Bob,
I know your post was a few years ago, but here's my dealings with Godaddy.
I was a customer of theirs for 10 years and had over 15 web registries with them and used their hosting for a few web sites. A few years ago, one of their sales people lied about when my sites would be up for renewal, and a few days later, my web site went to their default parking page. I called and they wanted about $1000 for me to get my domain names back and now they actually own the best one and it was for sale for over $2500. Instead of working with a customer who has given them business for 10 years, they decided to stab me in the back.
I will never do business with them again.
Carl