Post by Emcee on Apr 16, 2009 16:34:50 GMT -5
So I've just been royally screwed.
Seriously. With a rusty tire iron.
FOR PEOPLE WHO GO TO MY WEBSITES (frodis.net and the-otherkind.com): I'M VERY AWARE THE SITES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
As I mentioned a while back, I got the run around from my webhosting when it came to renewing nyazian.net. With the-otherkind.com coming up for renewal, I wanted to move by domain registration to a more reliable registrar. I looked up on the 'net how to do this and found out my webhosting, Global Internet Solutions:
(1) Has an F rating from the Better Business Bureau and over 350 complaints against it.
(2) Is rated as one of the worst webhosts on several host rating websites.
(3) Had reports done on Fox News on their horrible business practices.
I tried getting my domain transferred anyway and received a phone call from GISOL saying they "didn't offer that with my plan" (which was their best plan, BTW.)
I got my hosting with them when I was pretty broke and didn't know any better. Over the years, they've put me through a lot of shit. But I usually just rolled with it, because... I don't even know why. I guess I didn't feel like rocking the boat. I should have left years ago, but I never did. And its cost me quite a bit of money and two domains I was very fond of.
I got into a very heated argument with the man on the phone, where I pointed out all of the complaints against them. He said he "didn't care". He made fun of the fact that I was getting angry. He swore at me. I swore at him first, but I don't think that excuses the fact that he acting in an incredibly unprofessional manner.
About a minute after I hung up the phone, I found out my hosting had been suspended. I seriously didn't know that getting upset over the phone was a suspension-worthy offense!
STAY AWAY FROM GLOBAL INTERNET SOLUTIONS (gisol.com)! SERIOUSLY! These guys are bad news!
Thankfully, frodis.net and the-otherkind.net, the-otherkind.info and the-otherkind.org are all registered with other people. I also have backups of my entire website. So the sites will go back up eventually, once I get my head sorted out and can think about other places I can go. I'm going to be lodging my own complaint with the Better Business Bureau (not like it'll make much difference).
I'm so angry right now, I can barely see straight. I was even brought to tears over it. Thankfully, I didn't cry while I was on the phone with that asshole. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten so angry, but I'd rather show him Angry Bitch than Crying Messing.
Seriously. With a rusty tire iron.
FOR PEOPLE WHO GO TO MY WEBSITES (frodis.net and the-otherkind.com): I'M VERY AWARE THE SITES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED.
As I mentioned a while back, I got the run around from my webhosting when it came to renewing nyazian.net. With the-otherkind.com coming up for renewal, I wanted to move by domain registration to a more reliable registrar. I looked up on the 'net how to do this and found out my webhosting, Global Internet Solutions:
(1) Has an F rating from the Better Business Bureau and over 350 complaints against it.
(2) Is rated as one of the worst webhosts on several host rating websites.
(3) Had reports done on Fox News on their horrible business practices.
I tried getting my domain transferred anyway and received a phone call from GISOL saying they "didn't offer that with my plan" (which was their best plan, BTW.)
I got my hosting with them when I was pretty broke and didn't know any better. Over the years, they've put me through a lot of shit. But I usually just rolled with it, because... I don't even know why. I guess I didn't feel like rocking the boat. I should have left years ago, but I never did. And its cost me quite a bit of money and two domains I was very fond of.
I got into a very heated argument with the man on the phone, where I pointed out all of the complaints against them. He said he "didn't care". He made fun of the fact that I was getting angry. He swore at me. I swore at him first, but I don't think that excuses the fact that he acting in an incredibly unprofessional manner.
About a minute after I hung up the phone, I found out my hosting had been suspended. I seriously didn't know that getting upset over the phone was a suspension-worthy offense!
STAY AWAY FROM GLOBAL INTERNET SOLUTIONS (gisol.com)! SERIOUSLY! These guys are bad news!
Thankfully, frodis.net and the-otherkind.net, the-otherkind.info and the-otherkind.org are all registered with other people. I also have backups of my entire website. So the sites will go back up eventually, once I get my head sorted out and can think about other places I can go. I'm going to be lodging my own complaint with the Better Business Bureau (not like it'll make much difference).
I'm so angry right now, I can barely see straight. I was even brought to tears over it. Thankfully, I didn't cry while I was on the phone with that asshole. Maybe I shouldn't have gotten so angry, but I'd rather show him Angry Bitch than Crying Messing.