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  • From: zman <zman AT gibbon.kungfumonkey.com>
  • To: "Internetworkers: http://www.ibiblio.org/internetworkers/" <internetworkers AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [internetworkers] trouble transferring domains from Dotster?
  • Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 18:15:46 -0500 (EST)


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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