Tempest

Registrar locked the domains... registrar shut them off thus effecting the immediate, short and possibly long term revenue... registrar then turned some back on again...

Beyond any correspondence that's occured that we're not privy to, what more do we really need to know? I'm not willing to put my business at risk with a registrar that would do that. Personally I don't think any registrar should be messing with someones domains. If it's a content issue, it should be up to the host and authorities, not the registrar.

But if I thought a registrar should be able to do that, then I would at least want one that will respect my business and won't mess with it in ANY way while we worked to resolve the issue. DirectNic did not do that and I don't see any way they could justify those actions. That's why I would never use them, not would I recomend them and I'll actually be warning people away from them.

As for DirectNics "motivation".. You're right, we don't know. Which is why it's even more concerning, especially after MikeAI's post.

At the end of the day, nothing you say will change that for most people so you're just wasting your time, just as anyone trying to get you to see their way is wasting their time. It all comes down to how you run your business and what risks you're willing to take.

I've avoided most of this whole topic as you can never change certain peoples opinions and it's just one of those "tempests" that occurs over here. But it's certainly been great for a lot of your post counts.