Are you sure someone didn't just beat you to it? If you were checking every
30 minutes, then wouldn't it just take somebody else with a script that
checks every 15 minutes?
On a similar note, I noticed recently that NSI has a "back-order any domain
you want" feature. Sincee they operate the bloody registry, how could
anyone possibly pick up an expired domain if there's already someone on
NSI's very own waiting list?
http://www.snapnames.com/nsi/networksolutions.jsp?affiliateID=49&dom=pritel.
com
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Chvostek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 9:35 PM
Subject: Another NSI screwup
>
> Somehow, I didn't think it would happen to me.
>
> I called NSI a month ago to find out why the domains pritel.com and
> pritel.net were still in their database despite having expired in 1999.
> I was told by a dutiful phone drone that she had marked both domains for
> deletion, and as soon as they were gone, I could recreate them.
>
> Last Friday, the NSI's whois record for pritel.com disappeared. But the
> record at whois.crsnic.net remained, as did the unavailability of the
> domain. I've been checking for their availability every half hour for
> the past month, but suddently, this evening, whois.crsnic.net reported
> a different registrar for pritel.com. And the date of the registration
> is June 30th, but at no point did the domain become available! I
> followed their instructions to the letter, making it clear that I would
> be doing the re-registration with them once it was possible.
>
> Has NetSol made me SOL? IS there recourse in a case like this?
>
> --
> Paul Chvostek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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