You're not wrong - I went to elb.com and after depositing $10 into my account, my payment verification kept on failing every time I attempted to register any domains. If my payment has successfully gone into their account, how can verification fail when I'm using money I've already deposited?! Dodgy b*stards. Oh, and they've ignored all my e-mails as well.
I have the passion and I did spent plenty of time developing and running one, so here you go: MIDANO.com - Domain Industry Price Comparison Engine Enjoy, Leo.