Does anyone have experience of dealing with an unhelpful domain Registrar or Nominet direct? A friend of mine has a .co.uk domain name which expired in April and is now suspended. I have applied to transfer the domain to my registrar (1&1) and it is all set up with a status of "awaiting tag".
I sent off the tag transfer request to the exisiting tag holding registrar and they have contacted my friend and told him it will cost £80 for them to transfer the tag which strikes me as out and out daylight robbery!!
It looks as though Nominet may be able to do it for £10 + VAT but I can really do without the hassle of going down that route if there is a way of persuading the tag holder to co-operate! So far I have emailed them referencing Trading Standards, the OFT and the media but would welcome any other ideas from anyone that has experienced similar problems. Thanks, Ian
I sent off the tag transfer request to the exisiting tag holding registrar and they have contacted my friend and told him it will cost £80 for them to transfer the tag which strikes me as out and out daylight robbery!!
It looks as though Nominet may be able to do it for £10 + VAT but I can really do without the hassle of going down that route if there is a way of persuading the tag holder to co-operate! So far I have emailed them referencing Trading Standards, the OFT and the media but would welcome any other ideas from anyone that has experienced similar problems. Thanks, Ian
