Looks like I've run into my first hijack of a domain, but it was really out of my hands. I hooked up my friend Dave with a site for his band GiganticAntic a while back, and so my good friend Chris hooked him up with the domain and hosting. But today, I went to go check Dave's blog, and what do I get? A Page directing me to a bunch of internet pirates who think it's best to rip domains when people don't re-register right away.
I mean, it's a personal fucking site, how much traffic do they expect to get? The weird thing is, I check the WHOIS, and it seems that it's still pointing to our servers, and that we registered it with them, which we didn't. What a fucking load of bullshit. If I can't get that domain back at a fair price, I will be buying another from GoDaddy a respectful and well thought out business. Fuck Cheap Domain Registration.
Update: So I gave them a ring ((480) 624-2500), and it was explained to me that it is on "hold", and we have 40 days from it's expiration date (March 4th) to renew this. I'm trying to get in contact with Chris, and see if we can work it out.