by Matt | Jun 8, 2004 | Imported Entry
Got an email from Network Solutions Customer Service Dept. They at least have half a brain. I still haven’t heard ANYTHING from Joker regarding any of this. Anyway, according to NetSol, there IS a transfer in progress. According to a simple Whois, my domain is listed as being in “REGISTRAR-LOCK”. It’s locked, according to NS, until my domain transfer is complete, failed or timed-out. Since I also locked the domain from leaving, it’s either going to fail or time-out, whichever happens first. I’ll paste the rest of the email I got, it’ll make more sense than me:
“Actually, there is just a pending transfer in process at the Registry and currently your domain name is locked until this transfer is completed, failed or timed out. … You may renew you domain name once the status Registrar-Lock has been updated to Active. For your information, you may contact the Registrar that you initiated this transfer from and have this transfer canceled. Normally, a transfer expires in 96 hours after you received the authorization e-mail from the gaining Registrar. You may opt to do nothing and wait for the status to change to “Active” and renew your domain name.”
So, it should time out soon. Basically. Worst case scenario it actually gets transfered and I simply transfer it away again, this time doing it through someone a bit more reputable… like Jason.
Actually, I think I might do that anyway. I’ll have to renew it either way. If it times-out, which it should, I’ll still need to renew it before the 26th. I’ll drop Jason an email (or if he reads this first) and ask about how to contact his company and get it done through them. As helpful as NetSol has been, and I do appreciate good customer service, there’s just something about paying $35 for something that should really only be a few bucks that doesn’t sit right with me.
We’ll see what happens in the next 96 hours or so.
by Matt | Jun 8, 2004 | Imported Entry
Oh yeah baby. I love it when I have something new to complain about. Let’s add Joker.Com to my shit list shall we…
As a few of you know, this domain is up for renewal on the 26th. I decided to try something a little different and go with Joker as my new registrar. I signed up, put in all the correct info and everything was fine. That is, until I got this email:
“This is the last notification of your transfer request to
Joker.com for the following domain(s)
transfer of:docholoday.com: canceled by registry
Your request has been submitted to the appropriate registry,
but it has declined the transfer due to the reason you see above.
Although the request could not been processed you have been charged
for this (according to our terms & conditions)”
So. Let me get this strait. They couldn’t transfer the domain, so the went ahead and charged my card anyway? I don’t think so. I sent them an email asking WHY the transfer didn’t happen. “Canceled by registry” isn’t exactly clear. No response. So I sent them another email. And another. And another. 4th email time and I finally say you know what, screw them, and I ask them for a refund and to cancel my order. Still, there’s no reply.
Now, this whole time I had taken “Domain Protect” off at NetSol so that the transfer could in fact go through. I immediately went back and turned it on. I didn’t want them screwing anything up. Now they couldn’t transfer the domain even if they wanted to. Even if I didn’t get my $12 back from Joker I wouldn’t have to put up with actually using their stupid service.
My next logical step was to go ahead and renew with NetSol. The domain is still expiring after all. So I go through that whole thing. I then get an email from NetSol saying THEY can’t process the renewal. I call them on the phone. The customer service rep said they had no idea why it didn’t work. I give her my information again and she resubmits the renewal. Again, I get an email. Surprise. I didn’t work. I now have $12 gone to Joker and $70 ($35 x 2) to NetSol. NS is of course refunding that, as they should.
I can only guess that somehow my domain is in limbo and somewhere in between registrars. Neither have a firm grasp on it (although it’s still listed at NS) and neither can renew it.
I hate the internet.
by Matt | May 31, 2004 | Imported Entry
Not much going on today. My usually Monday off was made even better because Lauren had it off as well. Sadly, I don’t get an additional day off since I get Mondays off normally. Oh well. So, everyone else got a three day weekend and I’m excited because for once I get a two day! Spending it with Lauren was also good because I usually don’t get to do that and I miss spending entire weekends with her.
In other news, my membership in the TCC is being voted on by members. If I don’t get in it’ll be a close vote. My boss got in yesterday and said that most of the other members voted “yes”, so that’s promising. I’ve been told that my “strategy” is slightly dated and that I should go for the flag more often. I say that’s ridiculous since I outscore all of them by a wide margin. I have screen caps to prove it. Oh well. It’s not like I won’t play if I don’t get into their magic little club. Honestly, I just wanted an excuse to fire up Team Speak and yell at people instead of typing at them. I find that more therapeutic.
This just in. Chris has given his page a makeover and a backend change. He’s now running WordPress 1.2 and a nifty blue theme. Good for him.
I’ve got more links to share and whatnot but it’s dinner time and Lauren’s walking in with Mexican.
Later.
by Matt | May 30, 2004 | Imported Entry
Just got a call from my Dad. My brother is pitching at Fenway Park RIGHT NOW. He’s in the something-annual College VS University All Star Game. It’s a bunch of Division 1 guys vs Division 2 guys. Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth VS BC, BU, thing.
I’ve asked for them to get me dirt. Real, honest to god Fenway dirt. It’s something I’ve always wanted. Is that silly?
by Matt | May 30, 2004 | Imported Entry
What thats supposed to mean I really don’t know. It was hot. I dislike hot. Sorry.
Before I get into everything, I apologize for leaving you guys out of the loop so to speak. I’ve just had a lot on my mind and I didn’t really want to talk about any of it. I would much rather bottle it up and deal with it later, per my usually habit.
My grandfather is still unresponsive. The swelling in his brain has gone down and now everyone is on watch for signs of recovery. I’m not there so I can’t say anything first hand but apparently he’s at least opened his eyes once or twice. I hate waiting like this and the “no news is good news” bullcrap that my parents are shoveling isn’t helping. I am pretty close to my grandfather although not so much in the past few years. I’ve been “away” for quite some time obviously with first school and now life here in Texas. That’s no ones fault, just a point of fact. So, we continue to play the waiting game.
Work, well, is interesting. I know Jason will hate me but I’m afraid I still can’t really talk about it. Let’s just say that it’s material for that book I’ve yet to write. Hell, it’s probably at least a trilogy of books at this point. I’ll pay a quick homage to Jack Kerouac and call it the “Legend of DePear” or something. For those who aren’t good at mindless trivia, Jack’s books follow the lives of him and his friends and although he never formally published it as a collection under this title while he was alive he did refer to them as the Legend of Duluoz. End English lesson. Back to talking about work. In un-situation-ish work we’re gearing up for the pageant at the end of the month. I get to spend a whole week (8.5 days actually) in the human torture chamber know as Laredo TX. It’s apparently hot there, so I’ve been told.
On a more person level, Lauren and I have been able to kick back a little a relax a bit this week. We had a chance to check out Shrek 2 which was probably on par with it’s predecessor. We also got to see an Astros game against the Cubbies. Let me be the first to say that I really dislike Minute Maid Park. We sat somewhere in the middle along the first base line and we were at such an unparalleled angle to the field that we felt like we were going to fall out of our seats. It also didn’t help that we asked 3 (!) different official ballpark employees where our seats were and none of them had a clue. It took us 20 minutes and multiple wrong turns before we sat down. But hey, the tickets were free and the game was good, so what else can you ask for right?
Let’s see, what else… oh yeah, Full Spectrum Warrior comes out on Tuesday. That’ll be fun and time consuming. I borrowed 007:Everything or Nothing from my boss and I’m playing through that right now as a time killer between games of Desert Combat. I also got my Sony Clie up and working again and I’m going to be passing it off to Lauren would could really use a PDA for work. There’s so many notes and phone numbers and such that she needs I figured it would be more helpful for her than for me. I was only really using it for Bejeweled, Insainiquarium and to balance my checkbook anyway.
That’s pretty much it guys. I’m gonna go set up Blade Runner in the DVD player and grab some dinner.
Matt out.
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