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		<title>Do NOT Purchase Anything from Domain Registry of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 03:56:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Barker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk about a sorry excuse for a marketing campaign, just look at this mailer that I got via the US Postal Service.  This is hardly the first, or I imagine, the last one of these to land in my mailbox but this was like the last straw. First off, notice the &#8220;Reply Requested By&#8221; date.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.davidkbarker.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/domain_fishing.jpg"><img class="alignright size-full wp-image-85" title="domain_fishing" src="http://www.davidkbarker.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/domain_fishing.jpg" alt="" width="463" height="398" /></a>Talk about a sorry excuse for a marketing campaign, just look at this    mailer that I got via the US Postal Service.  This is hardly the   first,  or I imagine, the last one of these to land in my mailbox but   this was  like the last straw.</p>
<p>First off, notice the &#8220;Reply   Requested By&#8221; date.  This will give you  an idea of when I received this   in the mail.  Now keep in mind, that I  don&#8217;t use, nor have I ever  used  Domain Registry of America as my  registrar, so they are fishing,   hoping that I&#8217;ll freak out because some  of my domains are expiring,  and  pay over three times more than I  typically pay.</p>
<p>Take a look  at  the first sentence telling me that they are concerned  about my  domains  that are expiring &#8220;in the next few months&#8221;.  Now look  at the  date that  they are actually expiring (Sept 27th 2013!) 2-1/2  YEARS  FROM NOW!</p>
<p>THEN!,  they have the unmitigated audacity to expect me  to pay $35 USD  a year  for a simple domain name that I&#8217;m currently  paying only $7.00 a  year  for!</p>
<p>Now I can understand, and fully  support, marketing but this  is so  insulting, its nothing short of  saying something along the lines  of &#8220;Hey  Idiot, you want to buy some  ocean front property in Arizona?&#8221;   The only  way that someone would  fall for this kind of SCAM is if they  were so  busy that they didn&#8217;t  read it and didn&#8217;t stop to think about  who they  use as a registrar.</p>
<p>Why would anyone knowingly do  business with a company that&#8217;s so   disrespectful?  I just don&#8217;t get it.   Please link to this blog so that   we get the word out about this kind  of scum.</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
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