On Tue, 27 Nov 2018 at 16:18, Thomas Pircher thp+alug@p5r.uk wrote:
This was definitely the case, see e.g. https://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/03/123reg_shrugs_at_complaints_over_su...
However, I found newer forum posts by people confirming that they were able to change the IPS tag without having to pay. So it's entirely possible that 123-reg scrapped the hidden fees in the mean time.
Odd that I wasn't aware, but then it's 4 years ago so maybe I was at the time. Just one of many reasons to be moving away, though.