Dirty Tactics by 1and1

denchomsky · 10-02-2007, 06:10:41 PM

It came to my attention today (after recently moving house)that 1and1 internet have instructed debt collectors to collect a debt they say i owe them for non payment of domain names! the names in question were some .info's that i reged during the free reg promotion, as far as i knew the names were not on auto renew.

My credit card that was registered with them had expired so i just left it at that, and when they emailed me to say the names needed renewing i just thought well i will just let them expire, but NO! they took it upon themselves to renew them even though there was no way of taking a payment.

One would think that this would indicate that i didn't want to renew the names but they are trying to force me to pay for the renewals even though i don't want to renew them.

I find this all a bit heavy handed.

Any advice?

Thanks

retired_member6 · 10-02-2007, 06:19:53 PM

It depends what it says in the terms and conditions. I should think you have a good case against them and not paying. They can instruct whomever they like to collect money although phone calls do become harrassing but a few **** offs or I'll kill you and it does the trick after a while and you still aint got to pay, I whittled all I owed down to a quarter, let it go to court.

dhscott · 10-02-2007, 06:23:23 PM

1and1 auto-renew I believe, you have to end the contract for them not to renew a domain.

10-02-2007, 06:10:41 PM	#1 (permalink)
denchomsky Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,497 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 23)	Dirty Tactics by 1and1 It came to my attention today (after recently moving house)that 1and1 internet have instructed debt collectors to collect a debt they say i owe them for non payment of domain names! the names in question were some .info's that i reged during the free reg promotion, as far as i knew the names were not on auto renew. My credit card that was registered with them had expired so i just left it at that, and when they emailed me to say the names needed renewing i just thought well i will just let them expire, but NO! they took it upon themselves to renew them even though there was no way of taking a payment. One would think that this would indicate that i didn't want to renew the names but they are trying to force me to pay for the renewals even though i don't want to renew them. I find this all a bit heavy handed. Any advice? Thanks __________________ screenprotectors - Eco Car Hire - tekkie - TAKE BACK CONTROL OF YOUR IPHONE 4 - Car Hire Scanner

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10-02-2007, 06:19:53 PM	#2 (permalink)
retired_member6 Banned Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 5,740 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 41)	It depends what it says in the terms and conditions. I should think you have a good case against them and not paying. They can instruct whomever they like to collect money although phone calls do become harrassing but a few **** offs or I'll kill you and it does the trick after a while and you still aint got to pay, I whittled all I owed down to a quarter, let it go to court.

10-02-2007, 06:23:23 PM	#3 (permalink)
dhscott Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: London Posts: 180 No Classified Ratings Domain Trader Rating: (100% / 2)	1and1 auto-renew I believe, you have to end the contract for them not to renew a domain.