[ale] [OT] How come I can't purchase this domain?

[Christopher Bergeron]

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Well, I don't currently own the domain.  The whole domain "scene" ticks 
me off so much because the consumer continually gets shafted in this 
arena.  I "Backordered" a domain last year.  It expired.  Three months 
later someone else got the domain, even though I "backordered" it 
(backordering is having a registrar buy the domain via proxy for you 
when it comes available).

Should I call the current registrar (not domain owner) and see if 
they'll sell it to me?  I'm just afraid that they'll jack the price up 
magnitudinally if I _request_ it; whereas if it goes on the "market" I 
can pick it up for $8.95.

Is there any "trick of the trade" that I can use to force the current 
registar to release it?  Should I call Go-Daddy (my preferred registar) 
and tell them that it's expired and that I want to buy it, but can't 
because the _other_ registrar hasn't released it?

What to do?

- -CB



Chris Fowler wrote:

|I seen Verisign do this many times.  They'll keep the record so that you
|have to go back to them to reregister.  Verisign is $35/year.  There are
|so many registrars cheaper than that, they simply do not release the
|record.
|
|Last year I was forced to go back through Verisign to reregister my
|fathers domain.  I was waiting for it to be released so I could go to
|hostsave, but it was never released.
|
|Chris
|
|On Sun, 2003-04-06 at 23:26, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
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|>The whois record for a domain that I'd like reads:
|>
|>|
|>| Record last updated on 2000-08-01 07:31:11.717
|>| Record created on 2000-08-01 07:29:39.327
|>| Record expires on 2002-08-01 07:29:39.390
|>|
|>| Domain servers in listed order:
|>|    ns2.sisna.com   209.210.176.9
|>|    ns1.sisna.com   209.210.176.8
|>|
|>| Registration Service Provider: Sisna, Inc
|>
|>
|>So, I'm thinking it's some obscure registrar that hasn't released the
|>record... Is this possible?  Can I call my domain registrar and have
|>them "take" this domain if it's expired?
|>
|>I don't know what to do...   I'm temped to call the registrar and ask
|>about it, but then they'll know that I want the domain and they could
|>"squat" it.
|>
|>Anyone have any insight?
|>
|>- -CB
|>
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