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godaddy is alright if you can sift through the ads on every single page, they are a little cheaper. i don't use them and probably never will.
$8.88 a year, includes free whoisguard which anonymizes your whois info.
It's worth paying the $.89 over Godaddy because there is no spam or upselling when you buy the domain. They just sell it to you.
Btw, you can use the coupon code "LABORDAY" at Namecheap to receive a $1 discount ( ref: http://www.hostingdiary.com/2006/08/namecheap_disco.html ).