Russ, What country are you living in;)
If you don't pay the tax on your house, you lose it. >>> after a defult notice and in about SIX month If you don't pay the tax on your car, you lose it. >>> after a repossion notice and in about THREE months If you don't renew your magazine subscriptions, you lose them. >>> which can always be extended. If you don't renew your domain names, you lose them. >>> Well this is terminal, so shouldn't we offer good consumer portections. Think of YOUR "Mom" here. In all cases you get a lot of notices and even some measure of "grace period" to pay up after the due date. It's not unethical to auction names 35 days after expiration - registrants are given plenty of time to renew. If they won't pay for the resource they are tying up, then let someone else who's willing to pay a PREMIUM come in and get it. If the practice is counter to what some other agreements say, then I say modify those agreements. -Russ