Domain Drops

[Mark Petersen]

Hello All, I've been watching for a few domains to drop for a couple of clients of mine. A couple of them are well over 90 days past expiration. Their previous registrars say that they were submitted to VGRS weeks ago for deletion. I enquired about this with VGRS. Below is the response I received. <snip>   Dear Mr. Petersen, Thank you for contacting VeriSign. VeriSign, Inc., periodically deletes domain names that are up for deletion in bulk since bulk deletion better enables us to insure that only those domain names that are actually up for deletion are properly deleted (as compared to running a deletion process). The dates on which these bulk deletions occur are arbitrarily selected by our engineering department based upon system loading and other technical factors.  In order to protect against an overload of our systems, we do not disclose these deletion dates. You may, therefore, either continue to check our site for the availability of the domain name and attempt to obtain it through the public registration process, contact http://www.snapnames.com to attempt to back-order this domain, or, in the alternative, contact the listed registrant directly and discuss the possibility of executing a registrant name change agreement. To visit our WHOIS database to locate registrant information for a domain, please go to: http://www.netsol.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois Best regards, Garvinne001 VeriSign http://www.networksolutions.com </snip> Ok, first off...Wow!! What a boatload of mumbo jumbo double talk crap!!!! Secondly, didn't their used to be some limits as to when domains would be deleted once they were submitted for deletion by their registrars? Also, does it look to anyone else like perhaps the rules have been changed in order to give Version's WLS a possible advantage in the future? Maybe it's just me being paranoid, but that sure is what it looks like to me. I've certainly never waited this long (9 weeks) for a domain to drop after it's been submitted to drop in the past.   Suggestions? Comments? Experiences? Thanks, Mark   Mark Petersen    [EMAIL PROTECTED] Planet Nic    http://www.planet-nic.com