This includes the ~$5+ cost of the domain, plus a couple hundred dollars for time wasted on dozens on phone calls, as well as the cost of making those calls (phone bills),
Do you live in Antarctica? Why are your phone calls so expensive?
and of course, the emotional distress the situation has caused me ($495 tops)
Do you think this is the People's Court or something? What does any of this have to do with bitcoin or cryptocurrency?
You were "scammed" for $5. And probably not even that. The mistake was probably on your end. I used them for years - actually over a decade - and never had any problems with them other than they frequently wanted to renew my services.
In short, this is the worst Scam Accusation I have ever seen. I'm docking you 2 merits.