I recently moved a domain from Godaddy and did not have this experience, so perhaps things have changed. I just unlocked the domain and requested the authorisat

I recently moved a domain from Godaddy and did not have this experience, so perhaps things have changed. I just unlocked the domain and requested the authorisation code be emailed to me by clicking the relevant link in the control panel. My transfer to namecheap was complete within 3 hours.