DEBRIS.COMgood for a laugh, or possibly an aneurysm

Network Solutions has long been the domain registrar that everyone loves to hate. But they apparently have some competition in buydomains.com. This story demonstrates that the folks at buydomains.com have perhaps as little concern for truth or privacy as Network Solutions.

It is necessary to understand that .com domain names can be registered at any of a number of ICANN-approved registrars, including Network Solutions (aka NSI), Joker.com, and my favorite, Dotster.com. If you own a .com domain name, you can transfer it freely among these registrars to take advantage of pricing or services — because each registrar offers vastly different levels of service for vastly different amounts of money, from ~$10 per name per year to $35 per name per year.

NSI is roundly loathed because they charge the most and take the most liberties with your personal data. buydomains.com’s privacy policy indicates that they won’t commit that sin, but they have stooped to spamming non-customers… See this excerpt of the uncolicited commercial email they just sent me:

Our research indicates that your domain [...]
will expire on 2001-05-11.  

We are sending this email as a friendly reminder that 
it's time to renew your domain registration.  While some 
sources charge $35 or more per year to renew domains, you 
can transfer and renew your registration through 
BuyDomains.com for LESS THAN HALF (ONLY $16). 
...
To transfer and automatically renew your registration 
for a year past your current expiration date for only $16 
(and receive the above FREE services) simply click
http://transfer.buydomains.com/cgi-bin/transfer.cgi ...