offer whatever they want. HOWEVER this is deceptive marketing AND I am fairly sure you can take…
If the real-estate sites really make it impossible to cancel, why not call your credit card company and get them to issue a chargeback?
It was meant as an example of "scam"; your question is irrelevant to the discussion.
Re: GoDaddy SSL Cert Scam
#10Complain all you like but it seems at any given time I'm working for at least one organization that is running an expired SSL certificate on a server I need to use. More of these organizations should be using auto-renew.