Mishaps, Mistakes, and Scumbags...

**Chef** · 14th March 07, 06:15 AM

Be careful and keep an eye on the old site. A similar thing happened to our church web site and a few weeks after they took it over they forwarded the url to a very disgusting porn site. Apparently this is not an unusual tactic as they then want to hold you up to buy it back. Here is the real kicker, it is legal.

**cessna152towser** · 14th March 07, 06:22 AM

This happens too often. Sadly in some cases the squatter makes money from the adverts which appear on the parking page.

**Caradoc** · 11th March 09, 05:53 PM

Not any more. I just got it back. It's only been two years...

**Panache** · 11th March 09, 06:06 PM

Well that 's good news and its nice to have you back.

Cheers

Jamie

**The Barry** · 11th March 09, 11:52 PM

Wow, that didn't take very long!

**tyger** · 12th March 09, 03:52 AM

GoDaddy must have contract obligations with you. If the account was set for autorenew, they should have renewed it, right?

**Caradoc** · 12th March 09, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by tyger

GoDaddy must have contract obligations with you. If the account was set for autorenew, they should have renewed it, right?

I don't think the squatter had it set for autorenew.

I originally lost it because I had it set for autorenew, but my bank declined the transaction. The fraud alert triggered because it *should* have renewed while I was in Scotland getting married. By the time I got back, it was all over.

So, I backordered the domain through my registrar, and yesterday got notified that it was mine again.

And here we are.