thats one heck of a blog you got there, and we can say that because we are all rogers
I had a similar experience with Network Solutions. I forgot to renew my registration only to find it had been purchased by (effectively) Network Solutions.
Fortunately they were willing to sell me my former domain (clarkfarley.com) for something like $1500. lol
Given how many other people on the planet would really want such a domain name, I choose to wait a year when it expired again and bought it for the normal $34.95 or whatever the price is…
It might have been a fluke event, but it seems that your (former) domain name may have more value on the open market.
