Complaint Review: Official TV Online NY Internet Technologies [email protected] GoDaddy - Scottsdale Arizona

Actually businesses DO NOT have a right to privacy when it comes to anything that is required to be public record, such as a physical business address, telephone#, and identity of owners and principal officers. This is all required of any LEGAL business entity in the United States. >>>> Submitted: 10/5/2008 2:37:29 PM Modified: 10/6/2008 5:47:05 AM Josephal Granite City, Illinois U.S.A. Busniesses do have a right to privacy US businesses have requirements for contact info they need to provide. After that, it is up to you. Why did you not inquire as to the status of your order before 1 month was even up? You should have told them to cancel if they would not give a definite date. And then disputed the charge with the credit card company if a refund was refused. I have businesses registered with GoDaddy. They are also filed with either the State or County I am in, which requires contact information. This is not GoDaddy's fault. Keeping the information private prevents spam e-mails from being sent to company e-mails and wards off junk mail. Most companies have separate private and public contact information. Protecting consumers against fraud is the government's territory. Try the FTC (and the FCC because it is a web site). Do not ever purchase something just because the web site looks professional. It could be a copy of a real site. Are the businesses even registered at all? Did you check? If you got a court order, GoDaddy would be required to provide the contact information they have, or risk being held in contempt and/or fined. >>>>

US businesses have requirements for contact info they need to provide. After that, it is up to you. Why did you not inquire as to the status of your order before 1 month was even up? You should have told them to cancel if they would not give a definite date. And then disputed the charge with the credit card company if a refund was refused. I have businesses registered with GoDaddy. They are also filed with either the State or County I am in, which requires contact information. This is not GoDaddy's fault. Keeping the information private prevents spam e-mails from being sent to company e-mails and wards off junk mail. Most companies have separate private and public contact information. Protecting consumers against fraud is the government's territory. Try the FTC (and the FCC because it is a web site). Do not ever purchase something just because the web site looks professional. It could be a copy of a real site. Are the businesses even registered at all? Did you check? If you got a court order, GoDaddy would be required to provide the contact information they have, or risk being held in contempt and/or fined.

FYI...Everything was fine at the time the order was placed. There was no reason to be suspicious. It was a professional looking website, etc. The phone #'s worked at that time, as well as the email. As far a "GoDaddy" goes. I will NEVER do business with ANY "business" that uses GoDaddy. If someone doesn't want me knowing who they are, I have no reason to do business with them. Businesses do not have a right to privacy. GoDaddy is a haven for spammers and scammers. Lesson learned. That's OK, this fool is getting an education as we speak. >>> Submitted: 6/26/2008 6:44:06 PM Modified: 6/26/2008 11:08:57 PM Laforge1701 Orlando, Florida U.S.A. Why is godaddy to blame on this one? I don't know why it is that I seem to keep seeing these silly reports blaming godaddy for the evil doings of their customers. You said 'So I do a registry search on the site, and as suspected, it is by proxy with GoDaddy. That means no information without a subpoena. GoDaddy protects scammers and spammers. Avoid GoDaddy registered sites at all cost!' EVERY domain registration company offers privacy. Where was all your research BEFORE you got screwed? You should have called the #'s and found out the email info before purchasing, not after. Had they registered their domain name with moniker, networksolutions, or register.com you'd be blaming those companies instead. >>>

I don't know why it is that I seem to keep seeing these silly reports blaming godaddy for the evil doings of their customers. You said "So I do a registry search on the site, and as suspected, it is by proxy with GoDaddy. That means no information without a subpoena. GoDaddy protects scammers and spammers. Avoid GoDaddy registered sites at all cost!" EVERY domain registration company offers privacy. Where was all your research BEFORE you got screwed? You should have called the #'s and found out the email info before purchasing, not after. Had they registered their domain name with moniker, networksolutions, or register.com you'd be blaming those companies instead.