ABACUS AMERICA DBA NAMES4EVER AKA Domains.aplus.net by making Late Fees = 2300% annual rate, they are holding my domain name hostage. San Diego California

On the APlus net website your company endorses them. THis is my experience

Since they are into decepetive ripoff practices, are you?

I think a late fee that exceeds the annual rate of a domain name registration is immoral and flat out a legal method of extortion to Domain Holders. The following is an experience I had with domains.aplus.net, which is charging 2300% their annual rate for a late fee. My Registar is NOT my host company. I have a different hosting company.

Domain Name: AMADEUSMAX.COM
Registrar: ABACUS AMERICA, INC. DBA NAMES4EVER
Whois Server: whois.names4ever.com
Referral URL: http://www.names4ever.com

This conversation took place from the conversation window I had come up. I went to renew my website DNS, thats the name service for a website. Basically buying your name, your .com. You can buy a .com for $5-$15 for a year, and buy other ones even cheaper, the .biz or .tv. Well mine came up in Dec 28th, 2004. I didn't realize this but wanted to correct it. This was on February 11th, 2004. So I went to www.names4ever.com , which is now http://domains.aplus.net/. This is chat window came up, which is how you talk to customer service. I am visitor74269.


liliyab: Hello! How may I help you?
Visitor74269: I was checking on my domain name
liliyab: hello
Visitor74269: http://www.amadeusmax.com
Visitor74269: My name is bryan
liliyab: How may I help you
Visitor74269: Is it current
Visitor74269: ?
Visitor74269: are you there
liliyab: The domain name has expired
Visitor74269: how do I reinstate it
Visitor74269: HOw do I renew it?
liliyab: You just need to pay for the renewal and the late fee
Visitor74269: Late fee?
liliyab: yes - $185
Visitor74269: $185 late fee
Visitor74269: for amadeusmax.com
Visitor74269: Are you out of your mind?
Visitor74269: are you there?
liliyab: yes
Visitor74269: for amadeusmax.com your saying there is $185 us dollar late fee
liliyab: yes
liliyab: $185 us dollar late fee
Visitor74269: Okay in about 10 minutes every webmaster board in the US is going to have this ridiculous conversation listed on it.
Visitor74269: I will not pay, and I am filing a complaint with the internic.
Visitor74269: You enjoy the loss of buisness
Visitor74269: I am going to get a new dns for $15 us dollars.
liliyab: you can get a new domain name for $5.95
liliyab: but the late fee for amadeusmax.com is $185
Visitor74269: 15 sites I have posted so far
Visitor74269: 25 Sites
Visitor74269: Going for the media sites
Visitor74269: abc, nbc, cbs, fox, and msnbc
Visitor74269: I'll send you the links.
liliyab: Thank you
Visitor74269: No no f*** you

After having this conversation, to check myself I called APlus and talked to a Jack who told me it was true. He said it would be easier for me to get a new name with them for $7.95.

Bryan
Jenks, Oklahoma
U.S.A.