All Ricoh would have to do is to go the the old URL for the Gallery. That takes one to the GoDaddy page that asks whether you are the registered user and provides a link for renewing the registration.
That same page is also offering the domain name for sale. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Igor PDML-StR <[email protected]> wrote: > > Either Ricoh doesn't want to renew it, or they cannot find the passwords for > access to GoDaddy registration account, as those who had them might be long > gone. In either case, if Ricoh didn't warn PPG users that they are not going > forward with it (I don't know, my notifications are turned off, and I > haven't been there for ages), it is rather disrespectful of them. > > > Unfortunately, GoDaddy holds to that domain, by keeping it d renewed for the > next year, so you cannot actually buy it. From the point of view of ICANN, > it has been renewed already today. Otherwise, I would have considered > jumping on it. ... Just for fun of it. > > I wouldn't be surprised if someone will do that if GoDaddy releases it some > time soon. > > > Igor > > > P.J. Alling Mon, 20 Jul 2015 06:44:39 -0700 wrote: > > Ricoh, can probably afford it, but it just doesn't fulfill their needs. > Perhaps everyone with images posted there should email them and demand their > images back. > > On 7/20/2015 9:12 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > I tried to log in to the Pentax Photo Gallery this morning. Instead > of the usual login page, it directed my browser to a GoDaddy page, > which contained this notice: > > > NOTICE: This domain name expired on 7/19/2015 and is pending renewal > or deletion. > > It also provides a button for the question "Would you like to buy this > domain?" > > Perhaps we should chip in and buy the domain, if Ricoh can no longer > afford it. > > Dan > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
