Life – WeiG

这次是域名服务，我的blog host在国外的主机上，因为之前服务上的一些变化，导致我在服务商帐户上留有$37的余款。他们不给refund，只给credit。这次正好赶上域名快过期了，想着这30多美元放着也是放着，不如把域名续了。可上次注册第二个域名的时候，他们直接从我的信用卡扣款了。为了保险起见，我给他们的billing部门发了邮件，询问这件事儿：

I have a domain name registered within current account. Could I pay for the extension of the domain name (2 yrs) using the credit in my account pool instead of charging from my credit card? Last time when I was extending the domain name, there seams not any step asking me to select from account balance or credit card and charged from my credit card by default. I don’t want to use my credit card this time.

他们客服人员给我的回复是：

Thank you for writing. Credits on account can be used for any of our provided service such as hosting renewal, upgrade or installation charges. They can not be used for non-Site5 provided services such as domain registrations, renewals or transfers (domain registration services are provided by Enom.com).

我一想，反正还有好几个月到期呢，既然不能用credit付域名的钱，那就算了。结果今天突然又想，反正早晚也得付。就直接点了“Extend Service”按钮，billing系统提示will charge from credit card，我已经知道了，就点了OK。结果知道发生了什么事儿吗？

支付过程瞬间就结束，而不是通过信用卡付款那种漫长的授权过程。在我还感叹“花钱可真容易”的时候，突然间发现我的帐户余额变了，从$30多变成了$10多。再查看billing history，只有invoice记录，而没有信用卡funding记录。貌似看起来，他们直接charge了我的帐户余额。

挺好，反正正愁花不出去呢。剩下的钱，正好还够2年域名费的。