OT: help me out of domain name purgatory!

Just got an email from my domain host saying my domain has expired, and I have to pay a $70 reinstatement fee on top of the $10/yr registration fee. The site is hosted elsewhere, and it wouldn't cost anything to just move the domain over to the web host, but according to their knowledgebase, I have to wait at least 60 days after expiration, and it's only been about 30.
Are my only choices to wait a month or pay the $70? And who really owns the name at this point, the domain registrar or me?
Thanks.

How many renewal notices did you ignore?
I have over 300 domain names registered with DOTSTER.com and they never fail to issue notices
60, 45, 30, 15, 10, 5 days before expiration, and on the expiration date plus 5, 10, 15 and 30 after expiration.
I swim in notices! If you still use the email address they have for you, and were not notified, renew it and transfer to a new registrar.
Instead of relying on your interpretation of their Knowledgebase, why not give them a call, grovel a bit, and see what you can work out
http://www.icann.org/en/udrp/udrp.htm
Good luck

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