hello guys and gals...........

 

As far as I know they are still in business. Earlier this year I bought Tomar  "O" scale drumhead kit for my MTH Madison passenger cars.

 

the woman who loves the S.F.5011,2678,2003,200

Tiffany

I clicked on the link, and the website worked (for me).

Your posted link works for me. Maybe their website was just down for a while as you were trying to access it?

Here's what I get(domain name expired):

 

Rob, I get the same thing as you, which isn't their website.

From another forum, here's the story:

 

Failing to renew the domain name was the first thing that crossed my mind; glad that they're still up and running--I'll be placing an order for the GN Empire Builder drumhead shortly.

I stand corrected, at the bottom of the web page it says domain name expired. I wasn't familiar with that site and saw track signals and several other train related links and thought it was the real thing. Oops...

Looks like they can just renew it.  Sometimes poachers come along and sit on an expired domain name for ransom.

 

 

Domain Renewal

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It may be some time before Tomar gets their domain name back...if ever. There are companies out there that constantly scan the internet looking for expired domains. When a name expires, they snap it up within seconds of its expiration. When the original domain name holder tries to get "his" domain name back, they end up paying a hefty premium to get it back. It may not be ethical, but it is legal.

 

Some years ago I tried to help a friend of mine who lost his company domain name for this very same reason. He never did get it back. The company that owned it wanted $25,000 for it. That was far beyond what my friend could justify or afford.

 

I am responsible for somewhere around 40 internet domain names for various web clients. They are ALL set on AUTOMATIC RENEWAL. It is one less thing to worry about and it makes sure the domains NEVER get out of my control. I get an email when a domain renews and then I bill the client for the renewal. I am shocked that this kind of protection was not in place for Tomar.

 

 

Gosh, I even do that for my domain name, and it's not exactly like a real business.

Tomar is probably not as big as GM, and nobody knows all the vicious legal Catch-22's

out there.

MartyE.com just automatically renewed last night.  Rich is correct.  It is way easier to let the domain renew automatically.  I usually get a month's heads up before I get the notice from my CC that it renewed.

I used different companies for registering the name (namecheap.com) and hosting (the abysmal serversanddomains.com). For the name I could buy 10 years into the future. For the hosting its year by year.

 

It is possible that Tomar had it set up for automatic renewal, but the owner's credit card number was changed, so the renewal didn't happen.

 

I was one of the select few that used a credit card at Home Depot, my credit card company sent out new cards with new numbers and some chip inside that looks kind of like the pad layout of an old GSM phone SIM card.