I’m in total agreement with the suckiness of Network Solutions. They’re slimy and incompetent. I’ve been using Joker.com for years without problems.
Let’s put NetSol to death. We’re the Alpha Geeks of our social circles. When people ask us about registering domains, let’s be sure to tell them to register anywhere except NetSol, because they will sell your domain to someone else and do nothing about it.