godaddy sucks enough said, I am in the process of transferring my domains from them. $8.99 for privacy protect gd god, I meaned I dont mind paying a little premium but don't like getting bent over
i've used both godaddy and namecheap. although there are some things that annoy me about godaddy (like the constantly barraging you to try to upgrade your services), i haven't had any issues registering a domain name with them. Personally, i'm glad that they want to make sure that addresses match up.