Invoices from Nominet UK

Nominet UK is the Registry for all domain names ending in .uk. As a webmaster I register my domains with 123-Reg. It is my registration agent of choice. If, for whatever reason, a project of mine does not come up to expectations (i.e. fails) I will no longer need that particular domain name, so I allow it to run out.

But Nominet saves the day! It sends me an invoice telling me that I can restore my domain at a cost of £80 plus VAT. How splendid of them! But I wonder what they are thinking of. For about a tenth of that I can resume registration with 123-Reg.

I know! Nominet thinks that I want to stop registering my unwanted domain with 123-Reg, and instead pay ten times more to register with Nominet! What flawless logic they have!

They always send me an email asking me if I want to become enhanced of their service and I always send a polite note back.