Re: [ga] domain tastinmg comments

[<chris@xxxxxx>]

I just don't think that a 20 cent fee is enough to stop it altogether which 
needs to be done. Make it half price and maybe we get somewhere.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberto Gaetano" <roberto@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <chris@xxxxxx>; <domain-tasting-motion@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "'GA'" <ga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [ga] domain tastinmg comments


> Chris:
> > I understand the comparisons and the analogy you used about
> > abuse. I'm sure the store's policy would change if people
> > were buying thousands of socks, creating a shortage, which is
> > exactly what is happening with domain names right now.
>
>
> And I agree completely with you.
> The devil is in the details, as usual. Questions arise:
> - how will the policy change? Will the store stop grace period practice
> altogether, or return only a percentage of the money paid? (this is the 
> .org
> solution)
> - will each individual store make its own decision, or will a global 
> policy
> authority enforce elimination of the practice? In the real world, 
> individual
> shops may shout loud, because that will prevent them to put in practice 
> what
> they would call a customer service.
>
> Probably more questions may arise. Anyway, to be clear, I am not defending
> the AGP, and I am definitively objecting the excess and/or misuse, I am 
> only
> trying to figure out whether it is necessary and/or beneficial to kill the
> AGP instead of killing the perverse effects. Incidentally, I tend to think
> (and did not see so far any convincing statement against) that if we apply 
> a
> cost per transaction of a certain amount instead of applying a full refund
> the misuse will stop (or at least will be greatly reduced) without
> disallowing the market to make use of the AGP, if the different actors
> decide to do so, not requiring an intervention from the center.
>
> But this is just my opinion. Of course, different Board members have
> different opinions.
>
> Cheers,
> Roberto