Comments for SmithCreate http://www.smithcreate.com The personal writings and photos of Jonathan Smith. Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:17:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by SandraG http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-124 SandraG Thu, 04 Sep 2008 21:11:26 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-124 I was a customer of Host Once since 2001. Everything ran fairly smoothly until 3 weeks ago. Suddenly I could not access my FTP account. I did a trouble ticket and instead of the usual 24 hour turn around I got no answer. My website went completely down a few days later. I was very concerned when I found the Host Once site down also. Even the billing site went down. I have never received an answer to the trouble ticket I submitted. I had paid for a year of service in May. So I wrote an e-mail to billing@hostonce.com and was surprised to get an answer. They have refunded my money with no explanation. Unfortunately I have lost my domain. I have been doing business under that domain for seven years. But Host Once is registered as owner and I can't get an answer out of them. My website is not a toy. It has been my main source of income for the past two years. Now I am going to have to start from scratch. I was a customer of Host Once since 2001. Everything ran fairly smoothly until 3 weeks ago. Suddenly I could not access my FTP account. I did a trouble ticket and instead of the usual 24 hour turn around I got no answer. My website went completely down a few days later. I was very concerned when I found the Host Once site down also. Even the billing site went down. I have never received an answer to the trouble ticket I submitted. I had paid for a year of service in May. So I wrote an e-mail to billing@hostonce.com and was surprised to get an answer. They have refunded my money with no explanation.
Unfortunately I have lost my domain. I have been doing business under that domain for seven years. But Host Once is registered as owner and I can’t get an answer out of them.
My website is not a toy. It has been my main source of income for the past two years. Now I am going to have to start from scratch.

]]> Comment on Ikea is a bag-free store by Mike http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/11/ikea-is-a-beg-free-store/#comment-123 Mike Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:55:51 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=56#comment-123 Yeah I've noticed the same thing in the Ikeas over here in the UK. Most major supermarkets are encouraging the use of old bags by limiting the availability of new ones. Yeah I’ve noticed the same thing in the Ikeas over here in the UK. Most major supermarkets are encouraging the use of old bags by limiting the availability of new ones.

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by LeeH http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-120 LeeH Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:28:19 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-120 I too have had a domain hijacked in the past few weeks. I have had several domains with them for a few years. Recently availability has plummeted. My site with hostonce has been down over a week. I have contacted them by email and submitted several support requests. I have submitted domain transfer requests too. I have had no response; nothing. I have had to register a similarly-named domain and upload content again. This type of hijacking/squatting has to be illegal somewhere! I too have had a domain hijacked in the past few weeks. I have had several domains with them for a few years. Recently availability has plummeted. My site with hostonce has been down over a week. I have contacted them by email and submitted several support requests. I have submitted domain transfer requests too. I have had no response; nothing. I have had to register a similarly-named domain and upload content again. This type of hijacking/squatting has to be illegal somewhere!

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by Frances http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-116 Frances Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:26:06 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-116 Same with me! My site seems to have all the pages, graphics, etc. but the index is gone! I also cannot upload anything via my ftp engine. My site is just a "toy" so I can move it and get a new domain name then get a transfer from hostonce. I've been using them since 2000 and they've been great except for the past few months. But I'm giving them up. Same with me! My site seems to have all the pages, graphics, etc. but the index is gone! I also cannot upload anything via my ftp engine.

My site is just a “toy” so I can move it and get a new domain name then get a transfer from hostonce.

I’ve been using them since 2000 and they’ve been great except for the past few months. But I’m giving them up.

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by col http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-115 col Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:38:51 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-115 Same here with these cowboys since 2002 my site has been down for 3 and a half weeks i have lost over $60000 dollars in sales plus have had no new clients and no idea how many clients i have lost I have also called dotRegistar and emailed ICANN no one can help Even if Hostonce started returnig emails i dont think they would have enough clients after what they have done to continue business So I cant understand if a business isnt providing a service or responding to the emails or help requests why you cant just take your domain name a go somewhere elese If any has ides how to get domain names back let us know Same here with these cowboys since 2002 my site has been down for 3 and a half weeks
i have lost over $60000 dollars in sales plus have had no new clients and no idea how many clients i have lost I have also called dotRegistar and emailed ICANN no one can help
Even if Hostonce started returnig emails i dont think they would have enough clients after what they have done to continue business
So I cant understand if a business isnt providing a service or responding to the emails or help requests why you cant just take your domain name a go somewhere elese
If any has ides how to get domain names back let us know

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by Pat http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-114 Pat Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:08:46 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-114 I have been a customer of HostOnce since 2001 and the service has been horrible all of 2008. I had 8 domains there, one with a secure server. That one was down for over a month and I put ticket after ticket in with no success. I finally moved all of my domains to 1and1.com which I'm very happy with. But there is still a big issue left hanging. Only 3 of my domains were eligible for transfer at the time I changed hosting companies so I had the others pointed. Now there are 4 more eligible, one was set to expire on 9/1/08, but hostonce has not given me the auth codes, then had the odacity to renew my main business domain to 9/1/09. I have sent many emails, help tickets to no avail. My hosting company, DotRegistrar nor ICANN can help me. The domains have to expire and then go back into the public for 90 days before I can register/buy them again. Anyone got any ideas?? I have been a customer of HostOnce since 2001 and the service has been horrible all of 2008. I had 8 domains there, one with a secure server. That one was down for over a month and I put ticket after ticket in with no success. I finally moved all of my domains to 1and1.com which I’m very happy with. But there is still a big issue left hanging. Only 3 of my domains were eligible for transfer at the time I changed hosting companies so I had the others pointed. Now there are 4 more eligible, one was set to expire on 9/1/08, but hostonce has not given me the auth codes, then had the odacity to renew my main business domain to 9/1/09. I have sent many emails, help tickets to no avail. My hosting company, DotRegistrar nor ICANN can help me. The domains have to expire and then go back into the public for 90 days before I can register/buy them again. Anyone got any ideas??

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by DREi http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-108 DREi Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:17:07 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-108 Same problem here as well. At first I noticed my POP3 connection in Outlook wasn't working. Next my website was down, I then logged on to Hostonce only to find that the whole Hostonce domain was unavailable. I have used Hostonce for over 5 Years and have never seen anything like the outages they are having lately. Totally unacceptable in my book as well. I think I'll be looking to GoDaddy soon. Same problem here as well. At first I noticed my POP3 connection in Outlook wasn’t working. Next my website was down, I then logged on to Hostonce only to find that the whole Hostonce domain was unavailable. I have used Hostonce for over 5 Years and have never seen anything like the outages they are having lately. Totally unacceptable in my book as well. I think I’ll be looking to GoDaddy soon.

]]> Comment on Do Not Use HostOnce for Web Hosting by dom http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/19/do-not-use-hostonce-for-web-hosting/#comment-106 dom Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:41:24 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=60#comment-106 same thing ... my sites have been down for a week.. no nothing. Nobody to call, nobody answers email. ADVICE.. they are a scam. They are taking new clients (that page seems to work just fine) but you are out of luck if you are an existing client. same thing … my sites have been down for a week.. no nothing. Nobody to call, nobody answers email. ADVICE.. they are a scam. They are taking new clients (that page seems to work just fine) but you are out of luck if you are an existing client.

]]> Comment on Ikea is a bag-free store by andipantz http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/08/11/ikea-is-a-beg-free-store/#comment-87 andipantz Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:11:15 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=56#comment-87 Ikea actually sells some really sturdy, snazzy shopping bags that I use sometimes and they're like $2. And not the ones that are the yellow/blue ikea shopping bags that you can use. I have a bunch of bags that I use for shopping. Stopped accepting/using bags from the stores about two years ago. But I think you knew that. :P Ikea actually sells some really sturdy, snazzy shopping bags that I use sometimes and they’re like $2. And not the ones that are the yellow/blue ikea shopping bags that you can use. I have a bunch of bags that I use for shopping. Stopped accepting/using bags from the stores about two years ago. But I think you knew that. :P

]]> Comment on Harrisburg Police Presence by steven http://www.smithcreate.com/2008/06/25/harrisburg-police-presence/#comment-37 steven Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:06:08 +0000 http://www.smithcreate.com/?p=52#comment-37 Are you a policeman? Are you a policeman?

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