Buying a domain...need some help choosing a registrar

[JE7]

Namecheap.com ^

I checked it out, but the price jumps to $9.69 after the first year.

I use Godaddy, $7.60~ .coms, $0.89 infos (first year), always have good coupon codes. You can use fake whois info, just make sure its legit from a country 4000 miles away from you. Take time to get the city / state / country / postal code / phone number right and your fake whois info will never be a problem.

Yeah, GoDaddy seems to be the default registrar people use...I just worry about losing my domain. What do you mean a country 4000 miles from me? Does anyone ever call the phone # to verify information? I guess the email should be my own email?