What a bunch of crap!

[Antoinette Powell]

Here's how I got ripped off by SnapNames/VeriSign: I knew a certain domain 
name was expiring. It was registered with VeriSign and SnapNames has a 
business relationship with VeriSign; in fact, I found SnapNames through a 
link on the VeriSign site. So, I paid to have first dibs on the expiring 
domain name. I had been duped into thinking that the business relationship 
between VeriSign and SnapNames meant I had bought the first place in the 
queue if the owner didn't renew. Well, the owner didn't renew, and I didn't 
get the domain. A competitor to SnapNames scooped it up and sold it to 
someone else. Clearly I was cheated. However, a careful reading of the 
contractual terms reveals that SnapNames doesn't guarantee anything. Their 
relationship with VeriSign has no bearing on whether SnapNames has the 
inside track on anything. In fact, the competitors who scooped me, who 
apparently are a couple of guys running their company in their garage, offer 
a far better deal than SnapNames does: "You only have to pay if we succeed 
in getting the domain for you." SnapNames sucks. VeriSign sucks.--Antoinette 
Powell

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