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BabyAvocado
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WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
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If you are looking to register a domain name or might be any time in the near future - whatever you do, DO NOT search it on networksolutions.com.
After you type it into their search engine, they BUY IT (uh essentially, from themselves  ) so that if you try to buy it elsewhere for cheaper (as in ANYWHERE else, godaddy, yahoo - anyone is cheaper than NSI) you no longer can because it is now owned by them.
And while someone like godaddy.com charges $9.99 to register a domain name for a year, NSI charges $34.99.
I just got RIPPED off by this scam. I am SO pizzed.  So I'm hoping to save someone else the same fate.
Oh and it doesn't matter if you wait the 5 days for them to drop the name - they still keep it. You can do a Whois and you'll see that they now own the name so you can therefore now only purchase it from them for more than 3 times the price of anyone else.
Nice huh?
It seems that they were just now publicly accused in Jan 2008. I hope they are somehow prosecuted.
I also found this document issued by an ICANN committee (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) that contains an E-mail address that I will be sending my complaint to.
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JennZ
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
I could have told you the same thing. I worked for a company and we delt with NS and they were AWFUL. They pulled this with MANY people. Godaddy is much better to deal with.
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| Posted 2/14/08 12:08 PM |
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BabyAvocado
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
I'm so mad because I HATE them. i would never use them. The only reason I happened to run my search on them is because one of my clients has their site hosted by them. I was already there and said hey, let me check this domain name... and bang, taken.
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| Posted 2/14/08 12:10 PM |
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nrthshgrl
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LInative
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
Thank you for posting this, I'm sorry that happened to you!
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| Posted 2/14/08 1:16 PM |
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baghag
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
That *****! Sorry, Sandra. 
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| Posted 2/14/08 1:18 PM |
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lucyloo
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
They've been doing that for as long as I can remember!
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| Posted 2/14/08 1:46 PM |
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Sassyz75
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
www.1and1.com is a great company too- they are running a special- i think it's like $6 to register and they have a great web builder that I just did my dad's company's website with.
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| Posted 2/14/08 2:09 PM |
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greenfreak
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Re: WARNING: Network Solutions Front Running Domain Names
Yup, this has been going on for a long time. Not to mention the ones who buy the most common misspellings of a domain name, counting on people making that mistake.
This is actually a business. I know a company who just goes out and buys them. There is one guy and this is what he does. He does statistics and research so they can resell them at a higher price. Companies have been known to pay tens of thousands.
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| Posted 2/14/08 3:24 PM |
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