Potential disruption to MacPorts domain registration

[Randolph M. Fritz (p)]

The Better Business Bureau is currently pursing legal action against 
GKG; the details are here:
  
http://www.bbb.org/bryan/business-reviews/internet-services/gkgnet-in-bryan-tx-7007745 


GKG is a Texas-based business.  The Texas Attorney General's consumer 
protection division is here:
  https://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/

It might be worth a call, to see if they can offer some help.  That the 
BBB is undertaking legal action against GKG works in your favor.

Randolph

I am not a lawyer

On 2012-03-29 16:09:32 +0000, Joshua Root said:

> Short version: Our domain registrar, gkg.net, is threatening to cancel
> the registration of macports.org and other domains that redirect to it.
> We do not know whether they will follow through on this threat.
> 
> If they do, we will have no choice but to move our services to another
> domain, at least temporarily. Tentatively, that would be
> macports.macosforge.org for www.macports.org, and
> trac.macosforge.org/projects/macports for trac.macports.org. We also
> have macportz.org and macportz.com registered through another registrar
> in case we need them.
> 
> If this does happen, the mailing lists will keep working, though
> @macports.org email aliases will not. Our IRC channel, #macports on
> Freenode, will also continue to be available. Further information will
> be posted in these two places if necessary.
> 
> Background on the issue:
> 
> James Berry, who handles the domain registrations for the project,
> recently renewed them. While doing so, he accidentally checked a box
> requesting another service along with the registrations. He immediately
> informed GKG of the error, and for the next several weeks corresponded
> with them, asking them to cancel the unwanted service and provide a
> refund. They refused to do so.
> 
> He then sought and obtained a chargeback from his credit card company.
> After that, GKG contacted him and stated that to avoid closure of his
> account, he had to pay a "chargeback fee" (which was greater than the
> amount refunded), and provide "a notarized letter from the Registrant
> and the person who paid for the services (if the person is different
> from the Registrant) stating that they understand the charges they
> incurred, they agreed to the charges, and they will not charge the
> services back. The letter will also agree to the domains remaining on
> Registrar Lock until GKG decides that there is no longer a threat of a
> chargeback from the Registrant and/or the person who paid for the
> services originally."
> 
> James will not be providing the requested letter since some of the
> statements in it would be false.
> 
> - Josh (for PortMgr)


-- 
Randolph