"Oh, once it actually EXPIRES there is far more administrative work involved" I think I'd try to find a way to propogate your experience to a few of their customers. That is out and out assinine. -mj And hence AUTHOR wrote: Austad, Jay > So maybe I should just pay the fee, and then sue them in small claims > court. :) If nothing else, it will just piss them off and cost them > money sending someone to appear for them. Since they do business with > people in minnesota, I can sue them here. > > They probably purposely didn't send me a renewal notice like I usually > get so they can gouge me on more fees. Aren't they essentially > squatting on my domain since they are forcing me to pay to get it back > from them? Isn't squatting illegal? > > Maybe someone will file a class action against them, this is shady as > hell. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Marty Olson [mailto:marty at borderbound.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:49 AM >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: RE: [TCLUG] register.com bastards >> >> >> Yep, that's been my experience with GoDaddy as well. I transferred my >> domains (& client domains) to GoDaddy or DomainSite from >> NetSol and Register >> starting a couple years ago to the present to prevent the >> excessive fees >> NetSol and Register charge. >> >> MPO >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-admin at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Nate Carlson >> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 10:45 AM >> To: tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] register.com bastards >> >> >> On Tue, 27 May 2003, Austad, Jay wrote: >> > Oops, I let one of my domains expire and now it's in >> REDEMPTIONSTATUS. >> > Supposedly, I should just be able to request that it be restored, >> however, since I had it with register.com only they can >> restore it and >> > they are holding it hostage for $200 + registration fee. This is >> total BS, how do I get it restored without paying those scum sucking >> theive's ransom? >> >> Just have to wait until they release the domain (each >> registrar does it >> differently; could be up to a year), and re-register it if >> you don't want >> to pay the fee. Of course, you risk losing your domain that >> way, too. :( >> >> With Godaddy, if you let it expire and want it back, they say >> they just >> charge you the fee to re-register the domain.. 'course, never actually >> wanted one of the ones I let expire back before, so I can't >> say for sure. >> >> -- >> Nate Carlson <natecars at real-time.com> | Phone : (952)943-8700 >> http://www.real-time.com | Fax : (952)943-8500 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --------------------- Jentges.NET, Inc. Voice: 763.783.3702 Cell: 763.370.1201 --------------------- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list