It was a bit too early for this letter
23rd April 2008
Early this morning I awoke bleary eyed to the sight of the usual pile of mail at the front door. The usual stuff – bills, badly laid out flyers (that really is a depressing sight) and one letter from the States.
I eagerly ripped open the envelope, and the first line that caught my attention was, ‘Domain Name Expiration Notice’. In my morning confusion – and this was before my coffee – I got a bit of a fright.
It was sent from the Domain Registry of America, a very authoritative title indeed and it requested a reply within a month. In my heightened state of panic, and the awful prospect that my website would disappear forever and my name given to the lowest bidder, I started to reach for my credit card when… I woke up. Then I noticed some sales spiel like, ‘when you switch today to the Domain Registry of America’.
I have to hand it to them, they have the layout of this letter down, except maybe the line lengths are a bit too long.
I did laugh, as I foggily remembered that all my domain names are safe and sound. For a split second I was almost thinking of giving money over to a company I never heard of.
I looked them up and they seem to be a hosting/domain company and as it turns out, many people have had the same experience.
So I will be sending them an angry reply, as one thing I really do hate is being given a fright so early in the morning.
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