Its cost 27,500 actually, which is obviously the going rate for that particular data.

In their terms and conditions it will state that continued use of the addresses without paying the annual fee, will be subject to a fee of 49p per address per time used.

You chose to go for the more expensive option (thats the choice you made by default when you stopped paying the money) and now as a result you are upset you have to pay the money?

If I were you, Id be making a VERY polite call to their salesman, explaining it was an administrative error in your company that prevented renewal crossed wires internally led the person in your purchasing department to cancel the wrong contract or whatever, and can you pretty please pay the 5,500 annual fee retrospectively and continue your subscription where you left off.


Failing that, its got NOTHING to do with "IT geeks" or "database help" that you will need, its a bloody good lawyer.