... the "RedemptionPeriod" on our works domain.

    Did some research on it: 
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/period-farce-exposed/

    Notice how old that article is, yet I've never had cause to hear about 
it before now.

      I'm case #1.

    Anyone here had this 'problem' with their domain? I'd love to hear how 
it went with your experience.

    I'm seriously unhappy at the moment, and I really couldn't explain the 
amount of work I've done on a new website using the free Joomla/VirtueMart 
CMS over the last 3 months which we were going to update soon - and now this 
has hit me.

    For the last 6-7 years our works domain has been on 'auto-renew' and 
when I checked Whois 3 weeks ago now, (about 2 weeks before the domain was 
up for renewal on the 1st May) it looked as normal as it ever did. The 1st 
of May passed and our site was still live, leaving me thinking: "Cool, ok 
for another 2 years". And then on Tuesday, (12th May) the site was not 
accessible, and still isn't. I can't reply to important emails unless I use 
my own personal email address, and really don't want to go down that route. 
More importantly, there are no orders now, well, not that I can get hold of 
that is, because I just can't receive emails from that domain now. Even more 
importantly, there are customers that I've been in liason with that want to 
know answers to their questions regarding CUSTOM designs that I've been 
working my butt off on. Special designs that have cost me development time 
(my own time, normally after work hours). Special designs that are important 
to the customer and the bride-to-be.

   My boss is in China at the moment, and will be back soon, and he's going 
to go ape-shit over this. This is where case #1 comes in.

    It's almost like it's *ok* to commit murder. That's how I feel.

     </rant over>

        Steve

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On Thu, 14 May 2009 21:32:13 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:

>     I'm case #1.

Bummer! :(
-- 

Regards
     Stephen

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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 14 May 2009 21:32:13 +0100, "St." <dot### [at] dotcom> wrote:
>
>>     I'm case #1.
>
> Bummer! :(

    Yeah well, we'll see what happens. The only choice the boss is going to 
have is paying whatever magical figure they come up with to 'reclaim' the 
domain. Now normally, this would be fine, but because I took it upon myself 
to develop a much better website FOR HIM, he thinks that I have cost him 
enough money already, and I have, but it's peanuts compared to what he would 
have paid a 'professional' website developer using any kind of CMS program. 
Yes, we're talking multiple 1000's here.

    So, he's just going to have to pay and hopefully everything will be rosy 
again sometime soon.

   Anyway, there is always plan B which a lot of people in my world won't 
like, which is good for me. :o)

     ~Steve~ (a bit happier this morning, so far...)


> -- 
>
> Regards
>     Stephen

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...a smooth criminal?

(Come on, *surely* I'm not the only person who was thinking this?)

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OK, 5 email addresses later, loss of hair and fingernails, and it's sorted.

   They don't make it easy do they.

     ~Steve~

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St. wrote:
> OK, 5 email addresses later, loss of hair and fingernails, and it's sorted.
> 
>    They don't make it easy do they.

At least it was possible.  I'm glad to hear that it more or less worked 
out in the end.

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"Kevin Wampler" <wam### [at] uwashingtonedu> wrote in message 
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> St. wrote:
>> OK, 5 email addresses later, loss of hair and fingernails, and it's 
>> sorted.
>>
>>    They don't make it easy do they.
>
> At least it was possible.

    Yes, thankfully.  :)

 I'm glad to hear that it more or less worked
> out in the end.

   Thanks. So am I! After emailing the last address asking politely for a 
domain renewal, the website and emails were up and running again an hour 
later (didn't pay any money (yet) as far as I know). And whois now shows an 
"ok" result with our company's name and business address visible again. No 
explanation of 'why' it happened.

   Not moaning though, just glad it's back in our hands. There are a *lot* 
of catalogues out 'there' with the domain name printed on them. :oO

      ~Steve~

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Invisible wrote:
> ...a smooth criminal?
> 
> (Come on, *surely* I'm not the only person who was thinking this?)

Fail.

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