{"id":4106,"date":"2014-07-23T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-23T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2014-07-23T19:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-07-23T23:00:43","slug":"godaddy-auctions-lousy-customer-service-moving-domains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/godaddy-auctions-lousy-customer-service-moving-domains\/","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy auctions + lousy customer service = moving my domains out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After 14 years of on\/off relationship with GoDaddy, it&#8217;s <strong>game over<\/strong> and I&#8217;m in the process of moving out every single one of my 250+ domains there.<\/p>\n<p>GoDaddy failed miserably to acknowledge and satisfy a simple customer request, preferring to keep $14 instead of retaining a customer.<\/p>\n<p>The GoDaddy customer representative and their supervisor who denied to refund the fourteen bucks <strong>on a matter of principle<\/strong>, can now watch as I move my entire domain portfolio elsewhere. In the process, based on my experience as a customer, I advise others to do the same.<\/p>\n<p>A little bit of background info on this clusterfuck of a decision by GoDaddy.<\/p>\n<p>GoDaddy auctions sells domains that have expired, making it sound as if one can get the domains on the spot. It makes sense: money in exchange for a product or service &#8211; NOT a promissory note.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, I was told that I have to wait 5 to 7 days, just in case the current owners renew it. Sorry, but that&#8217;s not what I was shown on the landing page, which said &#8220;Buy this domain now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The particular domain matched a viral video that I have absolutely no use for, a week from yesterday. That&#8217;s the way the Internet works: things happen now, or not at all.<\/p>\n<p>In this case, things won&#8217;t be happening for GoDaddy. I&#8217;m already transferring domains out, and I will never look back. GoDaddy can keep yet another lousy report on their record, instead of a customer who spent thousands of dollars on domain names over the years.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 14 years of on\/off relationship with GoDaddy, it&#8217;s game over and I&#8217;m in the process of moving out every single one of my 250+ domains there. GoDaddy failed miserably to acknowledge and satisfy a simple customer request, preferring to keep $14 instead of retaining a customer. 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