Hosting Reseller - Hostecs.com - gone?...

Since last Friday many of my sites are no longer online.
Including my Musicblogging blog at www.musicblogging.net
And also www.treeguide.info




Why is that, you might ask.
Well, read the following story that I just posted on my
webhostingblogger.net site and learn from it if you so wish.



One of the most important things online is interaction
between users, and whatever we are able to learn from
experiences of others is always welcome, at least I think so.

I was duped by Hostecs.com with which I hosted for 4
months before they took off and disappeared in the thin air?.

Their site is gone, they do not reply to emails for a week now,
and their phone number is a joke.

Than I was too late as on Friday morning my monthly payment
was performed automatically via paypal, so hostecs got paid
for an other month while they are gone. I canceled the subscription
but too late obviously?.

They were reliable for 4 months since I started with them.
I thought, they were a secure hosting company, so I trusted
them and was not worried and was not making back up?s all
that often, and I wish I had made them often enough?as, now
it is too late, and all I have is old back up?s that wont serve me much

So after I opened a dispute hostecs were very quickly answering?
and guess what they said?
That they do not provide refunds for hosting services???
Are these people gone mad?
They will not provide refund for something they do not provide at all?
They are gone, their site is gone, there is no contact whatsoever as
they do not reply to emails, or phone calls.
At the same time, they are stating
that there is no refund for hosting services???
I hope they?ll go there and give an answer to me and Mattrac soon,
if not - I?ll be calling my credit card.

For all to see I?ll copy and paste the dispute and the email
exchange between hostecs.com and myself on paypal.com.
I also told them to come to the web hosting forum and give an
answer, and that I?ll be posting the emails between us,
so who knows, maybe they will come and give some answers.
They haven?t been there since I posted on the forum however.

So, not only on the web hosting forum but also on my blogs
for all to see:

Total Messages: 4
From Buyer: NowHosting on 20-10-2006 17:30 PDT

Oh yes, and so you know, about you has been written on this web hosting forum, and if I were you I?ll get there and give answer to customers that feel duped by you: I will also get there and post these emails on the forum shortly Either solve the issue by getting your site online and act appropriately, restoring our sites and where we have been paying for or bear with the consequences. Thank you

From Buyer: NowHosting on 20-10-2006 17:21

Excuse me, but what do you mean?? I am paying for something that hasn?t been delivered! Where are you guys? Where are my sites? And where is your site? Why not reply to my emails and what is going on with you? I never mind paying for something that is delivered but you not only don?t deliver - but start being cocky too?? I?ll make a charge back with my credit card - be sure of it and or get ONLINE!!! thank, you

From Seller: Cybers Network, Inc. on 20-10-2006 17:15 PDT

sorry but hosting services are non-refundable.

From Buyer: NowHosting on 20-10-2006 16:53 PDT

I have purchased hosting from this seller since June but they stopped delivering for the last week or so. They are now gone and there is no contact whatsoever possible with them as they do not answer on emails, their web site is gone, and the phone number is an answering machine that is telling us that our phone number has been blocked because we have called too often, which is not true at all as we start calling yesterday for the 1st time and never got anyone on line. We have tried calling the server provider of theirs but could not get any info from them, either because hostecs.com seems not to have paid for their services further. I did cancel too late, after paying again $19.95 today so would you please refund me the amount of $19.95 thank you

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I think that such behavior of hosting companies online is
absolutely shameful? and I do not wish the same even to
enemies, and I am unaware of any enemies until now.

With all the experiences that I had with reseller hosting
companies, the grade, the highest grade that I can give
to any of them is a poor one. You never know what will
happen to your sites there, unfortunately.

I wish that I could afford many more dedicated servers
as these are the only reliable hosting that one can have
for his/her sites.
Unfortunately if your sites doe not produce an income as,
yet it will be difficult to maintain even one, coupled with
various reseller hosting accounts it?s heavy on the wallet.

Good luck, readers of my web hosting blog, and lets hope
it will not happen to me ever again?
And have a great week ahead.

Tatiana

Is RSS HOT or a Not?

Most probably many of you are using RSS feeds
for your blogs or sites and have been happily
using it for sometime now? And so have
I with some of my blogs and sites, like Ecophagy
and MP3 Blog News and Downloads
And with a few new once like Hottest Music
and Celebrity-Stars

There has been a controversy lately started
by people who disagree with the use of software
that makes the use of RSS feeds so easy to use and
fill the blogs and web sites with quality content
while profiting from Google's Adsense or Yahoo's
Advertising Network. The same publishers do place
the feed option on their blogs or sites, and have no
problem while on occasion an article or two are used
by other bloggers.

There is a possibility that shortly many of such
bloggers will have special Copy Rights placed on
their RSS feeds making it illegal to keep using
their work on your blogs or sites. For reference
what I am talking about check please this blog
post

and this one

For me personally this issue is not an issue at all.
I would not mind if any of my posts are used by others
given of course that all my info and references will
be kept as on the sites these are taken from. What could
be a better exposure than this? And isn't the Internet
meant to be an exchange place of info and links to begin
with?

The following is from post #51,& Posted by: "new to rss
but not new to thinking" on one of the above links
to the web site readwriteweb.com with which I agree so
wholeheartedly:

"Gee.... do we really want to create a brave new net where everything (every post, every search, every forum, every IM, every email, every webpage, every news snippet etc etc etc) comes with a EULA??? (Or worse comes with a warning that copyright infringment may be takling place unless such and such restriction have been met????? Think about it folks!

Free Software, Free Hardware, Free Music and yes... Free Knowledge"

Let see what will come out of all this. Let see
if our sites and blogs will become illegal or not,
and maybe we should start taking many of our RSS
feeds off. Or maybe start selling the sites that
are using RSS feeds and leave this to their next
owner. Or just simply burry our heads in the sand
and wait and see.

Talk to you soon folks and have a nice week ahead

Tatiana

Is it possible to find books with 95% + discount?

Where do you go when you want to get the best
deals on books? Go online! There are several
sellers and online bookstores that offer brand
new and second-hand books at a fraction of
their original prices.



Booklists.info has a long list of books from
medicals books, novels for young adults and
how-to manuals. There are incredible savings
to be found if you check the different search
options. Enjoy your new books afterwards, and
you could always leave your opinion about the
books or books you've purchased.

Tatiana

Your Needs and Wants Affordably on Closeout Prices

This is all about my newly opened shop

Products You Love at Prices You Can Afford

Attractive and easy to use, All Needs and Wants
on Closeout was created using Associate-O-Matic.
Everything is neatly organized into specific
categories, which means you will have no problems
in finding exactly what you need when you need it.

So, no matter what you are looking for - office
products, movies, music, video games, computer
accessories, household items, electronics, or
tools, chances are you will find it at All Needs
and Wants on Closeout at a much cheaper and
affordable price than anywhere else on the internet!

Next post will be about my other shop, but wait & see

Tatiana

Have you looked for some Loans lately?

It's hard to find the right loan when you need one,
and it is even harder to become an affilaite for
such a company as well.

You have so many choices but to be with one of the
very best is a must.
Need money now? Get up to $1000 in just 24 Hours - Apply online!

Go to the above link if you are in need of a loan.
You'll be glad you did =)

Tatiana

Who or What would You like to Criticize?

Are you having one of those days when
everything you do is failing? Or each
and everyone you encounter is acting
in a way that you perceive as highly
irritating?

Or other car drivers on the highway
are way to aggressive in their behavior?
Or you feel like your government is
failing you? Your husband or wife is
unsupportive? Your kid(s) are lacking
respect?

Whatever your problem might be - you
and everyone for that matter should have
the possibility to throw it away, to
vent, to get it off your chest.
Well, finally here it is our own:
http://www.criticisms.info

Go ahead and criticize whatever is
bothering you and your day...enjoy!

Pluto is not any longer a Planet? Totally UnCool!

That's NOT!


Have you read the news of today - the 24th
of August 2006 - about Pluto losing his
planet status?

I couldn't believe this, really. It's such a huge
stupidity that I can not get over it and can
only classify it as a NOT HOT NEWS!

What about the impact it will have on
Astrology?
But obviously not too many care about
it, otherwise it wouldn't have happened...
Oh well, I wonder what will come next.