LOL..
Ok, get a grip..
The $6 that was charged on your card was a refundable card verification..
1and1 did not steal your domain, nor did anyone from their staff do so.. that is just your conspiracy theory...
What actually happened was while they were processing your account, someone else registered the domain..
I have registered over 120 domains with 1and1, NEVER had an issue with them except one time when registering a domain that a domain kiter kept re-registering, but in the end, I snagged that..
Yes, they are not the fastest when it comes to domain registrations & it takes up to 24 hours for new domain registrations to be completed..
I've been hosting with them since June of 2006 with a total downtime of less than one hour.. (with the exception of 24 hour outage when they billed my epass & got declined because I changed address on epass & it was a holiday & I couldn't get them to turn back on til Tues morning..)...
Don't worry about your $6.. it is a refundable test transaction to verify the validity of your card...
For $20 a month, I get 300 gigs storage with 3000 gigs bandwidth with 100 mySql databases AND 5 free domains when signing up with them for this package..
They also gave me vouchers for adsense, yahoo ads, msn & some other pps totalling over $500+ worth of ppc ad buys...
I also got free magazine subsciption to revenue magazine, web marketing & other SEO magazines...
They also gave me free software & some other stuff..
They have one click instant blogs..
tons of install on demand cgi
Alot of extra shit included too..
Sorry you lost the domain, but looks to me that someone registered it before 1and1 processed your account...
About your other claims, & the links you posted.. I did not click to read the links, but have to say.. I NEVER been over charged, nor have they EVER billed me early.. NEVER been charged for domains I cancelled, NEVER had problems trying to transfer domains in or out of their service..
I have no complaint with them, other than they use outsourced tech support that speak broken accented english..
Anyone wanting to get hosting or domains with 1and1, click here & get an account
I'll be happy to answer anyone's questions 348-132-803