Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850 • Hacker News Board

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by wil421 » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:36 PM UTC

brandon272 wrote: post #9

I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

Their leadership team must be grasping at anyway possible to gain revenue.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by roozbeh18 » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:39 PM UTC

Network Solutions has been doing other unethical things for years. I used to search for available domains using Network Solutions to only find that the domain instantly had become inaccessible to purchase. I later found out they were buying the domain people were searching for , for a period of 5 days so that you wont be able to purchase it from anyone else. very shady

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by philsnow » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:39 PM UTC

They are giving out 9-digit unique PINs required for making changes to accounts, rather than using (H|T)OTP ?

What, exactly, is that $1350 / year supposed to pay for ?

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by burke » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:40 PM UTC

brandon272 wrote: post #9

I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

If you send them an email demanding your account be canceled, CC companies will usually let you use that to dispute further charges until your account is actually canceled.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by rhizome » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:40 PM UTC

wil421 wrote: post #11

brandon272 wrote: post #9

I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

Their leadership team must be grasping at anyway possible to gain revenue.

Here they are: http://www.web.com/aboutus/leadership.aspx

They have a Chief People Officer.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by michaelhoffman » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:41 PM UTC

How many domains are we talking about? It's one thing if it's $1,850 for one, another if it's 100 domains at $18.50 each. Not that I'm defending Network Solutions' horrible business practices here.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by jonknee » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:42 PM UTC

Isn't it their job to not illegitimately allow changes to your domains in the first place?

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by crusso » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:43 PM UTC

I love easydns.com. Not a big player AFAIK, but professional and very responsive.

I wouldn't consider registering a domain with NetSol and wouldn't hesitate to remove any domains they house from them.

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by llamataboot » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:43 PM UTC

michaelhoffman wrote: post #16

How many domains are we talking about? It's one thing if it's $1,850 for one, another if it's 100 domains at $18.50 each. Not that I'm defending Network Solutions' horrible business practices here.

First sentence of the article:

I got an email from Network Solutions — where I still have two domains, originally registered in the ’90s

Re: Network Solutions Auto-Enroll: $1,850

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Post by flovec » Tue, Jan 21, 2014, 9:44 PM UTC

brandon272 wrote: post #9

I have an account with Network Solutions that they will not let me cancel without calling their sales team. I do not have an active credit card on file with them nor do I have any domains or hosting services. They send me e-mails every month trying to bill me for something that I haven't signed up for with language indicating that I'm about to "lose" my services (that don't exist) if I don't pay. They're terrible. It…

I've been trying to transfer a domain name (.io) purchased from them to _another_ Network Solutions customer for business reasons. I can't even pay them to make this happen. "It isn't possible" they tell me.