Via Roy, an interesting read on acquiring a freshly expired domain name. Basically you have no chance of securing a decent expired domain without these power brokers, kinda like getting in on the typical IPO.
And to think 6-7 years ago, I didn't register a few domains because I thought $35/year was too much to pay Network Solutions for a simple row of bits in a big Table in the Sky. If I tried to pull what Mike Davidson did (and pay $369 in the process), that would have secured one domain name for a solid decade. Sheesh.
