No Go
I have a few domain names with GoDaddy.com (terrible site, terrible commercials, but cheap as hell) so I’m on their mailing list. On Wednesday, I received a message with an inflammatory subject: “Federal Agency Nixes Your Right to Privacy.” Seems they’re in a huff because someone recommended against allowing “private registrations” for .us domains. Y-a-w-n.
I’d be more impressed with their indignation were it not for three facts:
- This applies only to .us domains, and it seems to me a fair requirement that they be able to verify said users are actually in the U.S.,
- GoDaddy makes a bundle on private registrations, so big surprise they think everyone should have them, and
- At the bottom of this message urging me to visit their electronic petition, they include this note:
You are receiving this email [...] because our records indicate you are a Go Daddy customer. If you feel you have received this email in error, please notify us at 14455 N. Hayden Rd, Ste. 219, Scottsdale, AZ 85260
It’s that last that really steams me. It’s bad enough that they’re spamming me to say they want to protect my privacy — then they say if I want them to stop, I should write this completely online-based company a letter. Please.
April 4th, 2005 at 4:55 pm
They care about your right to complain. Just not much.
April 6th, 2005 at 7:15 am
That is a riot! Just be glad they didn’t ask you to send a telegram!
I also think it is simply delicious that their “records indicate you are a customer” which assumes two things: 1) customers automatically care about the domain registration process (97% don’t) and 2) that their sales records aren’t very reliable (if they were reliable, they’d be able say something like: “We appreciate your business and thought this subject might be of interest to you…if not, contact us by pony expresss…”)
April 7th, 2005 at 8:41 am
would it be off-topic to suggest “owl post” ???