Posted: Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:06 pm
Well, I didn't want to talk about it, but since you questioned what happened I'll tell you.
I HAD a monthly server that was paying for way back before I had a dedicated box. I shared a box with whatever site he had me with, but it wasn't too crowded. I paid a separate fee for a quake server, again on a box with some other servers.
There was some performance issues with the box hosting my website, so we decided it would all run smoother if I paid for my own dedicated box.
Virus said he would keep the quake server running if I wanted it as a part of the deal.
Well, there were many, many times where my server was fucking up, and the ratio of it being up compared to friends sites was pretty shitty.
Everytime I talked to him about it, he would complain that the server was getting "attacked." I smelled some serious bullshit in his voice when I would talk to him about it on the phone, but I didn't want the hassle so I kept it running.
He then really fucked over a friend of mine about some hosting, where he paid for it in advance and lost his server because VE didn't pay the bill. VE fucked him over and lied to him about the whole situation. I won't name the friend or the situation, and if he wants to post about he's free too, but this friend has been a good friend for many years and has always been straight with me. I believe him 100%.
I was talking to people and asking them how much they pay for webhosting because I was thinking about moving anyway.
Well, when I contacted my accountant to double check because everyone I know was telling me that I was getting ripped off for what I THOUGHT I was paying VE for shitty hosting, and she informed me that I was paying DOUBLE what I was quoted for my dedicated server.
He was billing me for TWO dedicated servers.
One for the website, and another for the Quake server, which incidentally hadn't been up in over a year.
He knew that I wasn't checking my bills, and he took advantage of it.
He fucked me over, plain and simple.
He was a great guy to have around to do shit for this messageboard and always kept it updated, but the bottom line is the guy is a fraud.
I don't think he's a horrible person, but I think in desperate times people will do desperate things, and I think he finds himself in desperate times quite often.
-Joe Rogan
I HAD a monthly server that was paying for way back before I had a dedicated box. I shared a box with whatever site he had me with, but it wasn't too crowded. I paid a separate fee for a quake server, again on a box with some other servers.
There was some performance issues with the box hosting my website, so we decided it would all run smoother if I paid for my own dedicated box.
Virus said he would keep the quake server running if I wanted it as a part of the deal.
Well, there were many, many times where my server was fucking up, and the ratio of it being up compared to friends sites was pretty shitty.
Everytime I talked to him about it, he would complain that the server was getting "attacked." I smelled some serious bullshit in his voice when I would talk to him about it on the phone, but I didn't want the hassle so I kept it running.
He then really fucked over a friend of mine about some hosting, where he paid for it in advance and lost his server because VE didn't pay the bill. VE fucked him over and lied to him about the whole situation. I won't name the friend or the situation, and if he wants to post about he's free too, but this friend has been a good friend for many years and has always been straight with me. I believe him 100%.
I was talking to people and asking them how much they pay for webhosting because I was thinking about moving anyway.
Well, when I contacted my accountant to double check because everyone I know was telling me that I was getting ripped off for what I THOUGHT I was paying VE for shitty hosting, and she informed me that I was paying DOUBLE what I was quoted for my dedicated server.
He was billing me for TWO dedicated servers.
One for the website, and another for the Quake server, which incidentally hadn't been up in over a year.
He knew that I wasn't checking my bills, and he took advantage of it.
He fucked me over, plain and simple.
He was a great guy to have around to do shit for this messageboard and always kept it updated, but the bottom line is the guy is a fraud.
I don't think he's a horrible person, but I think in desperate times people will do desperate things, and I think he finds himself in desperate times quite often.
-Joe Rogan
your one of the good guys and i value your opinion.