Joe, This has never happened to me and I've transferred about 1,000 domains, yet, I've gotten stopped ON or after the expiration date. I do these steps and it has never failed:
* Submit early, at least 10 days (wise to stat at least one month early!) * Make sure gaining Registrar SENDS the request; either Registrar can mess this up! * Make sure the list is complete; garbage in, garbage out! * Confirm each Verisign request TWICE! I've noted that some of these e-mails get lost. * Once confirmed, Verisign releases the domain within a day or so AND even sends you a fairly well written letter thanking you (Isn't that special!). Do these customer perform each step to execute the transfer? In Jamie's note it seemed that the owner never confirmed. Obviously, if the Admin e-mail address is bad none of above will happen. The process makes Operator Error a big problem. Verisign has began to bill 3-4 months early and I am most interested in anyone who has been barred from transfer due to a "unpaid invoice" before the expiraton date. Best, Loren Joseph McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: LS> Forgive me but if this is a billing issue there is something very new. I'd LS> like to hear about this. I've been getting billed earlier and earlier, but LS> never held hostage prior to the expiration date -- on the expiration date -- LS> buy never prior. Please advise. My customers have gotten locked out of transfer before their expiration date. It's SOP. Verisign BS is our number 1 support problem. Also, I just got one of those wonderful "Expiration Notice"'s from the tr*st company this week for a domain registered through opensrs which expires in December. Of course the notice implies that I must send them $29 by June 20th or I'll lose my domain. Someone needs to send those guys to jail, their dishonest tactics are sickening. If I weren't in the biz, I'd have either called my provider and wasted their time or just sent them the money and inadvertently sent myself to nsi hell if I ever want to do anything useful with my domain. -joe
