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[zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>]

I'm having the same sort of issues with Network Solutions. I put in a 
request for transfer to Registar over a week ago and have yet to hear from 
them, and they won't let the domain go...

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Sil Greene wrote:
> Per recommendations on this list, I've decided to transfer my domains to 
> Godaddy.  The price was right, and Dotster's customer support spam was 
> getting out of hand.  (Besides that, they signed me up for their 
> auto-renew function without telling me, and tried to charge renewal fees 
> with it -- fortunately there was no valid credit card on file.  That sort 
> of crap pisses me off to no end.)
> 
> The .org transferred fine on the first try.  No problem.  The .net and 
> .com, however, are being problematic.  Godaddy says the transfer was 
> denied, and that the domains are locked or on hold.  (Twice now.)  After 
> the first try failed, I asked Dotster's support about it, and they told me 
> the domains were active/not locked.  Then I retried the transfers and got 
> the same thing.
> 
> About the time all this started, I noticed that Dotster was reporting some 
> very old info about some of the domain contacts.  Since Dotster has never 
> contacted me for transfer approval, I wonder if they've been using this 
> info.  (If they're trying mail, or phone, they won't find me, although 
> the email address is the same.)
> 
> Anyone else had trouble with Dotster?  How'd you resolve the 
> situation?  Anyone got a phone number where I can reach (and scream at) a 
> real live human?
> 
> Thanks,
> --Sil
> 
> 

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