The ever-so-mistitled 'Domain Registry of Canada'

A few days ago, I got a letter from the 'Domain Registry of Canada' about a particular domain I'd registered (a .com) some time ago with a different registrar than I normally did. It was one of these:

http://support.easydns.com/domain.slammers/droc.php

Thinking 'oh, I meant to transfer this domain away from that registrar anyway' (because the registrar was expensive), I went to their website.

Next step: logging in... but what was my username and password? Since I couldn't remember, I went to the 'reset password' functionality, where it was requested that I enter the domain name... odd, but I did it anyway.

The response I received was 'no such domain' or somesuch.

O K, something's up. Then I remembered that they're domain slammers.

*foreheadslap*

I would *never* in my life have filled out that paper form (I have an irrational hatred of paper mail). But no doubt a lot of people do, judging by the number of warning pages about it:

• http://www.tbayit.com/blog.asp?show=33
• http://www.blog.lgr.ca/2007/09/domain-registry-of-canada.html
• http://www.sibername.com/support/droc.php
• ... lots more ...

Afterward:

After a lot of tracking and searching, I finally did find the registrar who originally registered my domain. And like DROC, they charge too much and they've got a crappy UI.