[mattchew]

> the usually-excellent reliability and stability that Google usually offers

This is most of why I put aside my reservations and used them as a registrar intermediate. I am quite sure I said to myself, "well, you can trust Google".

My domain expires in March. Bad news for me. Bad news for Google too. I can't trust them implicitly any more. I'm sure anyone else who is in the crosshairs on this issue feels the same.

[tallanvor]

I agree. It never occurred to me that Google would manage to screw something up as fundamental as making sure domain renewals worked properly. Of course, given the recent issues we've seen reported with SSL certificates being allowed to expire (GrandCentral comes to mind), maybe we should be more worried.

I have one domain registered with them, and supposedly I should be able to transfer the domain to another one of my registrar accounts (I can unlock the domain and receive the authorization code, transaction ID, and security code), but something keeps rejecting the transfer. Let's see how long it takes to work through this!