somehow hearing this about namecheap is even more infuriating. godaddy has a reputation that makes this no surprise, but i get a lot of conflicting feedback about namecheap. i heard good things and bad things about them. in the recent discussions on HN namecheap came off mostly positive, and then suddenly there is your story, confirming what i heard about namecheap earlier. now i don't know what to think about them.