Domain Name registration

So I was going to go legit and register portcullischain.com after realizing I shouldn't be such a cheap bastard and just fork over the $20. I was going through the process and realized I needed to add private registration to protect anonymity. I clicked back after I was already in the check-out process and firefox crashed. After cursing o' so ever briefly, I relaunched my browser and tried it again. This time GoDaddy told me that portcullischain.com was already taken and was not available. I'm assuming they placed a hold on the name, but when I WHOIS the name it says it expires in March of '09. You try and do the right thing and look what happens to you.
-PC