It's about time some ETHICS was shown

["Casselman, Jim" <jim.casselman@xxxxxxxx>]

No ETHICS is not an acronym for some other agency within this framework....It 
is just what it says. Something ICANN-Approved Registrars should show above 
all, since they are dealing with the public!

I am the President of a non-profit organization (.org) who contacted my 
registrar about our domain name when it was coming up for renewal or 
expiration, and told them I did not want to re-register through their service 
since the cost was exorbitant and I didn't want to have to pay a transfer fee 
to another registrar who was cheaper.  I told them I would let the name expire 
and then register it with the other registrar.

I knew when our domain name was to expire and tried to get the second registrar 
to register it for me, but it kept coming up as unavailable.  I contacted my 
previous registrar again and was told it was on a two week hold just in case I 
wanted to renew it....I explained again that I did not want to renew it...Then 
it mysteriously was going to take 30-40 days to clear in the "database". I was 
given a date of June 06, 2005 and the day it would become available....Well no 
luck.  So I keep checking it periodically and get the same thing until today.  
Now all of a sudden it's registered with a "holding" company for a year and I 
can buy the name back if I want to.

There is a major lack of ETHICS here and possibly some underhandedness since 
the company who is supposed to have the name isn't even registered as a 
business in the State of Florida.  The name does not show up in any Yellow 
Pages or White Pages....Cross Reference Address or Phone directory and when you 
call the number listed you get a modem....  Be my guest and try it yourselves.

With companies like these being allow to register and hold organizations domain 
names hostage we sure can't count on this to improve!

Jim Casselman, President
United Hunters of Florida

Domain ID:D106615625-LROR 
Domain Name:UNITEDHUNTERS.ORG 
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Expiration Date:13-Jun-2006 18:55:24 UTC
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