Here are the facts:

• Astronomers do not recognize these names.
• The Library of Congress does not recognize these names.
• In many cases, the coordinates listed on the certificate do not correspond to any actual star in that position (either they are making up star positions or they are simply interpreting the charts incorrectly).
• Notice that a telescope is required to view "your" star. The ISR has said that the only stars they have left are magnitude 11 or fainter (the faintest object visible to the naked eye is magnitude 8, but that is only if you have absolutely perfect eyesight and you are so far away from the city lights that you are most likely in outer space yourself, even then a good set of binoculars helps. Magnitude 6 is usually the faintest object easily visible to the naked eye).
• The so-called "International Star Registry" is not authorized to assign names to celestial bodies. This is reserved by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). For further proof of this, go find any current star chart and try to find "Bob's Star" or "Susie's Star" listed anywhere on it!

The IAU was founded and divided into sub-bodies, various committees, teams and task groups, each responsible for approving and rejecting names of cosmic elements according to their class. The individual appointed to oversee all these sub-divisions is Brian G. Marsden, associate director for planetary sciences at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysical and director of the Minor Planets Center.