In the midst of the spam-fest that is my Inbox, I found this gem (irrelevant bits removed):
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Your refund for ICANN Fee overpayment
******************************************Dear basscomm,
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN(R)) recently agreed to reduce their Registrar Transaction Fee from $.25 to $.22. What does this mean for you?
Good news. You have been credited $.03/yr for each domain name you registered or renewed dating back to July 1, 2006* — $.03 has been placed into your Go Daddy(R) account with this customer number: xxxxxxxx.
Your in-store credit will be applied to your purchases at GoDaddy.com(R) until it’s gone or for up to 12 months, whichever comes sooner. If you have any questions, please contact a customer service representative at xxx-xxx-xxxx.
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As always, thank you for being a Go Daddy customer.
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Copyright (C) 2007 GoDaddy.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
To put that into context, I have two domains registered through GoDaddy, but only one that fits the criteria, which means that I have a grand total of $0.03 in credits. And while I both understand and appreciate that someone hopes that this is a gesture that is going to generate loads of revenue, I think it’s a bit silly. I’m not getting back the $0.03 that I overpaid last year, I’m getting credited $0.03 on future purchases (until the credits run out, of course).
And yes, I’m being silly about the whole thing. I still use and have no issues with Go Daddy’s services. I’m sure that this credit is going to be a greater boon to those who hold large quantities of domain names. Heck, with this credit, if I had 299 domains I could renew one of them for free. Well, for free plus the $0.22 ICANN fee.