Posted by Disco Octopus on 10/08/23 12:01

On Jan 17, 6:28 am, charley <dgibsoniea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.comis 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 aswww.outdoorsphotographyusa.comfor 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!

By the sound of you scathe, your domain seems to be worth more than
$100 to you... whether you admit it or not.

Swallow your lump and pay the $100, and be grateful that it is not
more than $100.

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