Looks like someone didn't renew their domain name...!

[DoctorRad]

Hahahahahahaha...

http://www.halfords.com/

Quick, before they sort it out...

 

[yagamuffin]

Hahahahahahaha...

http://www.halfords.com/

Quick, before they sort it out...

Wanna try that again?

 

[DoctorRad]

I'm getting a Network Solutions placeholder page...

 

[drystonepaul]

Someone forgot to tick the auto renew box then.

That could be a costly mistake for Halfords.

Looks like Network Solutions have snapped it up and I reckon they will put a hefty price tag on it if Halfords want it back.

Halfords.co.uk still appears to be registered with Halfords though but is still coming up with the Network Solutions place-holder page...

Of course they may just have forgotten to renew it. Either way it's poor form for such a big company.

 

[yagamuffin]

Works for me.

 

[Carge]

Try http://www.halfords.co.uk/

Looks like that's gone the same way!

 

[FluffyChicken]

both got halfords for me :s

 

[drystonepaul]

Looks like they are back in business then.

According to the domain registry their .com domain name was due for renewal today.
Clearly an oversight on someone's part meant the site went down for a while this morning.

Oh well...

 

[ishaw]

It would be difficult for someone to sit on a domain and hold it for ransom, as unless you can show evidence that it is related to a business/site you run, you can get the domain registrar to take it back from the cybersquatter and return it to you - you also get a grace period if you forget to renew of about 12 days, so unless Halfords are particularly stupid (insert comments), they should be fine.

Ian

 

[Tad]

Had a similar issue with my old company. We owned .co.uk and were a long established company. Cybersquatter was on .com one cease and desist notification later .com is ours. Total cost was circa £150 for the legal work, a decent Intellectual Property lawer will do it in their sleep, not difficult or time consuming at all.