Well maybe they walked away. It does not seem to be of any importance to them to get it back up again, or to pay their bills. I mean they only get "what" like 6 notices about the domain expiring right... 90 days 60 days 30 days 20 days 10 days and sometimes 5 days. Its either that or they just dont care to be in any hurry do they...
I noticed all that stuff in the console scrolling and VIP said it had been there since the original install. Which tells me that since the original install noone from thier side ever looked at the console, and how long has it been now, a long time. As i said it does not seem to be of any importance.
Lets just hope if they do come back, that they made a backup and recently...