Registrars hoarding domain names?

[Ben Scott]

On 3/28/06, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> Output attached - if you go to register.com and try to register it it
> says it's unavailable but they offer to let you bid on it for $200 or
> more.

  It appears you're not the first to encounter this.

http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Unpaid+Names+Department%22

  Register.com has something of a bad rep anyway, from what I hear.

> You'd think
> ICANN would be putting the smackdown on this kind of operation.

  BWWHAHAHAHAAHAH!!!!

-- Ben