Its only for the first 6 months and its a one year contract - and theres 
a £10 setup fee .

Obviously they dont tell you that in the 123reg newsletter (although 
they do supply a link to the terms and conditions) .

Why cant they just be honest about it ? .

i.e. the price on the tin is the price you pay at the checkout .

Krustov wrote:
> Its only for the first 6 months and its a one year contract - and theres 
> a £10 setup fee .

I can never understand the logic of setup fee. Clearly on a server 
dedicated to you, I can see the logic, but this I assume is a shared 
server, so why not factor the cost of setting it up in the monthly payment?


> 
> Obviously they dont tell you that in the 123reg newsletter (although 
> they do supply a link to the terms and conditions) .
> 
> Why cant they just be honest about it ? .
> 
> i.e. the price on the tin is the price you pay at the checkout .

It is annoying. I guess their answer might be "because everyone else 
does it"

On Sat, 06 Sep 2008 09:42:14 +0100, Dave put finger to keyboard and
typed:

>Krustov wrote:
>> Its only for the first 6 months and its a one year contract - and theres 
>> a £10 setup fee .
>
>I can never understand the logic of setup fee. Clearly on a server 
>dedicated to you, I can see the logic, but this I assume is a shared 
>server, so why not factor the cost of setting it up in the monthly payment?

Because having it separate allows you to advertise a low headline
price for the monthly hosting.

Also, there's a fairly high proportion of churn at the budget end of
the hosting market. A setup fee helps reduce this, as once you're on a
host, it's more cost-effective to stay than to leave.

Mark
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> Because having it separate allows you to advertise a low headline
> price for the monthly hosting.
> 

And with anybody bothering to look at the deal instantly comming to the 
conclusion that its well dodgy .

= whats the point of making said deal if most people feel they have been 
tricked and/or hoodwinked into looking at it .


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