Ok all, Im backordering a domain name, today I took a look at its whois:

Status: REDEMPTIONPERIOD
Updated Date: 28-may-2004
Creation Date: 14-oct-1999
Expiration Date: 14-oct-2004

Now if its in redemption period, why does it expire in oct? I now registars add a year to the expiration when the domain is in HOLD but this is really weird.