Um, I don't even know if a general 'caveat emptor' message from the ICANN nabobs would be appropriate here. Because I'm still struggling to understand what is being bought. And the price they're asking! Reaching for a parallel, it's like waiting in line for 2 days at the Apple store for that new Ipad to land......then you get to the counter and sonofagun, they done run out! IMHO, that behaviour demonstrates the sense of a small pet rock. An ALAC message, um, I don't know.....to be honest, I just can't get excited about this. Up until now, it ain't like they say 'money for nothin' get your chicks for free'. If that were the offer and we didn't act to counter, the ALAC could fairly be accused of misprision. Maybe we ought not to get in the way of the...well, bless their precious hearts. 'Life is short and brutish', goes the Book of Common Prayer. Who am I to stand in the way of a fella getting his/her jollies........... Carlton ============================== Carlton A Samuels Mobile: 876-818-1799 *Strategy, Planning, Governance, Assessment & Turnaround* =============================