At 10:56 PM +0000 2/28/01, Adrian Cooper wrote:
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Todd @ Merchant-Solution.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 5:56 PM
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> A domain name expired back in DEC 2000 that I want. I check and
>> check every day for the release. I saw the invoice for this
>> online. The invoice is now removed and links on the whois report
>> direct me to go to greatdomain.com and make a bid for this domain
>> name. Minimum bid is $300.
>
>GreatDomains is owned by Verisign which also owns NSI.
>
>I too have seen evidence of this onerous practice. Seems to me that NSI are
>failing to release expired domains back int the domain name space. What is
>ICANN
>policy on this exploitation?
Please note that they do it for ALL domains... they'll even accept offers
for yahoo.com which I can state authoritatively is not for sale. ;-)
D
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