Hello Paul,
Monday, July 02, 2001, 9:17:12 PM, Paul Chvostek wrote:
> Hiya.
> I've been checking the whois.crsnic.net twice a day, but I've been
> checking for availability via the API every half hour since my
> initial NSI ticket, issued on June 15th.
Well, speaking from experience, desirable names rarely stay open for
more than a couple minutes tops, and some for only seconds.
The experts have this down to a science.
> If this comes up again (as I'm sure it will), is the "right" course of
> action to pay NSI their multiple years of registration for services not
> rendered, and just call it the cost of doing business? That too seems
> like the wrong approach....
I had a domain registered with NSI in 1998 that I really wanted to
keep. For whatever reason (there was some chaos going on about that
time) the initial invoice was lost and never paid (this was before
prepayment).
When I finally realized it, they had already placed the domain on
hold, and not only that, but the SRS had started with the first
registrars, and all the invoices on these names were deleted as well.
So not only was the domain not being released, but I couldn't get them
to let me pay it either, since there was no invoice in their system.
Every couple months I'd go around with them about it.
Recently I >>did<< Get an invoice for this name.
The name wasn't worth risking. I paid $105 to NSI to bring it up to
current status.
If the name is worth keeping to you, and it is currently at NSI, then
yes, you should pay NSI and then transfer it away. The money is
paltry compared to the risk.
I'd never recommend letting a domain expire and hoping you get to
reregister it.
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