I am transfereing a domain name from Network Solution SINCE 2 YEARS NOW ... every time the request is denied... for no reason.. although I am the owner of the domain name and have full access !!! to it...

and now.. after 2 years of requesting.. I got this mail from them:

NetworkSolution wrote: To confirm your desire to change your registrar, access the secure Web page at https://registrar-transfers.com/?h=005c1ed7c34x3fb874ax805ab5x6b31x - https://registrar-transfers.com/?h=005c1ed7c34x3fb874ax805ab5x6b31x or paste the URL into your browser. Follow the instructions on the Web page. If you do not respond within 96 hours from the time stamp of this e-mail, the Change of Registrar request will be denied. The timestamp of this e-mail and the time to respond are based on Eastern Time.

OHHH.. at last, they replied to me... I'm glad..... and I clicked the link.. but what did I find.....

from the link they sent wrote: We are currently upgrading our site. This is a planned maintenance and we apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you for visiting our site. Please check back later.

90 hours passed now since I received the request....

every year I'm forced to renew with them by $30 although my current registrar takes from me only $6.49...

What shall I do..? only 30 days for the expiry of the domain

I forget.. they commented:

NetworkSolution wrote: At Network Solutions, we've been building online identities since the Internet was introduced. We will continue to put this experience and reliability to work for you and our Partners.

Is this in other words means: "We will never let you go away from us?"

Ask your the registar you want to register with to help, or get someone else big involved, like your credit card company or paypal.

network solution in a pain in ass.. i registered a domain with them for a friend and each time i chage my DSN setting to point the domain to the hosting servers, the DNS settings would revert back after 24 hours and would point to the network solutions under construction page..

then i decided to transfer the domain and it made no advancement for 3 months or more  prety annoying where as my friend was getting pissed too..

finally i cancelled the domain registration with them and re-registered it with another register after 24 hours of cancelling.. when u cancell the domain registration.. the domain is available on the internet for regiostration again with in 24 hours or less

NetworkSolution wrote: At Network Solutions, we've been building online identities since the Internet was introduced. We will continue to put this experience and reliability to work for you and our Partners.

better translated:

At Network Solutions, we've been destructing online identities since the Internet was introduced. We will continue to put this annoyance and bad service to rip you off and fill our Pockets.

Bliss wrote: Ask your the registrar you want to register with to help, or get someone else big involved, like your credit card company or paypal.

My current registrar says nothing in their hands.... Network Solution "MUST" release it so they can proceed.

My Credit Card Company or PayPal what shall they do??... if I canceled the payment or charged them back.. they will hang up the domain.

the boss wrote: finally i cancelled the domain registration with them and re-registered it with another register after 24 hours of cancelling.. when u cancell the domain registration.. the domain is available on the internet for regiostration again with in 24 hours or less

I did this trick last year... the site went offline 2 months, and still was unable to register.... THEY DIDN'T RELEASE IT..

when I asked them they said "We are holding it for you until you pay so no other one register it"

just the result:

the famous Network Solution Company wrote: Change of Registrar for FALAHONLINE.COM Has Been Denied Network Solutions has instructed the registry not to transfer the domain name registration to a different registrar because the domain name did not meet the registrar change criteria. Specifically, the domain name did not meet the criteria because: Your intent to change the registrar of your domain name to OnlineNIC, Inc. was not confirmed.

so, i will have to pay again $35 for the THIRD time... which worth a 15 YEARS registeration with my current registrar

Isn't there any one BIG can solve this problem... I don't care.. I'm not paying from my pocket.. it is the client who is paying... but the whole matter is really bad... who own the domain... ME or THEM.. so if the name is famous or worth a worth.. can they prevent ME the owner of the domain from selling it!!!

I here must give a thumb up for http://www.godaddy.com - GoDaddy , once i registered some domains from them for $8.99 before I settle with my current registrar who charges only $6.49, I made a transfer process and they approved it in 24 hours.. and their control panel is amazing...

But for Network Solution... they are charging $35 for a domain that's only $6.49, and in order to gain more money... PREVENT you from leaving them... they know they can't keep in market but by this way...

Have you tried submitting a formal complaint to InterNIC?

http://reports.internic.net/cgi/registrars/problem-report.cgi - http://reports.internic.net/cgi/registrars/problem-report.cgi