At least I learned my lesson not to pay in advance to service providers of that kind. Since I do not expect getting anything back, drawing the line now, I have

At least I learned my lesson not to pay in advance to service providers of that kind. Since I do not expect getting anything back, drawing the line now, I have payed them $30 / year on average for a simple .COM domain. Pretty sure I am not the only one so that also explain how they were able to give domains for $5 or even for free to others.