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Username:	Paul Gill
Date/Time:	Thu, September 6, 2001 at 8:53 AM GMT
Browser:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V5.01 using Windows 98
Subject:	Cost Benefit Analysis
Message:
Prior to Sunrise ending, I did a cost benefit analysis between registering fraudulently during Sunrise (the latter part) and pre-registering (just when Sunrise was concluding): (1)Fraudulently would have got me a $30,000 name for about $150 (including 5 year registration) with about 50% chance of being challenged and giving up the name. Therefore the return is 100 to 1. (2)Spending $350 to pre-register to get one name (worth $25,000 since the $30,000 names are no longer available) plus registration fees of $70 for two years plus $50 for 3 more years (assume) equals $470. Zero chance of losing name. Therefore the return is            $25,000/$470 = 53:1. Thus going the legitimate route is about half as lucrative (which is really pretty good!) but your conscience is clear and you have no worries.

Message Thread:

• looking more like a purge - from IDR - Internet Domains — antipodes, September 5 @ 8:42 PM (1/9)
• Misinformation from IDR — rachelmacgregor, September 5 @ 9:06 PM (1/8)
• You Cannot — Paul Gill, September 5 @ 10:03 PM (2/7)
• How about you? — challenge, September 6 @ 12:01 AM (2/5)
• You Are Right — Paul Gill, September 6 @ 8:18 AM (1/3)
• Cost Benefit Analysis — Paul Gill, September 6 @ 8:53 AM (1/2)
• re: cost benefit — crs, September 6 @ 12:30 AM (1/1)
• oh — crs, September 6 @ 1:02 PM (0/0)
• nice post Challenge - I think you got him figured right — antipodes, September 6 @ 6:14 AM (0/0)
• Do you have a problem with this? If not, shut up! — rachelmacgregor, September 5 @ 11:32 PM (0/0)

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