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Just tried to activate my .uk domains, got an error message alerting me to contact 123reg, I opened a ticket with them, and got this as a reply.
Support Agent
Vladut
19.12.2017. 14:21
Hi Dave,
Thank you for contacting us.
I can see that currently, you have moved all the .co.uk counterparts...
Forgot to add, here's the reply I got from Nominet regarding my complaint
Hi Dave,
Thank you for your email and I appreciate your comments.
As you rightly say, anyone with a right of registration for the shorter .uk domain name has until 2019 to exercise that right. That will have been 5...
Just had some emails from Nominet informing that 3 x .uk domains had been regged relating to .co.uk domains I own. As far as I was concerned regging .uk was my sole right until 2019, seems not....!
Interfering 123reg have taken it upon themselves to 'assist' customers by starting to register...
I'm about to buy a new oven via John Lewis online, I can't be bothered trying to setup an affiliate link to get commission, anyone got one I can use (you'll get the commissions) first to post link to a link/banner gets my commission
Cheers
Dave
Having had a look over all those examples, my faves are:-
www.Individual-Voluntary-Agreement.org.uk
www.DebtManagementPlans.org.uk
www.IVAUK.org
in that order. I have quite a few debt/iva names that would suit, can I send a list over for you to give me your thoughts on
Dave
Removed previous comment about .tv's
discountcouponcodes.org.uk
discountcouponcodes.me.uk
discountcouponcode.org.uk
discountcouponcode.me.uk
discountcouponcode.biz
Still free
Dave
Have they left a contact tel no. in their letter? you could always ring them back, saves leaving them with documented evidence, if not, I normally just ignore any first contact, but either keep a mental note of the letter or email and wait to see if they make contact again some time later, just...
Mmmmm, the very same thing crossed my mind recently when a couple of names I had monitored and that were suspended and due to drop a couple of days later, and of no real value, both had domainmonster nameservers; & that once I booked them both through domain monsters catching system suddenly...