Re: Tired of Waiting

["Richard J. Sexton" <richard@sexton.com>]

At 05:07 AM 7/15/98 +0800, Dave Crocker wrote:
>At 07:46 AM 7/14/98 -0700, Fred Baker wrote:
>>At 09:54 AM 7/14/98 -0400, Noel Chiappa wrote:
>>>(If you don't see why for-profit, but competing, Registries don't work,
>>Explain to me what we don't have the same problem with Visa and Mastercard?
>
>
>The difference is the end-user 'cost' to change services.  It's rather
>small to switch to a new credit card.  It's enormous -- and possibly deadly
>to the organization -- to switch to a new domain name.
>
>The distinction between "initial choice" and "renewal choice" is
>fundamental.  Having a great deal of the former is of course a good thing.
>Having essentially none at the latter event is paramount.

How on earth is renewal so tough? You send a check or pay with a credit 
card and check to see if the registries records indicate payment is
credited. What am I missing here, Dave ?

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