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Originally Posted by Acro  I'd like to add to the mystery that somehow, there appears to be a glitch with nearly expiring (but not yet expired) domains that get backordered. At least, that's what a domain thief claimed. |
I noticed a similar glitch (or perhaps it was intentional) that domains hosted with GoDaddy hosting are handled differently than domains hosted outside.
From what I've seen is that domains hosted with Godaddy don't get an expired page. They continue to be live right to the point they get removed from your account. That is what happened to one of my domains. It expired and was backordered by another Godaddy customer. My mistake was that I did not renew before the expire date. What happened was the domain continued live and expiry date had next year added. So it looked like it was live and up-to-date renewed. I feel it was removed from my renew domains list in cp earlier than normal (although there is no way to prove it.) Then I get a notice that there was an account change for the domain to another gd customer. All happened suspiciously quick in my opinion comparing to observing how long other expired domains take before they become available.
I talked to my account exec but there was nothing he could do. I contacted new owner of the domain directly and worked out a reasonable arrangement. Fortunately the new owner was understanding to my case and did not ask for my arm and leg.
This is a predicament that one can easily find themselves when they have a few hundred or more domains and renews on a per case basis. It looked suspicious to me how gd handled this expiry as compared to others. Perhaps something similar happened in your case.
Hope this experience is helpful to you.
All the best.
Case resolved. No need to extent it matter then.