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Posted by charley on 09/28/12 12:00
they totally screwed me! my account was linked to an email address i
have since dropped - so when renewal time came i did not get the
notice. ok, my bad, my fault - but in the day of spam filters and such
lots of email gets lost, but these a$$wipes didnt even try to call on
the phone or email me through my site or send me anything by us mail,
all addresses and ph. numbers were current. instead - someone working
within their company told a friend outside (or inside, who knows at
this point) their company that my domain was about to expire for
nonpayment, so godaddy allowed this guy to buy my domain for $18.99.
what an obvious scam! they obviously target an active site just
barely expired knowing the odds are in their favor that you will be
desperate to buy it back - for a ransom!! i actually said "so my
domain is hijacked and i have to pay a ransom to get it back?" and his
reply: "yes, thats pretty much it, pay me $100 and i'll give it back
to you". my reply was FVCK YOU i will not do that based on principle
alone. i would rather change domains. now he has lost his $18.99
unless he can find another pro photographer with initials DCG. good
luck, there may be one but i doubt he/she is in deep desire and
searching for that domain.
godaddy support actually told me that this typically doesnt happen
until 60 days, but they hit me at 42 days, another sign of an obvious
scam. the guys email is @5whole.com - www.5whole.com is parked free
courtesy of godaddy...hmmmmmm
there are plenty of other domain registry and hosting sites out there
doing a great job for less, so in the future avoid godaddy at all
costs. i found "hostmonster.com" and am back up and running as
www.outdoorsphotographyusa.com for 1/2 the price as godaddy.
i will lose some traffic at first and maybe a little business but i
refuse to give in to domain terrorism!
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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