On Tue, 27 May 2003, Austad, Jay wrote: > 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? Ah, yeah, if you didn't get a renewal notice, you may actually have a case. As I understand it, they registrars do have the right to sit on a domain for awhile after it's expired, unless you specifically cancelled it - that way, they can help the customer get it back. Not sure what gives them that right, but all the registrars do it. > Maybe someone will file a class action against them, this is shady as > hell. -- 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