[thelist] My chat with Network Solutions

CDitty mail at redhotsweeps.com
Fri Jul 27 12:01:38 CDT 2001


Strange thing is, I recently let one lapse.  On a hunch, I checked it out 
less than a month later and it was available.   Go figure.


At 01:04 PM 7/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>I let one of my domains expire.  It took 6 months (after the expiration
>date) before it became available for someone else to register it.  I must
>have purchased the domain during one on Network Solutions domain crazy sale.
>Buy 2 years get 6 months free.
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: CDitty [mailto:mail at redhotsweeps.com]
>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2001 11:51 AM
>To: thelist at lists.evolt.org
>Subject: [thelist] My chat with Network Solutions
>
>Hello all,
>
>Thought some of you might get a kick outta this.  I am looking to do a new
>site and was researching domain names.  I found a name that I liked that
>was taken.  Darn.....But wait, the name expired last month.  Great.  But
>how long do I have to wait?  Looking around, I found a chat section for
>Network Solutions.  So I tried that.
>
>Basically, the only answer I could get from them about when the name might
>expire was this.
>
><quote>
>"there is an unspecified and variable grace period following
>expiration.  It is impossible to predict the cancellation date"
></quote>
>
>They wouldn't elaborate on the grace period.  All this guy wanted to do was
>push their new little service called snapnames.  They check the domain for
>you and then register it when it is available.  $49/year.   Pass.
>
>How can they continue to get away with this?  Where are the checks and
>balances? If a domain expires on a certain date, then it should be released
>soon after.  If I don't pay my bills by the due date, then I am
>penalized.   I understand that some people forget to pay and renew, but
>that's life.
>
>Chris
>
>
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