XPost: rec.collecting.stamps.discuss, rec.collecting.stamps.marketplace
From: mohawky@nycap.rr.com
On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 00:48:19 GMT, Bob Ingraham
wrote:
>1/21/2004 4:27 PM
>
>> On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 21:53:27 -0000, "David F."
>> wrote:
>>
>>>> Hi there -
>>>>
>>>> If anyone is trying to get ahold of me, try e-mailing me at this
>>>> address:
>>>>
>>>> TracyBarber-at-nycap.rr.com
>>>>
>>>> Of course, change the -at- to @.
>>>>
>>>> My web host went kapooey about 5 PM last night and they won't be up
>>>> until later tonight / maybe tomorrow morning.
>>>>
>>>> Wonder-____-ful. :^p
>>>>
>>>> Not only my business e-mail is there, my auctions info, scans of lots,
>>>> etc... Apparently their upstream provider went poof on them and they
>>>> had no contingency plan. Unfortunately, when you have bids on items
>>>> in eBay, you can't change the graphics of the description.
>>>>
>>>> ... Poop ...
>>>>
>>>> That started my day and it hasn't gotten any better since. I can't
>>>> wait to hear about all the bounced mail and problems with potential
>>>> business / bidders. :^(
>>>>
>>>> I need some good news. (Don't tell me about GEICO!!!!!) So, if
>>>> someone is bored and wants to help out a stranded internet superhiway
>>>> type stamp collector, send me some good tidings, OK?
>>>>
>>>> I guess I'll have to do off-line things tonight. Boo hiss.
>>>>
>>>> ... Miffed in smAlbany ...
>>>>
>>>> Tracy Barber
>>>
>>> Hi Tracy,
>>>
>>> I set up an extra Hotmail account for the times when
>>> my other email accounts are 'down' (not very often!).
>>>
>>> The service is far better now than it used to be, and I
>>> get NO junkmail or infected messages at all!
>>>
>>> I will catch up with things soon - lots of overtime this
>>> week, so not much spare time for 'stamping' yet!
>>
>> Going on 3 days of disturbance. Has upset the apple cart severely. I
>> have 2 new e-mail accounts and will set up another, just for newsgroup
>> spam. :^)
>>
>> This sux.
>>
>> Tracy Barber
>
>The web host for my son's massage therapy web site just disappeared a couple
>of years ago. One moment they were there, the next they were gone. They
>wouldn't respond to e-mails or telephone calls, and never did. Eventually
>Paul got in touch with a company which had bought out the previous company,
>but they had no records of his web site, and no files. Fortunately, he had
>everything backed up, but what a pain! I wrote a letter to my local member
>of Parliament, asking if here government had considered legislation to
>control fly-by-night web hosts, but she never responded. So much for
>representative government.
These guys are still around, but it seems like they don't care about
the users as much as they seem to think they do.
My friend and I will abandon ship ASAP and bring all of our clients
with us. I have started to move my e-mail accounts back to RR (meep
meep) and then stabilize a little.
This same friend has already migrated to a new web space and will
allow me to post graphics to it for a temporary solution to my eBay
problem. This is critical because I am losing $ each day and money's
tight right now. I'm subsidizing my income when there's no computer
work with eBay sales.
Fortunately, I had the savvy to cover my auctions that ended a few
minutes ago with graphics and new e-mail addresses all around. No
doubt, I've lost a lot of potential bidders in the past 2 - 3 days.
This was the 3rd time they've gone down in a month and their
reliability sux. This was the first time I have gone through a major
blowout with an ISP's carrier...
Anyway... I'll get through it, but it hasn't been much fun.
BTW - they'll get nothing but bad reviews and no new clients from me
until they show that they're reliable enough.
I also want a legitimate reason from them. If they don't, I'll post
it on my web site and everywhere I can about this "lack of concern"
for their clientele.
Until then, I'll just bitch and moan. I think I can pout for a few
days. :^) It sux.
Tracy Barber
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