[Cialug] A good domain name Registrar?

[reinstall hell]

Tim Perdue wrote:

> Jeff Davis wrote:
>
>> I've heard good things about godaddy.com as well.
>> I've stuck with buydomains.com for the few that I have.
>
>
> I have a domain at godaddy and they seem fine too, but I'm skeptical 
> of any outfit that is charging 1/6th of what the big guys charge. I 
> keep my important domains at register.com and netsol. I just got 
> gouged at register.com for 5 domains * 2 years = $350. Plus 
> register.com spams me continuously and even has phonebots calling me 
> all the time. When I changed my account info to a bogus phone number, 
> they started emailing saying they would yank the domains if I have 
> invalid account data!
>
> Tim
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how much do ya need? if all your getting is a whois listing then it 
shouldn't cost more than $10 for the year. if you want more then 
that(dns, hosting, etc.) you will pay for it. just really don't see how 
a domain name can cost so much. i mean, how much trouble is it for a 
registar to add your domain to the whois and point it to your 
nameservers? once its done there shouldn't be any trouble with it 
(eliminating customer support issues).  i do agree with the registar's 
deal with wanting to delete your domain b/c of bad phone info.  i only 
give address information (no phone, fax, etc.) with my whois listing. 
really helps cut out spam.