This post concerned me so I sent your post to Snapnames. Reply is below. Do you have any evidence this practice continues?
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Thank you for contacting SnapNames.com!
As of November 2008 we are no longer working with the three registrars in question. This was to prevent any further issues from occurring and no further domains acquired will be registered with these particular registrars.
Please feel free to contact me again if you have any further questions or concerns.
Jessica Duvall
SnapNames.com Support
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