My UK hosting company wants £200 to renew Thawte

Is this a rip-off or what?

[oddsod]

OK, I know there are alternatives to Thawte (but if we change it's a big job - various stationery would have to be reprinted etc)

My UK hosting company, Netcxtxrx is holding me to ranson. They want £200 for a Thawte renewal. On Thawte's site you can do it for $150 (circa £75) and other ISPs seem to be charging $170. My hosting company says I can't do it myself because on a shared hosting package they have to set it up on the server. Fair enough. But £130 for "setting it up"? I'm livid. Is that what others here are paying (those on shared hosting)?

[lgn1]

Our ISP does the same thing. They charge for the conveience of providing this service. You have to ask yourself, is $50 bucks a year worth switching ISP, if the rest of their service is ok.

[Easy_Coder]

I pay $20 with my shared hosting acct.

[oddsod]

is $50 bucks a year worth switching ISP

The £130 additional cost is not far off $300, not $50.