Be careful when you search domain name through godaddy

http://saferwhois.com/

That's why I ended up building my own domain checker, it takes a keyword and queries for .com, .org, .us, .me and .co + it looks up to see if the Twitter username is taken or not. Also highly recommend DomainTyper (http://domaintyper.com)

I know Network Solutions had (still does?) done this. But as far as Godaddy, I've used them to check for domains (even if I buy through them or not) and never had that issue. It could just be coincidence in your case. Although that's just my experience, I could be wrong.

GoDaddy are slimy and this is the sort of shady business practices that I expect of them but did you check the whois record? When was the domain registered? Maybe in was an expired domain which someone snatched using backorder services?

Good advice, but better advice is to stay away from GoDaddy completely.