19 replies to this topic

[Will0wz]

Hello, Im just gunna explain to you why I believe they are the worst because of the services I have recieved..

Firstly, I had bought a domain off them, which i fort was a success it was £6 for 2 years and i was VERY happy with this.. So then I thought hmm, Im not going to invest in hosting.. Which was £3 per month, so i was like wow, im gunna purchase that also, i put in all my credit card details to pay it all and it bills me with a £35 bill! After a little moan to my self i fort okok this is reasonable coz im going to have to pay this much one day or another if i stay for a year aren't i! Then now i find out that my site CANNOT be viewed in Firefox nor Opera! Try for yourself, load it in them browsers and alls you get is a heap of HTML CODE! it's pathetic, I've tryed to email them TWICE about my problems and still await a reply 1 week on! This is by far probably the worst hosting company i have ever used and i really do not reccommend them! I simply want to recieve my money back for the hosting and for them to cancel it and cancel the domain!

Where do i stand in getting my money back?

!!!

[albinoAZN]

Doesn't work in Safari either.

I'm sorry to hear about that, I feel your pain because I went through a lot of terrible hosts a while back, but then found one that worked for me.

Might I suggest going with a more reputable company? HostGator has some great plans (hatchling and baby). HostedFX isn't that bad either.

[Will0wz]

cheers albino, thing is i don't really wish to join a new hosting company untill i get my £35 back! for those in america this is like $70 ! and i can't just give away money like that

[chris-grieve]

sorry to hear that, that is rubbish service, they could at least reply to you.

i am with streamline.net only cost about £18 for two years with a free domain name (.co.uk)

hope you get it sorted out soon,





chris-grieve

www.chrisgrievedesign.co.uk

[Propax]

Hey I use streamiline.net and I thought I was paying £18 for 2 years then they billed me an additional £90.

[Will0wz]

Jeeze, Hosting these days are really terrible.. Don't you agree? I wouldn't be so damn p***ed off if i could get it to work in other browsers! But it just don't load! :@

[Donna]

You don't need a new host at all

http://www.pixel2lif...showtopic=34251

[chris-grieve]

(PROPAX)

what? why did they charge you extra £90. thats rubbish. did they ask or anything before they did it.??


thanks



chris-grieve

[Propax]

It ain't rubbsih, how dare you say that . They just took £90 from my bank account. They said nothing about additional charges.

[Pax]

Like the majority of things in life, you're going to get what you pay for. If you look for the cheapest hosting deals, you're going to get the cheapest service and no security for your money. It's a bad investment. Get hosting from the big names, pay the few bucks a month more that it will cost you. It's well worth the peace of mind. I've gone through 4 hosting companies in just over a year, and I've had service or billing problems with all until I finally decided to go with the most reputable company I could find. I pay a bit more per month now, but I know I won't have to deal with clients I host coming to me wondering why their website is down.

My point: Looking for the cheapest web hosting will get you just that. Buying your hosting from some shady, cheap, unreliable seller is like buying a pregnancy test from the dollar store. It's just going to cause headaches in the long run.

[Frozen_W]

Did you actually save your site as html?
Cause when you check out the properties you'll see text/plain
???
If so you would want to get rid of that server:p
Greetz

EDIT:
I tested using a txt doc with html on IE it looks fine anyway but on FF it gives plain text
So you might actually want to check out your index file for index.txt!

Good Luck

Edited by Frozen_W, 30 May 2007 - 10:38 AM.

[Will0wz]

Frozen_w. THANKYOU. That was the problem I saved it as index.php and when u tryed to load it in firefox it just neverworked, so i saved it as index.html and now it works! does that mean that now i have to save it as .html and will never be able to use php ????

[Frozen_W]

php ==>
<? //code ?>

html ==>
<html>
<!-- code -->
</html>

If you aren't able to use php, than that is due your hosting server is not offering/supporting php
If you really would want to use php anyway then you'll find yourself a free php server

Greetz

EDIT:
Btw, the site is quite nice, but too gray use some other colors too!
I like the concept but it's still a work in progress do!

Suc6

EDIT2:
Checked out that hosting company and it only supports perl-cgi
So nothing else such as php sql asp,... is supported!

Edited by Frozen_W, 30 May 2007 - 01:09 PM.

[kozine]

Is 123-reg the thing operated by Pipex broadband? If so I have the same hosting and have been trying to get a refund for ages and failed. They keep taking money aswell and I phoned them up about canceling and they said they would send an email with a cancellation form and have not received even a email.

[Will0wz]

hmm I don't know what im going to do coz now they have my credit card details im actually kinda scared haha!!! not having php support is kinda a downer but i can work around it coz i only want the site to be basic.. Do you think they will illegally take money...

[Pax]

Creative Insanity, on May 30 2007, 03:14 PM, said:

I see the biggest they have is 500Mb.. Pfftt.. that would drive me away.

Last project I worked on, the client had some really bad hosting...

10bm of space (yes, 10 megs), no php for $100/yr.
$50/yr for domain registration.

It was pretty weak...

[α∂αмяoss]

Dang, must be bad to lose that much money. I hope you get it back!