I hope you can get out unscathed. July of last year they started charging me for domains I did not want renewed. It took until December to finally get a cancelled account. But yesterday March 21, they are again piling fees on me for God knows what.
The situation is still progressing like poison ivy. I have been charged with 3 invoices after I received the notice from 1and1 that my account was cancelled: Received 04/11/2009 from 1and1 Billing ------------------------------------ > From: billing@1and1.com > Subject: Your credit note of 04/11/2009 > Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:39:13 +0200 > To: warthpublishing@hotmail.com > > Dear Ralph Warth, > > Please find attached the invoice dated 04/11/2009. > > This invoice is in pdf electronic format. It can be read with the Adobe Reader, which you can download free of charge from the Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html. > > Double click on the attached file to view the invoice and print out a hard-copy for your records. The amount shown will be debited from your credit card on file in the next 7 days. Please do NOT send us a check. > > If you have any billing-related questions, please call our billing department at 1-877-300-8316 Monday through Friday (except holidays) 9am to 5pm EST. We will be happy to help you clear up any questions you may have, as quickly as possible.
> Sincerely, > > Your 1&1 Team > www.1and1.com > > Earn back your 1&1 service fees and more by referring new customers. > Click or Visit: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Affiliate
------------------------------------------ My reply:
As you fully know, you cancelled my account in Dember of 2008 and said no further invoices would be sent. email previously recieved from 1and1 complaints: -------------------------
“ Re: Att. Oliver Mauss From: complaints@1and1.com Sent: Tue 12/09/08 4:26 PM To: warthpublishing@hotmail.com
Dear Ralph Warth, (Customer ID:
Thank you for contacting us.
I understand that you have since wanted to cancel your account.
Your account has since been cancelled. You will receive no further invoices for this contract. This account was set to cancel immediately. We understand that urgency in cancelling this account.” ---------------------------------
My reply:04/11/2009 -------------------- Again and again I know you are intentionally harassing me and adding charges 3 times to my canceled account. According to the email from complaints dated 12-09-08 my account was cancelled and I would receive no further invoices. Since then you have three times added charges to my cancelled account. I will take action to stop what in my opinion is illegal harassment.
Copies to: ------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau Mr. Thomas El tel@mybbb.org dc-easternpa.bbb.org info@mybbb.org 1880 JFK Boulevard Suite 1330 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-985-9313 Fax 215-563-4907
----------------------- Capital One Fraud Division Horge D. PO Box 26074 Richmond, VA 23286-8110 Also: PO Box 30277 Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0277 1-800-215-1921 ------------------------------- NCO Financial Lisa Signore, Vice President Legal Compliance Department PO Box 15740 Wilmington, DE 19850-5740 ------------------------------------ 1and1 internet CEO: Oliver Mauss Complaints: Joseph Quinn joe.quinn@1and1.com 701 Lee Road complaints@1and1.com Chesterbrook PA 19087 Billing@1and1.com 877-435-7281 ---------------------------------
I advise people to check out web hosts and domain registers very carefully before committing. I have come to the conclusion that I made the dreadful error of choosing a company because it had a 5 page ad in a popular computer magazine. I believe I have put my trust in a straw man. In my opinion 1and1, with CEO Oliver Mauss, is a horrible company and many customers have voiced a host of complaints on various blogs. It should be a warning that when their phone is answered by a recording that tells you if you have gotten a notice from NCO, a collection agency, to press a certain number. If they are a reputable business, why do they have to send so many accounts to a collection agency? Patrick Frey (Patterico) of the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office alleges his domain was high jacked and put up for auction on SEDO. SEDO is an associate company of 1and1. Patterico: “I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two. It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyber extortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenter’s have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures.” Patterico was able to regain his domain. Also Investigative journalist, Kelli Jack, has written 30 articles about this company and has a suit pending against them. Kelli alleges that 1and1 stole her domain name and sold it. Kelli states: "1and1 should be shut down." As of today Kelli is working with the Pennsylvania Attorney General. I have filed complaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission, Eastern Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, ICANN, and others. I recommend everyone else having a problem consider doing the same.
The Washington DC, Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating: “F.” Read comments on the BBB why. Read some customer comments on Red Flag. Don’t bother trying to access my 2 URL: warthpublishinginc.com, Migraine-Abort.com They are gone with my money and hundreds of domains I had at 1and1.
Check out why the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating “F.” “Customer Complaint History Back To Top The company's size, volume of business and number of transactions may have a bearing on the number of complaints received by the BBB. The complaints filed against a company may not be as important as the type of complaints, and how the company has handled them. The BBB generally does not pass judgment on the validity of complaints filed. Number of complaints processed by the BBB in the last 36 months: 691 in the last 12 months: 276” Warth Publishing Inc
Big does not necessarily mean good. Remember Bernie Madoff and Enron were big too. Now they are poster children for mismanagement. I have been trying since July of 2008 to cancel my account with 1and1. Why, because they keep renewing domains I do not want renewed. Finally I get an email in December of 2008 that I would get no further invoices. This is after they renewed all the domains I did not want. I had to pay for all the domains because Capital One took their word over mine. Now comes March 2009 and they send me another invoice and declare there is a balance on my account. Thankfully I cancelled all association with Capital One. The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 Internet their lowest rating: “F”
701 Lee Road Chesterbrook, PA 19087 Mr. Steve Ballmer; I have been locked out of my account because I will not pay for domains I did not order. You were supposed to credit more than 30 (mistakes?) to my next invoice. You only gave me credit for 8. Do you really think it is legal to keep charge me for renewal that I specified 40 days in advance that I did not want renewed? Do you really think I will stand for 1and1 to keep charging me for renewals for the next 20 years that I have no way of cancelling online because my account is locked. How can it be locked to Warth Publishing Inc. but it is open to you to keep charging me for renewal I do not want? I will go to the death fighting this outrageous behavior. I am holding each of the officers personally liable.
“Why 1and1 is losing 1&1 web hosting was, and perhaps still is a good web host. That said, with their rapid expansion over the years, now classifying 1&1 hosting as the largest web host in the world, they have lost sight of two key factors that any colossus of a web hosting business must deal with. First, downtime is not, and never will be, acceptable in the web hosting business. If a downtime is noticed by a business owner using a web host’s services it quickly leads to them leaving that service for greener lands. It can serve to make them paranoid about the site’s status and give them an uneasiness that won’t be eased until they leave the web hosting service. 1&1 has started to let their downtimes become more frequent, and customers are taking notice. It’s the second largest 1&1 hosting complaint, and even if it is infrequent, if it happens at all in this business, people notice. Second is customer service, this is the area in which 1&1 is slipping hardest, and it is understandable. Managing tens of thousands of customer’s potential complaints is hard enough. Make that 7 million web hosting customers and you can understand the potential for problems. With such a large base of customers, it might become outright necessary to outsource to India or other countries. But even among outsourcing companies, it is important to prioritize quality. Rewarding teams that do well, and firing ones that do poorly, must occur frequently in order to maintain a good quality team. In the web hosting business customer service is probably the most talked about feature, and a web hosting service can be killing their word-of-mouth free marketing, or even worse, getting negative publicity due to any slip-ups from customer service. Despite the 7 million customers, it is still possible to hire enough quality workers to deal with them in an efficient way, as most webmasters do not frequently need help after the first few months of getting them off the ground, and without quality workers, 1&1 definitely won’t be able to help those with more complicated issues. These two factors are so crucially important in maintaining the tremendous clientele of 1&1 hosting that one hopes they could adopt new measures to deal with them in quick time, and thus save their reputation. Even one angry customer can mean disaster in an industry where embittered, bored person will waste hours to create a “1&1 sucks” website that might deter thousands of potential sales. Jonathan Baldwin runs a Web Hosting comparison website, where you can find this article, How 1&1 Hosting is Losing the Web Hosting Game, and the 1&1 hosting review and reviews of other Cheap Web Hosting services.” Warth Publishing Inc
“Review of 1and1 Web hosting: Why not to choose them ! Brief Overview - Many small businesses, individuals, and even non-profits are looking to put websites online. The only way to do that is to get hosting, most individuals and small organizations simply do not have the resources to have their own servers to run their websites so they rely on shared hosting to run and manage their websites. Why not to choose 1and1 ? Horrible Customer Service - Do you speak fluent, comprehendible English ? They do not. If you were to try to tell them over the phone your FTP password if you were having problems with it, like I’ve had in the past. They cannot comprehend letters, even if you use a word to get the letters use across. Great features, that aren’t possible - You’ve seen these types of web hosts before where they try to tell you ‘unlimited hosting space’, ‘unlimited this’, ‘unlimited that’. Folks, it’s impossible. No host, no matter how big or small they are can offer you unlimited hosting space. Every hard drive in the world has a set limit of space it can hold (e.g. 200 gb, 500gb, 1 tb, etc). BEWARE of hosts like this that try to tell you they offer certain unlimited features for their hosting packages. Horrible downtime - In their terms of service (TOS) they claim a 99.9% uptime for their hosting. But, I’ve hosted with them for the past (2) years and my site and/or ftp access has been down at random times of the day and will not come back and accessible until sometimes the next day. Imagine, running a full-fledged business with most of your clients coming from the internet and your site goes down. I’ve called 1and1 in the past when my site/ftp goes down and they tell me “Oh, it should be up by tomorrow morning”. Like NO. Bottom line: they do not seem to care about their clients success. In my honest opinion, this company is nothing, but a huge scam. Their servers are way too overloaded with sites (200+ according to 1and1 technical support), without the resources available to support so many websites at once. If you’re looking to choose a hosting company, do not and I repeat DO NOT choose the cheapest host. I recommend web hosts such as Twivio, BlueHost, and GoDaddy . SPlato Design” Warth Publishing Inc
“ Back to blog Michael’s posterous0 times January 18, 2009 From an email I just sent . . Hey, everyone -- I just read a comment about 1&1 which kind of bothers me. Therefore, I'm planning on moving my domains to another registrar shortly.
Since I've recommended 1&1 in the past (and possibly to some of you), I thought I'd share this information.
After some research, I've seen a lot of recommendations for the following: • http://www.moniker.com • http://www.enom.com • http://www.namecheap.com • http://www.godaddy.com (Though I've never liked the GoDaddy interface, which is why I wouldn't recommend them.)
The comment I read is pasted below, and you may want to consider it the next time you need to register or move a domain.
“10/27/2008 1&1 Plans to Keep Patterico.com Out of Commission for 7-10 More Days Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:47 am Coincidentally, that will keep patterico.com dark through the election. I do believe it’s a coincidence, by the way. Some people are telling me it’s not. They remind me that my problems started a couple of days after I posted proof that Obama’s career was “launched” in Bill Ayers’s living room. They tell me that the problems got worse after I told the people who were trying to scrub that evidence: “you’re going to have to crash my site and come get my laptop. Because it turns out that I saved a screenshot.” They point out that, less than 48 hours later, my site did “crash” — because my domain disappeared. Maybe I’m being naive, but I don’t think so. I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two. It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyberextortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenters have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures. I’m not going to say you’re wearing a tinfoil hat if you see a political conspiracy. I’m just going to disagree with you. The latest e-mail from 1&1 is in the extended entry: (more…) ShareThis
Defending Patterico (UPDATED) Hello everyone. How about it... my first post. Came sooner than expected.
So it turns out that a center-right blogger hero of mine, Patterico (i.e., Patrick Frey of the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office), has had his domain hijacked. Ain't life grand? (/sarc)
Based on my own reading of the situation, it looks like the only good news to be found here is that the hijacking wasn't political in nature. It's just good old fashioned greed and scammery, facilitated by an unresponsive and irresponsible cyber corporation. October 24, 2008 BOYCOTT UNITED INTERNET AG AND 1&1 HOSTING Respected LA blogger and lawyer Patterico has had his domain name stolen by his hosting service "1&1". 1&1 are a subsidiary of the German internet firm United Internet AG, who coincidentally just happen to own sedo who is auctioning off the domain name. Pretty despicable, if you ask me.” Warth Publishing Inc
“ Back to blog Michael’s posterous0 times January 18, 2009 From an email I just sent . . Hey, everyone -- I just read a comment about 1&1 which kind of bothers me. Therefore, I'm planning on moving my domains to another registrar shortly.
Since I've recommended 1&1 in the past (and possibly to some of you), I thought I'd share this information.
After some research, I've seen a lot of recommendations for the following: • http://www.moniker.com • http://www.enom.com • http://www.namecheap.com • http://www.godaddy.com (Though I've never liked the GoDaddy interface, which is why I wouldn't recommend them.)
The comment I read is pasted below, and you may want to consider it the next time you need to register or move a domain.
Michael” ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Choosing a good web site provider and registrar is critical for a successful internet business.
I have come to the conclusion that I made the dreadful error of choosing a company because it had a 5 page ad in a popular computer magazine. I believe I have put my trust in a straw man. In my opinion 1and1, with CEO Oliver Mauss, is a horrible company and many customers have voiced a host of complaints on various blogs.
It should be a warning that when their phone is answered by a recording that tells you if you have gotten a notice from NCO, a collection agency, to press a certain number. If they are a reputable business, why do they have to send so many accounts to a collection agency?
Patrick Frey (Patterico) of the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office alleges his domain was high jacked and put up for auction on SEDO. SEDO is an associate company of 1and1.
Patterico: “I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two. It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyber extortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenters have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures.”
Patterico was able to regain his domain.
Also Investigative journalist, Kelli Jack, has written 30 articles about this company and has a suit pending against them. Kelli alleges that 1and1 stole her domain name and sold it. Kelli states: "1and1 should be shut down." As of today Kelli is working with the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
I have filed complaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission, Eastern Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, and others. I recommend everyone else having a problem consider doing the same.
The Washington DC, Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau given 1and1 their lowest rating:” F" Read comments on the BBB why. Read some customer comments on Red Flag.
Be happy you are finding out about 1and1 now. I have been trying to cancel my account since July of 2008. They won't cancel. They just keep adding more and more charges on my cancelled account. If you haven’t cancelled your credit card do it now. Don’t just open an account with the same company, close out completely. Run. The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating: ”F” for good reason.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008 Lost - Our Political Opinions “For a UK political blogger, the most helpful link I know has been "Political Opinions" run by Grant.
Unfortunately, his site seems to be facing its third crisis.
First of all in September 2007, Grant decided to pack it in. Numbers of us helped to pursued him to continue with his vital service.
Then this September, the site was highjacked for a period before Grant was able to restore it.
And now (unless Grant is in transition to a new service provider) he seems to have been hijacked again, this time by 1&1 Internet.
I hope that Grant is back soon - you can check here to see if he is now back or this is still 1&1.”
" Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: houston Posts: 129 ”Brad, yeah I've contacted them twice ________________________________________ with these people you have to jump through hoops (as in cancellation faxes, returning their crappy useless cd, etc... before you can cancel and this has to be well in advance of their charge date. My only other recourse is to go to my bank and block any further charges by them. Before I contact them again I need to calm down so I don't start making terroristic threats that I cant carry out. __________________ I drank way too much coffee http://www.geekoffice.com “
I got a letter today from the PA BBB. They said they have given up on trying getting a settlement with 1and1 Internet. They suggest I try other avenues including a law suit. Maybe why I can't get remuneration from 1and1 is because they owe me about $2,000.00 Actually I could probably make a case for $50,000. in lost revenue from losing 2 websites and over 700 domain names.
1and1's contract in my opinion hog ties the unsuspecting customer. You are not allowed to file a class action suit; the only small claims court you can use is the Philadelphia court, a 9 hour drive for me. Is it any wonder that the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 its lowest rating: “F”
“1 and 1 internet sucks ________________________________________ If your site is hosted by 1&1 internet, you are in for a rude awakening if you try to switch to a different internet host because it is nigh on impossible to get them to stop charging you. In my opinion they are a bunch of thieves. This is a public service announcement by geekoffice.com Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 July 2005 ) __________________ I drank way too much coffee http://www.geekoffice.com”
1and1 places to complain too & Numbers ---------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau Mr. Thomas El tel@mybbb.org dc-easternpa.bbb.org info@mybbb.org 1880 JFK Boulevard Suite 1330 Philadelphia, PA 19103 215-985-9313 Fax 215-563-4907 ---------------------------------------------- Pennsylvania Attorney General http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/ Bureau of Consumer Protection Brianna M. Tetraul, Agent South 12th Street, 3rd Floor Philadelphia, PA 19107-3603 http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/complaintforms/bcp_form.aspx 215-560-2414 ------------------------------------- Federal Trade Commission 600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20580 202-326-2222 877-FTC-HELP www.ftc.gov HSRhelp@hsr.gov ------------------------------------- Federal Bureau of investigation Internet Crime Division
1and1 Internet has an F rating with the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau BBB Rating Based on BBB files, this business has a BBB Rating of F. This is their lowest rating possible Reasons for this rating include: • Number of complaints filed against business • Failure to respond to complaints filed against business • Number of complaints filed against business that were unresolved • Overall complaint history with BBB • BBB Rating Scale •
Got Burned by 1 & 1 as well... ________________________________________ A year after shutting down my server and asking me to purchase another server since my account was closed, and me telling them to go to .... they send me to a collection agency for a year of hosting. mind you not I have not had a server with them for about a year. Annonymous
1&1 Internet complaints here because... ________________________________________ "People using these forums need hosts. Well 80 percent do. 1&1 Internet is a complete scam job and we are just warning people so that their own experience will be more pleasurable than the ripoff nightmare of 1&1 internet. Thank you, Bob"
“October 29, 2008 don’t use 1and1.com Filed under: Opinions, Views and Reviews — Terry Hall @ 9:01 pm Tags: 1and1.com, 1and1.com bad business, 1and1.com bad for business, policies There are very few complaints that are worth making, but then again there’s 1and1.comThey rank my full attention as a irate customer and an example of why it’s imperative to read terms of service agreements and the the cheapest is rarely the best. If you have any domains through 1and1.com, Immediately separate each domain into a separate package. • Make sure that you cancel “auto-renew” and confirm that auto-renew is indeed cancelled. • Transfer your domains to other registrars 45 days prior to their expiring. To Damian that “Manager on Duty” that got my call today. I apologize for my use of profanity. It takes something for me to break almost 30 years of meditation discipline and call a spade a spade. Your company’s policy and complete and total “B.S.” I have about 250+ domains registered with 1and1.com in about 40 “packages”. (I went to an SEO class and went gonzo last year). I chose 1an1.com because they were cheap. Thinking that they played by the same rules as everyone else, I did not read their contract. (Will I ever learn?) The bottom line is this… to renew 1 domain in a package, the entire package must be paid current. Said differently, I have to pay between $20 and $250 for each package (renew all domains) to keep the 1 or 2 that I want per package! I got what I paid for, the shaft.” Warth Publishing Inc
3rd June 2008 Hosted for 2 to 5 Years CUSTOMER SERVICE = 1 SERVER UPTIME = 3 OVERALL RATING = 1
"1&1 Should be shut down!" 1 & 1 Internet is a horrible company, but some recourse is possible! Not only am I a very disgruntled customer after they lied to me repeatedly after reselling a name I had registered and paid for with them, but I am an investigative journalist. In the last 8 months, I have written more than 30 articles, interviewed more than 200 people who have been blatantly wronged by 1 & 1 Internet, talked to several consumer groups and interested attorneys, and worked with over 60 radio and TV stations on this story. Everyone has been very interested, and the investigation continues. If you have had an issue with the company, you can do the following make a difference, and get your justice: 1.) File a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office at www.pa.gov, or call the investigator Madelaine Dakour directly at (215) 560-6790. They have already received a large number of complaints, and have escalated the investigation, so make sure and contact them. 2.) File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau where they already have a completely Unsatisfactory rating by going to www.bbb.org 3.) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov4.) File a complaint with your state consumer advocacy group through the Attorney General’s office or Secretary of State’s office. Indiana’s is www.indianaconsumer.com 5.) Explore your state’s legislative code and find out where they stand on mandatory arbitration clauses. The Federal Arbitration Act has been shot down by state courts if they find the 1 & 1 contract to be "unconscionable" and without "mutuality" as they offer nothing for the consumer. More and more courts are ruling in favor of consumers, especially with terms and conditions that allow for illegal activity. Breach of contract, fair trade laws, fraud, and consumer laws are the tip of the legal iceberg for 1 & 1.6.) I’m working with station affiliates of each of the major TV networks, and you can help by contacting your local station through the main sites at www.cbs.com, www.nbc.com, www.abc.com, and www.foxnews.com. Contact the investigative reporter, or simply send a news tip to the newsroom and they will follow up. Chances are, they are already aware of the major problems with the company. 7.) Keep meticulous records!My lawsuit is pending, and I’ve been inundated with law firms wanting to take on the abysmal business practices, or lack thereof, with 1 & 1. The blatant disregard for the consumers has gotten the attention of the legal community, media, and consumers all across the country and by banding together, we can get some justice. You do not have to succumb to their tactics!”
Oliver Mauss and 1and1 Internet: If you have domains listed with 1and1, and you chose to let domains expire on their renewal dates, 1and1 apparently punishes the customer by unlocking the domains. I guess this is to make it easier for people to steal them. Also it takes 8 separate steps, by trial and error, to even find the site to indicate your renewal choice. I don't have any beef with 1and1's web hosting. However, I curse the day I ever listed any domains with them. Check out Red Flag for some customer comments. Instead of transferring to a different account within 1and1, I strongly advise to open an account with a registrar with better customer service. The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau gives 1and1 their lowest rating: “F” Warth Publishing Inc
Maybe there is still some leftover radiation. That may be why so many people look unfavorably on 1and1. Now even the Germans don't like them:
”Customers fed up with lousy German internet providers Published: 12 Nov 08 12:32 CET Online: http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20081112-15481.html German high speed internet customers are deeply unhappy with their service providers according to an online survey by a consumer protection
The VZVB is a non-governmental organization acting as an umbrella for 41 German consumer associations that represent the interests of private citizens Bad customer service was also high on the list of poll complaints, with two-thirds customers reporting representative incompetence, unavailability, long telephone delays and expensive help hotlines. Only one-fourth said they’d had good customer service experiences with one of the country’s major DSL providers – O2, Deutsche Telekom, Arcor, Alice, Versatel and 1&1.”
“October 29, 2008 don’t use 1and1.com Filed under: Opinions, Views and Reviews — Terry Hall @ 9:01 pm Tags: 1and1.com, 1and1.com bad business, 1and1.com bad for business, policies There are very few complaints that are worth making, but then again there’s 1and1.comThey rank my full attention as a irate customer and an example of why it’s imperative to read terms of service agreements and the the cheapest is rarely the best. If you have any domains through 1and1.com, Immediately separate each domain into a separate package. • Make sure that you cancel “auto-renew” and confirm that auto-renew is indeed cancelled. • Transfer your domains to other registrars 45 days prior to their expiring. To Damian that “Manager on Duty” that got my call today. I apologize for my use of profanity. It takes something for me to break almost 30 years of meditation discipline and call a spade a spade. Your company’s policy and complete and total “B.S.” I have about 250+ domains registered with 1and1.com in about 40 “packages”. (I went to an SEO class and went gonzo last year). I chose 1an1.com because they were cheap. Thinking that they played by the same rules as everyone else, I did not read their contract. (Will I ever learn?) The bottom line is this… to renew 1 domain in a package, the entire package must be paid current. Said differently, I have to pay between $20 and $250 for each package (renew all domains) to keep the 1 or 2 that I want per package! I got what I paid for, the shaft.” ________________________________________
used to have a web presence with 1and1 Internet. Now 1and1 has my money but I lost 2 websites and 730 domain names. Check out why the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating possible: F.
If you are thinking of getting a host for your website make sure you stay away from 1and1. Nov 2008 posted on net by D4T4 “I had a terrible experience with 1&1 and would not recommend them. Many hosts are just fine until there's a problem, or you want to cancel your account. When I tried to cancel my account with them, I called them and was placed on hold for nearly 15 minutes, only to be told that in order to cancel, I would need to jump through hoops A, B, and C. (I don't remember exactly what the cancellation procedure was, but you get the point.) I did what I was told, but apparently, it didn't "take" because 1&1 continued to send me invoices. I had to call them again, get put on hold for another eternity, and explain that I had already canceled the account and should, therefore, not be receiving any more invoices. Finally, I got rid of them, but not without much aggravation.” Warth Publishing Inc
• For my hosting, I use Pure "Energy: http://www.purenrg.com/ They are reasonable and I do the same thing you do with your websites: subdomains and add on domains and lots of email addys. You should check into them, too. They are NEVER EVER down. And if they are, they send their customers a head’s up email. I’ve been with them for about five years. They’re fantastic."
Brothers, 1947 is the year the fuse is lighted. In that year for the first time a truly global leader emerged, the Secretary General of the United Nations. In that same year the very liberal National Council of Churches formed. The NCC advocates the watering down of all doctrine so that anyone of any belief can be a member. Alice Bailey was one of the world’s most popular new age writers. She taught that the Christ was soon to return. She believed that all the religions of the world would recognize this Christ as their Savior and would recognize him as their leader and Master. The Lucifer Publishing company published the book. This seemed a bit too obvious so they changed the name to the Lucis Publishing Company. She published The Reappearance of the Christ in 1947.www.lucistrust.org In 1947, a couple of Shepard boys discovered the Qumran or Dead Sea Scrolls The economic powers hammered out The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT in 1947. This is the agreement that started what Ross Perot called that “great sucking noise”, in other words jobs being sucked out of industrialized nations. June 24th, 1947 an experienced pilot flying in the state of Washington near Mount Shasta, observed nine disks flying at a rate of speed estimated to be in excess of 1500 mph. At this time, the fasted known aircraft had a speed of 650 mph. In 1947 the United States Air force reported that a flying saucer had crashed and been recovered outside the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. Later higher-ranking officers changed the story and said it was merely a weather balloon. We will have more to say on this later.
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the elderly widow and asked, 'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied. 'Two years older than me' 'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented. 'Hardly worth going home, is it?' she responded
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 'And what do you think is the best thing About being 104?' the reporter asked. She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
I've sure gotten old! I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, New knees, and fought prostate cancer I'm half blind, Can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, Take 40 different medications that Make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. Have bouts with dementia. Have poor circulation. Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, So I got my doctor's permission to Join a fitness club and start exercising. I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But..... By the time I got my leotards on, The class was over.
NEW YORK -- A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday. The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was arrested last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" at New York's Rockefeller Plaza, said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan prosecutor's office. Ajemian referred to himself as "your priest stalker" in one note and complained of not being allowed in to see an earlier taping of the O'Brien show, court papers say.
Genesis 2:1 "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."
I asked my single Casanova friend John what he looks for in a woman when bar hopping. “I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.”
Heck is where you go when you don't believe in Gosh.
My Pastor told me this little story one Sunday. A parishioner asked his him, "Is it proper for a man to profit from the mistakes of another?" "Definitely not." "Are you absolutely certain?" "Yes, my son. Absolutely." "In that case, I wonder if you'd mind returning that $50. I gave you after my wedding."
Two chaps were chatting it up over a few pints of stout at the local pub... Ultimately, the subject of 'death and dying' came up and some deeply-metaphysical comments were being made... Then one of the fellows said to the other, "Now take my grandfather. That man knew the exact day of the year that he was going to die. It was the right year, too! Not only that he knew what time of day he would die! He was right about that, as well. Right to the minute!" "Wow, that's incredible," replied the second fellow. "How did he know all that?" "The judge told him," said the first fellow.
A priest and a rabbi went for a hike one day. They came upon a small lake. They took off their clothes and jumped in. They left the water and encountered a group of ladies from town. The minister and the priest covered their privates and the rabbi covered his face. After the ladies had left, the minister and the priest asked the rabbi why he covered his face rather than his privates. The rabbi replied, "I don't know about you, but in MY congregation, it's my face they would recognize."
The barkeep asked a distraught patron: "What's wrong?" "I'm drinking to the memory of my wife. She was a saint. She went to church every morning, spent her days reading and quoting Scriptures, sang hymns and psalms all evening, filled our house with religious statues and paintings, and invited priests and nuns to dinner every night."
"She sounds like an angel," the barkeep commented,” I suppose the good Lord took her early to Himself."
Mrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner... who lives with a female roommate Marie...
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Anthony's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of an intimate relationship between the two, and this had only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate than met the eye. Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, 'I know what you must be thinking, but I assure you, Maria and I are just roommates.'
About a week later, Marie came to Anthony saying, 'Ever since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar bowl.
You don't suppose she took it, do you?' Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure.'
So he sat down and wrote:
Dear Momma, I'm not saying that you 'DID' take the sugar bowl from my house; I'm not saying that you 'DID NOT' take it.. But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner. Love, Anthony
Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Momma which read:
Dear Son, I'm not saying that you 'DO' sleep with Marie, and I'm not saying that you 'DO NOT' sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now.
I took my 91 year old mother-in-law to her doctor’s appointment. She had a minor lung infection. As she was leaving, the doctor said: “Remember, deep breathing kills germs.”
She retorted: “Yea, but how do you get the little buggers to breathe deep.”
The doctor said to a patient's husband, "I'm sorry. We did all that was humanly possible, but we just can't wake her from her coma. It doesn't look good, I'm afraid." "But doctor, she's so young! She's only thirty-nine." Upon which the comatose wife said weakly, "Thirty-seven."
The brilliant barrister F. E. Smith once defended a bus driver against claims that his negligence had caused injury to a young man's arm: "Will you please show us how high you can lift your arm now?" Smith asked the plaintiff.
The young man obediently raised his arm to shoulder level, his face contorted with apparent pain.
"Thank you," said Smith. "And now, please, will you show us how high you could lift it before the accident?"
Scaredy Cat A friend came by and told me he just bought a watchdog and I should also. I told him I don’t need one, I have a cat. He said how is a cat going to help, cats can’t bark. I said she doesn’t have to bark. If a person so much as takes one step on to our property, she hears it and runs behind the couch.
My wife and I were trying to think of some way to politely leave the home of our friendly but talkative neighbor. She did the impossible when given the opening she needed. Our boorish neighbor lead off with: “Reader’s Digest reminds me of the time…” She jumped up and said: “Oh yes you are right, look at the time, we have to be leaving.”
I had been saving up to repay a $100. loan a friend gave me. He politely dropped subtle hints that I pretended not to notice. Finally he took a more direct approach. One day at work he approached me and said, “You know Ralph, you remind me of Harold.”
My brother lives in an apartment. One day he found a dead cat in the entranceway. He wrapped it in newspaper. The next day he took it on the commuter train with plans to have the superintendent of his building throw it in the incinerator. He forgot and left it on the train. It was still there on the return ride home. He brought it back to his apartment with him and as he set the package on the table it slipped and fell to the floor, out rolled a cooked ham.
I used to work in a steel mill. I wore jeans with suspenders because I had to carry heavy tools in my pockets. My wife was showing our daughter some photos. My daughter exclaimed, “Doesn’t daddy look funny in those suspenders.” My wife exclaimed, “He’d look a lot funnier without them.”
A friend who is a money manager came into a tavern we frequent. He looked very depressed and I asked him what was the matter? He replied that he lost half his friends when his investments tanked. I told him that at least he still has the other half of his friends. He said no. that they just haven’t found out yet.
When moving to a new house we had bought my wife was concerned with the grizzly manor of the two movers. She said to one, “Be very careful with this vase, it is over 150 years old.” It didn’t help any when the burly mover replied: “Don’t worry lady. I’ll treat it as if it was brand new.”
We were having our regular Friday night bridge foursome when Jonesy related what happened at his last lodge meeting. He said the Grand Master offered a new green silk sport coat to any brother who would stand and say truthfully that he never had a love affair with any woman except his wife. Jonesy said not one brother stood up. His wife immediately asked why he didn’t stand up. Jonesy said: “I would have but you know I don’t look good in green.”
I ambled down the walkway at the local shopping mall. A great looking blond approached me with a smile and said: “Hello, good to see you again.” I looked at her in dismay trying to remember where I knew her from. Then after a closer look at me she said: “Oh I’m sorry; from a distance you looked like the father of two of my children, and began walking away. I followed her with my gaze in sort of a stupor. She then turned around and said: “I’m a school teacher.”
I and my three brothers made a “brother’s” trip to the Grand Canyon. The four of us walked up to the edge and were speechless at the captivating beauty of the view. After fifteen minutes of silent awe, two park service employees walked up to us. The witty brother broke the silence with: “Boy! That was fun pushing him off.”
I and my three brothers made a “brother’s” trip to the Grand Canyon. The four of us walked up to the edge and were speechless at the captivating beauty of the view. After fifteen minutes of silent awe, two park service employees walked up to us. The witty brother broke the silence with: “Boy! That was fun pushing him off.”
My wife has always rebuked me for doing so much borrowing from friends and neighbors. She thought I should buy the stuff I needed. I said, “Wait a minute, see this umbrella. I’ve had this for 20 years.”
She quickly replied, “That’s long enough, give it back to the owner.”
At the time my wife and I had three children, ages three, four and seven years-of-age. We were not pleasantly surprised when their grandma brought over a puppy for the children’s Christmas present. We had a dog before we had the children and didn’t want the extra hassle of taking care of another dog. I thought Grandma understood this. I said, “Grandma why did you buy the children a dachshund?” She logically explained, “Because I wanted all the children to be able to pet the dog at the same time.”
On a local talk radio station the host often trades comments when the weather man comes on to make the afternoon forecast. On one afternoon the weatherman predicted absolutely that it was going to be pouring at 5pm. The host asked the weatherman how he could be so positive given Ohio’s unpredictable weather. The rain predictor said, “Yes, I am 100 % certain. You see, I forgot my umbrella, I have a tee time of 5 PM, and the roof repair men say they can’t come until tomorrow to fix the leak.”
Al walked into the neighborhood watering hole. He had been having a little bad luck and I ask him how things are going. He said not bad, that he had just run into Rich and Rich offered to lend him some money. I asked him if he took it? He said, “No, friends like that are hard to come by.”
I was in the examining room for my annual physical. I was surprised when a lady walked in. I told her I always see my doctor for the examination. She said that I will see him later but that she was a nurse practitioner and would do some of the examination. She told me she wanted to do the prostate examination and that I should roll over on the table and lower my shorts. I told her, “Well okay but I usually get dinner first.”
God sent Diogenes into Washington DC carrying his Lantern. He was instructed to find an honest politician. After four hours God asked Diogenes how he was doing. Diogenes replied, “Pretty good, I’ve still got my lantern.”
My wife and I attended an introductory presentation on genealogy. Shortly before it began a dubious character walked in, obviously he did not know what he was attending. The presenter, a distinguished man with graying hair welcomed everyone. To get things going he asked the man who had just wandered in a question, “Have any of your family connections ever been traced?”
The man thought for a minute and replied, “A-yup, they traced my brother as far a Canada.”
A local citizen had a great football career. He starred in high school, college and even professional football. Our lodge had a welcome home dinner for him. Our grand master gave a wonderful speech but went a little too far in his enthusiasm. “Our dear friend has called our fair city his own. He was born here, went to school here, played sports here, and now has returned. We hope we bury him.”
At the local town meeting citizens are permitted to speak for 5 minutes. On one occasion, several citizens were speaking at once to the mayor’s consternation. The mayor could stand it no longer. He got up and went to the microphone. “We seem to have a lot of fools here to tonight who want to speak. I suggest that only one person speak at a time and no one butts in until he is finished.” Someone spoke up from the back of the room. “That’s right mayor, you go on and finish you speech.”
My niece is a supporting technician in a doctor’s office. One man came in who is known as a person with many complaints, most imaginary. On this occasion among other things, he complained of insomnia. The doctor said, “There is only one sure cure for insomnia.” The patient eagerly asked, “Really, what is it.” The doctor replied, “Get plenty of sleep.”
A friend of mine was a student at Harvard. He accompanied me to the orientation for the community college I was attending. He acted as though he was bored out of his skull commenting of the provinciality of a community college. Half way into a welcoming speech by the president he leaned over to me. He asked, “Who is that good looking lady professor that is staring at me?” I told him, “Oh! That is professor Jenkin’s, you know, the well-known researcher of insanity.”
I am 68-years-of-age and getting feistier by the year. I attended a boy scout Jamboree and a young man approach me with a clip board. He asked if I would take part in a survey. He asked me if I thought the younger generation is on the road to chaos and destruction? I answered, “Yes, and I’ve thought that for the last 60 years.”
A friend who lives in an apartment was not able to get a good night’s rest because of the party going on in the apartment above his. In the morning he saw the offending couple in the elevator. He asked, “Didn’t you hear me pounding on the ceiling last night?” The girl replied, “Oh that’s okay, we were making a lot of noise ourselves.”
The local county fair my wife and I attended had an old time medicine show. The barker shouted out that because of this wonder snake oil he invented he is 250 years old. If you don’t believe me just ask my assistant Chief Falling Rocks. One of the listeners asked the chief if that was right. The chief unfolded his arms and said, “I can’t say, I’ve only been with the medicine man 200 years.”
My daughter entered her terrier in a local dog show. She was trying to get the pooch to lie down for the judge. She kept saying, “Lay down, lay down, lay down.” A distinguished looking observer said to her, “You will have to say, ‘lie down, ‘young lady, that is a Boston Terrier.”
My wife and I visited our nephew a few days after his 12th birthday. His mother said he needed boxer briefs so that is what my wife bought him. He thanked his aunt (my wife) for the gift. He said, “Thanks for the present.” My wife said, “That is nothing to thank me for.” He replied, “That’s what I thought, but my mom said I had to.”
A friend of mine who works in a medical clinic had to take an 8 percent cut in wages. His wife is a stay-at-home-mom and manages their budget. I ask him how he and his wife are allocating their finances. He said, “We are spending 40 percent for housing, 20 percent for autos, 20 percent for food, 15 percent for clothing, 15 percent for insurance and 5 percent for entertainment.” I said, “But that adds up to 115 percent.” He said, “Exactly.”
My wife and I are generous loaning money to our friends in a tight spot. I said to my wife, “We certainly lose a lot of friends when we loan them money.” She replied, “Yea, it's touch and go with most of them.”
My son owns a small produce farm in California. My daughter, a Floridian, and I flew out for a visit. My daughter picked up a melon and asked, “Is this the biggest apple you can grow?” My son replied, “Stop fingering that grape.”
A coworker told me he was having trouble getting to sleep at night. I told him he should try a couple of glasses of wine at bedtime. A week later I asked him if the wine was helping. He said, “No, but it makes me satisfied to stay awake.”
We used to live in Chicago. My father had a downtown job for which he dressed impeccably. Although a very nice man, he rarely told any jokes and never exhibited much humor. However one blustery day he came in from work. He stated that he did his good deed today. He said he made a hundred people laugh. We were all surprised and asked him how he did this. He replied, “My hat blew off and I chased it for 3 blocks down State Avenue.
I was visiting an uncle in an independent living facility when I saw an old acquaintance. I approached him and said, “Fred, it is good to see you, I thought you were dead.” Fred replied, “Oh, they did get a story around like that, but as soon as I heard it, I knew it wasn’t me.”
A senator left the party late and wondered a little off course. A man jumped out of the shadows and said, “Stick um up buddy, hand over your money or I’ll blow your brains out.” The senator replied, “Go head and blow em out. You can live in Washington without brains but not without money.”
When I lived at home with my parents, I was laid off from the local steel mill. I didn’t look for another job very diligently because I knew it was just a matter of time before I would be called back. Prospective employers knew this also and were not exited about my job queries. My mother thought I should be out looking eight hours a day instead of sleeping in. One morning I went down to breakfast about 11: O0 am. I said to my mom, “Last night I dreamed I had a job.” My mother, “You look tired.”
We stopped in a small motel near Beverly, West Virginia. The clerk/maintenance man/cleaner, gave us a friendly greeting. He seemed exited. He said, “I just heard my sister had a baby. They didn’t tell me if it’s a boy or a girl, so I don’t know if I’m an uncle or an aunt.”
My wife just bought one of those vibration weight reducers. She wanted to lose an inch from her waist before going to her nursing school reunion. I said, “Come on or we’ll be late.” She replied, “I’ll be there in 100 shakes.”
My wife and I attended an informational lecture on a new combination of supplements that would enable everyone to always keep their 20/20 eye sight. The lecturer droned on and on and the audience less and less convinced. She could see people dropping out. She threw in what she thought would be the clincher. “Why my grandfather lived to be 95 and never used glasses.” A voice from the back offered, “Well some people prefer to drink right from the bottle.”
I have grown a grizzled beard and mustache. People are always asking me why I grew a beard. I end the inquisition by saying, “I got tired of being called a barefaced liar.”
A man bet his fellow worker he could ride the flywheel at the saw mill. His widow paid the bet. She said, “My husband was a kind, brave man; but he didn’t know crap about flywheels.”
As a supervisor, I had to bring in employees for their annual review. I had to ask one of our sales people why he didn’t dress better. I told him that before his father retired from the company, he always dressed well. In his defense he replied, “Why these are my father’s clothes.”
My cousin insisted she wanted to go have her fortune told. I went with her in hopes of persuading her not to take this too seriously. We were lead into a plush, heavily draped waiting room. After a few minutes distraught looking lady came in as the door chimes tinkled. The oriental looking greeter asked her, “Do you wish to see the great Woosung Portung the great Chinese mystic?” The lady loudly stated, “Yea, tell him his old lady from Brooklyn is here to find out where his alimony check is and to get his butt out here.”
Overheard on an elevator: First man entering elevator: “John am I glad to see you, I lost $2500 at Las Vegas and I have no idea where I am going to get the money to pay my rent.” Second man: “Well that’s a relief George, for a second there I thought you were going to ask me for it.”
In the 1950’s I remember the coal man coming. He would put a chute through an open basement window and shovel the coal onto the chute and into a special section of the basement. This always fascinated me as a 10-year-old. As we watched the heavily perspiring shoveler I asked my dad if a ton of coal was very much. He replied, “It depends son, if you are buying it or shoveling it.”
“John,” “Joe” and I met at a restaurant. John had just returned from a year studying in China. He was regaling us with the Chinese culture. He remarked, “The Chinese make it an invariable rule to have every personal debt settled on New Year’s Day.” Joe remarked, “Yea, but they don’t have Christmas the week before.”
My brother is a psychiatrist and lately has been hearing voices. He visited the Heartland mental facility to learn about entering. He left because he didn't want to commit himself.
1&1 Warth Publishing Inc. I wish I had read the criticisms of 1&1 before I bought their package. They billed me for over 30 domains I did not wish to renew. I stopped payment on this invoice and they locked my access to my account. All I asked for was a new corrected invoice. They refused. They kept sending me whois reviews and I could not access my account to cancel or renew domains. Every invoice was filled with mistakes that I was billed for. I am lost potential thousands of dollars in revenue. I could not cancel the package because I could not access my package. They kept sending me more and more domains to renew but I could not access my account because it was locked. They said to unlock the package I would have to pay for the domain renewals I do not want renewed. They said they would credit my account with the domains they erroneously charged me for. However, they did not. They only credited my account for 8 of the more than 30. I have contacted the CEO and others to see if they know what is going on. No response. I filed a complaint with the FBI Internet Fraud Division, the Better Business Bureau and other government agencies. I suggest others who have suffered from these people to do the same.
102 comments:
The situation is still progressing like poison ivy. I have been charged with 3 invoices after I received the notice from 1and1 that my account was cancelled:
Received 04/11/2009 from 1and1 Billing
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> From: billing@1and1.com
> Subject: Your credit note of 04/11/2009
> Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:39:13 +0200
> To: warthpublishing@hotmail.com
>
> Dear Ralph Warth,
>
> Please find attached the invoice dated 04/11/2009.
>
> This invoice is in pdf electronic format. It can be read with the Adobe Reader, which you can download free of charge from the Adobe website at http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html.
>
> Double click on the attached file to view the invoice and print out a hard-copy for your records. The amount shown will be debited from your credit card on file in the next 7 days. Please do NOT send us a check.
>
> If you have any billing-related questions, please call our billing department at 1-877-300-8316 Monday through Friday (except holidays) 9am to 5pm EST. We will be happy to help you clear up any questions you may have, as quickly as possible.
> Sincerely,
>
> Your 1&1 Team
> www.1and1.com
>
> Earn back your 1&1 service fees and more by referring new customers.
> Click or Visit: http://order.1and1.com/xml/order/Affiliate
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My reply:
As you fully know, you cancelled my account in Dember of 2008 and said no further invoices would be sent.
email previously recieved from 1and1 complaints:
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“ Re: Att. Oliver Mauss
From: complaints@1and1.com
Sent: Tue 12/09/08 4:26 PM
To: warthpublishing@hotmail.com
Dear Ralph Warth, (Customer ID:
Thank you for contacting us.
I understand that you have since wanted to cancel your account.
Your account has since been cancelled. You will receive no further
invoices for this contract. This account was set to cancel immediately.
We understand that urgency in cancelling this account.”
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My reply:04/11/2009
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Again and again I know you are intentionally harassing me and adding charges 3 times to my canceled account. According to the email from complaints dated 12-09-08 my account was cancelled and I would receive no further invoices. Since then you have three times added charges to my cancelled account. I will take action to stop what in my opinion is illegal harassment.
Copies to: -------------------------------------------
Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau
Mr. Thomas El tel@mybbb.org dc-easternpa.bbb.org info@mybbb.org
1880 JFK Boulevard
Suite 1330
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-985-9313 Fax 215-563-4907
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Capital One
Fraud Division
Horge D.
PO Box 26074
Richmond, VA 23286-8110
Also: PO Box 30277
Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0277
1-800-215-1921
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NCO Financial
Lisa Signore, Vice President Legal Compliance Department
PO Box 15740
Wilmington, DE 19850-5740
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1and1 internet
CEO: Oliver Mauss Complaints: Joseph Quinn joe.quinn@1and1.com
701 Lee Road complaints@1and1.com
Chesterbrook PA 19087 Billing@1and1.com
877-435-7281
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Warth Publishing Inc
I advise people to check out web hosts and domain registers very carefully before committing.
I have come to the conclusion that I made the dreadful error of choosing a company because it had a 5 page ad in a popular computer magazine. I believe I have put my trust in a straw man. In my opinion 1and1, with CEO Oliver Mauss, is a horrible company and many customers have voiced a host of complaints on various blogs.
It should be a warning that when their phone is answered by a recording that tells you if you have gotten a notice from NCO, a collection agency, to press a certain number. If they are a reputable business, why do they have to send so many accounts to a collection agency?
Patrick Frey (Patterico) of the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office alleges his domain was high jacked and put up for auction on SEDO. SEDO is an associate company of 1and1.
Patterico: “I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two. It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyber extortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenter’s have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures.”
Patterico was able to regain his domain.
Also Investigative journalist, Kelli Jack, has written 30 articles about this company and has a suit pending against them. Kelli alleges that 1and1 stole her domain name and sold it. Kelli states: "1and1 should be shut down." As of today Kelli is working with the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
I have filed complaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission, Eastern Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, ICANN, and others. I recommend everyone else having a problem consider doing the same.
The Washington DC, Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating: “F.” Read comments on the BBB why. Read some customer comments on Red Flag.
Don’t bother trying to access my 2 URL: warthpublishinginc.com, Migraine-Abort.com
They are gone with my money and hundreds of domains I had at 1and1.
Warth Publishing Inc
Check out why the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating “F.”
“Customer Complaint History
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The company's size, volume of business and number of transactions may have a bearing on the number of complaints received by the BBB. The complaints filed against a company may not be as important as the type of complaints, and how the company has handled them. The BBB generally does not pass judgment on the validity of complaints filed.
Number of complaints processed by the BBB
in the last 36 months: 691
in the last 12 months: 276”
Warth Publishing Inc
Big does not necessarily mean good. Remember Bernie Madoff and Enron were big too. Now they are poster children for mismanagement. I have been trying since July of 2008 to cancel my account with 1and1. Why, because they keep renewing domains I do not want renewed. Finally I get an email in December of 2008 that I would get no further invoices. This is after they renewed all the domains I did not want. I had to pay for all the domains because Capital One took their word over mine. Now comes March 2009 and they send me another invoice and declare there is a balance on my account. Thankfully I cancelled all association with Capital One.
The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 Internet their lowest rating: “F”
1and1 complaint websites
http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/feb/27/11-internet-is-the-devil/
http://elliottback.com/wp/1and1-sucks/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=60380
http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=20712
http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=49251
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/rip-off-artists-c163561.html
http://www.simonjones.info/1and1internet/
Warthpublishinginc
701 Lee Road
Chesterbrook, PA 19087
Mr. Steve Ballmer;
I have been locked out of my account because I will not pay for domains I did not order. You were supposed to credit more than 30 (mistakes?) to my next invoice. You only gave me credit for 8.
Do you really think it is legal to keep charge me for renewal that I specified 40 days in advance that I did not want renewed?
Do you really think I will stand for 1and1 to keep charging me for renewals for the next 20 years that I have no way of cancelling online because my account is locked. How can it be locked to Warth Publishing Inc. but it is open to you to keep charging me for renewal I do not want? I will go to the death fighting this outrageous behavior. I am holding each of the officers personally liable.
“Why 1and1 is losing
1&1 web hosting was, and perhaps still is a good web host. That said, with their rapid expansion over the years, now classifying 1&1 hosting as the largest web host in the world, they have lost sight of two key factors that any colossus of a web hosting business must deal with.
First, downtime is not, and never will be, acceptable in the web hosting business. If a downtime is noticed by a business owner using a web host’s services it quickly leads to them leaving that service for greener lands. It can serve to make them paranoid about the site’s status and give them an uneasiness that won’t be eased until they leave the web hosting service. 1&1 has started to let their downtimes become more frequent, and customers are taking notice. It’s the second largest 1&1 hosting complaint, and even if it is infrequent, if it happens at all in this business, people notice.
Second is customer service, this is the area in which 1&1 is slipping hardest, and it is understandable. Managing tens of thousands of customer’s potential complaints is hard enough. Make that 7 million web hosting customers and you can understand the potential for problems. With such a large base of customers, it might become outright necessary to outsource to India or other countries. But even among outsourcing companies, it is important to prioritize quality. Rewarding teams that do well, and firing ones that do poorly, must occur frequently in order to maintain a good quality team. In the web hosting business customer service is probably the most talked about feature, and a web hosting service can be killing their word-of-mouth free marketing, or even worse, getting negative publicity due to any slip-ups from customer service. Despite the 7 million customers, it is still possible to hire enough quality workers to deal with them in an efficient way, as most webmasters do not frequently need help after the first few months of getting them off the ground, and without quality workers, 1&1 definitely won’t be able to help those with more complicated issues.
These two factors are so crucially important in maintaining the tremendous clientele of 1&1 hosting that one hopes they could adopt new measures to deal with them in quick time, and thus save their reputation. Even one angry customer can mean disaster in an industry where embittered, bored person will waste hours to create a “1&1 sucks” website that might deter thousands of potential sales.
Jonathan Baldwin runs a Web Hosting comparison website, where you can find this article, How 1&1 Hosting is Losing the Web Hosting Game, and the 1&1 hosting review and reviews of other Cheap Web Hosting services.”
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“Review of 1and1 Web hosting: Why not to choose them !
Brief Overview - Many small businesses, individuals, and even non-profits are looking to put websites online. The only way to do that is to get hosting, most individuals and small organizations simply do not have the resources to have their own servers to run their websites so they rely on shared hosting to run and manage their websites.
Why not to choose 1and1 ?
Horrible Customer Service - Do you speak fluent, comprehendible English ? They do not. If you were to try to tell them over the phone your FTP password if you were having problems with it, like I’ve had in the past. They cannot comprehend letters, even if you use a word to get the letters use across.
Great features, that aren’t possible - You’ve seen these types of web hosts before where they try to tell you ‘unlimited hosting space’, ‘unlimited this’, ‘unlimited that’. Folks, it’s impossible. No host, no matter how big or small they are can offer you unlimited hosting space. Every hard drive in the world has a set limit of space it can hold (e.g. 200 gb, 500gb, 1 tb, etc). BEWARE of hosts like this that try to tell you they offer certain unlimited features for their hosting packages.
Horrible downtime - In their terms of service (TOS) they claim a 99.9% uptime for their hosting. But, I’ve hosted with them for the past (2) years and my site and/or ftp access has been down at random times of the day and will not come back and accessible until sometimes the next day. Imagine, running a full-fledged business with most of your clients coming from the internet and your site goes down. I’ve called 1and1 in the past when my site/ftp goes down and they tell me “Oh, it should be up by tomorrow morning”. Like NO. Bottom line: they do not seem to care about their clients success.
In my honest opinion, this company is nothing, but a huge scam. Their servers are way too overloaded with sites (200+ according to 1and1 technical support), without the resources available to support so many websites at once. If you’re looking to choose a hosting company, do not and I repeat DO NOT choose the cheapest host. I recommend web hosts such as Twivio, BlueHost, and GoDaddy .
SPlato Design”
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“ Back to blog Michael’s posterous0 times
January 18, 2009
From an email I just sent . .
Hey, everyone -- I just read a comment about 1&1 which kind of bothers me. Therefore, I'm planning on moving my domains to another registrar shortly.
Since I've recommended 1&1 in the past (and possibly to some of you), I thought I'd share this information.
After some research, I've seen a lot of recommendations for the following:
• http://www.moniker.com
• http://www.enom.com
• http://www.namecheap.com
• http://www.godaddy.com
(Though I've never liked the GoDaddy interface, which is why I wouldn't recommend them.)
The comment I read is pasted below, and you may want to consider it the next time you need to register or move a domain.
Michael”
“10/27/2008
1&1 Plans to Keep Patterico.com Out of Commission for 7-10 More Days
Filed under: General — Patterico @ 6:47 am
Coincidentally, that will keep patterico.com dark through the election.
I do believe it’s a coincidence, by the way.
Some people are telling me it’s not. They remind me that my problems started a couple of days after I posted proof that Obama’s career was “launched” in Bill Ayers’s living room. They tell me that the problems got worse after I told the people who were trying to scrub that evidence: “you’re going to have to crash my site and come get my laptop. Because it turns out that I saved a screenshot.” They point out that, less than 48 hours later, my site did “crash” — because my domain disappeared.
Maybe I’m being naive, but I don’t think so. I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two.
It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyberextortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenters have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures.
I’m not going to say you’re wearing a tinfoil hat if you see a political conspiracy. I’m just going to disagree with you.
The latest e-mail from 1&1 is in the extended entry:
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Defending Patterico (UPDATED)
Hello everyone. How about it... my first post. Came sooner than expected.
So it turns out that a center-right blogger hero of mine, Patterico (i.e., Patrick Frey of the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office), has had his domain hijacked. Ain't life grand? (/sarc)
Based on my own reading of the situation, it looks like the only good news to be found here is that the hijacking wasn't political in nature. It's just good old fashioned greed and scammery, facilitated by an unresponsive and irresponsible cyber corporation.
October 24, 2008
BOYCOTT UNITED INTERNET AG AND 1&1 HOSTING
Respected LA blogger and lawyer Patterico has had his domain name stolen by his hosting service "1&1". 1&1 are a subsidiary of the German internet firm United Internet AG, who coincidentally just happen to own sedo who is auctioning off the domain name.
Pretty despicable, if you ask me.”
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“ Back to blog Michael’s posterous0 times
January 18, 2009
From an email I just sent . .
Hey, everyone -- I just read a comment about 1&1 which kind of bothers me. Therefore, I'm planning on moving my domains to another registrar shortly.
Since I've recommended 1&1 in the past (and possibly to some of you), I thought I'd share this information.
After some research, I've seen a lot of recommendations for the following:
• http://www.moniker.com
• http://www.enom.com
• http://www.namecheap.com
• http://www.godaddy.com
(Though I've never liked the GoDaddy interface, which is why I wouldn't recommend them.)
The comment I read is pasted below, and you may want to consider it the next time you need to register or move a domain.
Michael”
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Choosing a good web site provider and registrar is critical for a successful internet business.
I have come to the conclusion that I made the dreadful error of choosing a company because it had a 5 page ad in a popular computer magazine. I believe I have put my trust in a straw man. In my opinion 1and1, with CEO Oliver Mauss, is a horrible company and many customers have voiced a host of complaints on various blogs.
It should be a warning that when their phone is answered by a recording that tells you if you have gotten a notice from NCO, a collection agency, to press a certain number. If they are a reputable business, why do they have to send so many accounts to a collection agency?
Patrick Frey (Patterico) of the Los Angeles District Attorneys Office alleges his domain was high jacked and put up for auction on SEDO. SEDO is an associate company of 1and1.
Patterico: “I believe I’m facing massive incompetence, thievery, or very possibly a deliberate combination of the two. It feels like evil intent — but not for political reasons. It feels like cyber extortion — people going after the almighty dollar. Commenters have pointed out corporate ties between 1&1, which can’t seem to process my timely renewal, and Sedo/Domcollect, which stood to profit from 1&1’s failure. Usually, corporate incompetence does not earn the corporation money — but 1&1 and its related companies have found a way to make money off of their own slipshod procedures.”
Patterico was able to regain his domain.
Also Investigative journalist, Kelli Jack, has written 30 articles about this company and has a suit pending against them. Kelli alleges that 1and1 stole her domain name and sold it. Kelli states: "1and1 should be shut down." As of today Kelli is working with the Pennsylvania Attorney General.
I have filed complaints with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Federal Trade Commission, Eastern Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau, and others. I recommend everyone else having a problem consider doing the same.
The Washington DC, Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau given 1and1 their lowest rating:” F" Read comments on the BBB why. Read some customer comments on Red Flag.
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http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/weekend_project_bring_web_20_t.php
Be happy you are finding out about 1and1 now. I have been trying to cancel my account since July of 2008. They won't cancel. They just keep adding more and more charges on my cancelled account. If you haven’t cancelled your credit card do it now. Don’t just open an account with the same company, close out completely. Run.
The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating: ”F” for good reason.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2008
Lost - Our Political Opinions
“For a UK political blogger, the most helpful link I know has been "Political Opinions" run by Grant.
Unfortunately, his site seems to be facing its third crisis.
First of all in September 2007, Grant decided to pack it in. Numbers of us helped to pursued him to continue with his vital service.
Then this September, the site was highjacked for a period before Grant was able to restore it.
And now (unless Grant is in transition to a new service provider) he seems to have been hijacked again, this time by 1&1 Internet.
I hope that Grant is back soon - you can check here to see if he is now back or this is still 1&1.”
"Political Opinions"
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: houston
Posts: 129
”Brad, yeah I've contacted them twice
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with these people you have to jump through hoops (as in cancellation faxes, returning their crappy useless cd, etc... before you can cancel and this has to be well in advance of their charge date. My only other recourse is to go to my bank and block any further charges by them. Before I contact them again I need to calm down so I don't start making terroristic threats that I cant carry out.
__________________
I drank way too much coffee
http://www.geekoffice.com “
I got a letter today from the PA BBB. They said they have given up on trying getting a settlement with 1and1 Internet. They suggest I try other avenues including a law suit. Maybe why I can't get remuneration from 1and1 is because they owe me about $2,000.00
Actually I could probably make a case for $50,000. in lost revenue from losing 2 websites and over 700 domain names.
Glad it did,thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the comment Stacy.
1and1 complaint websites
http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/feb/27/11-internet-is-the-devil/
http://elliottback.com/wp/1and1-sucks/
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=60380
http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=20712
http://www.my3cents.com/showReview.cgi?id=49251
http://www.complaintsboard.com/complaints/rip-off-artists-c163561.html
http://www.simonjones.info/1and1internet/
Warthpublishinginc
1and1's contract in my opinion hog ties the unsuspecting customer. You are not allowed to file a class action suit; the only small claims court you can use is the Philadelphia court, a 9 hour drive for me.
Is it any wonder that the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 its lowest rating: “F”
“1 and 1 internet sucks
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If your site is hosted by 1&1 internet, you are in for a rude awakening if you try to switch to a different internet host because it is nigh on impossible to get them to stop charging you. In my opinion they are a bunch of thieves. This is a public service announcement by geekoffice.com
Last Updated ( Saturday, 09 July 2005 )
__________________
I drank way too much coffee
http://www.geekoffice.com”
1and1 places to complain too & Numbers
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Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau
Mr. Thomas El tel@mybbb.org dc-easternpa.bbb.org info@mybbb.org
1880 JFK Boulevard
Suite 1330
Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-985-9313 Fax 215-563-4907
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Pennsylvania Attorney General http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/
Bureau of Consumer Protection
Brianna M. Tetraul, Agent
South 12th Street, 3rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19107-3603 http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/complaintforms/bcp_form.aspx
215-560-2414
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Federal Trade Commission
600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20580
202-326-2222 877-FTC-HELP www.ftc.gov HSRhelp@hsr.gov
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Federal Bureau of investigation
Internet Crime Division
www.fbi.gov
www.ic3.gov
1and1 Internet has an F rating with the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau
BBB Rating
Based on BBB files, this business has a BBB Rating of F. This is their lowest rating possible
Reasons for this rating include:
• Number of complaints filed against business
• Failure to respond to complaints filed against business
• Number of complaints filed against business that were unresolved
• Overall complaint history with BBB
• BBB Rating Scale
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Got Burned by 1 & 1 as well...
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A year after shutting down my server and asking me to purchase another server since my account was closed, and me telling them to go to .... they send me to a collection agency for a year of hosting. mind you not I have not had a server with them for about a year.
Annonymous
"Also see: 1 and 1 Internet, Inc. is the Devil
Btw this thread is number 7 on the Google search for '1 and 1 internet'...
Save yourself do not do business with 1&1 Internet."
1&1 Internet complaints here because...
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"People using these forums need hosts. Well 80 percent do. 1&1 Internet is a complete scam job and we are just warning people so that their own experience will be more pleasurable than the ripoff nightmare of 1&1 internet.
Thank you, Bob"
“October 29, 2008
don’t use 1and1.com
Filed under: Opinions, Views and Reviews — Terry Hall @ 9:01 pm
Tags: 1and1.com, 1and1.com bad business, 1and1.com bad for business, policies There are very few complaints that are worth making, but then again there’s 1and1.comThey rank my full attention as a irate customer and an example of why it’s imperative to read terms of service agreements and the the cheapest is rarely the best.
If you have any domains through 1and1.com,
Immediately separate each domain into a separate package.
• Make sure that you cancel “auto-renew” and confirm that auto-renew is indeed cancelled.
• Transfer your domains to other registrars 45 days prior to their expiring.
To Damian that “Manager on Duty” that got my call today. I apologize for my use of profanity. It takes something for me to break almost 30 years of meditation discipline and call a spade a spade. Your company’s policy and complete and total “B.S.”
I have about 250+ domains registered with 1and1.com in about 40 “packages”. (I went to an SEO class and went gonzo last year). I chose 1an1.com because they were cheap. Thinking that they played by the same rules as everyone else, I did not read their contract. (Will I ever learn?)
The bottom line is this… to renew 1 domain in a package, the entire package must be paid current. Said differently, I have to pay between $20 and $250 for each package (renew all domains) to keep the 1 or 2 that I want per package!
I got what I paid for, the shaft.”
Warth Publishing Inc
“Kelli J. Jack
(kjackline@aol.com)
3rd June 2008
Hosted for 2 to 5 Years
CUSTOMER SERVICE = 1
SERVER UPTIME = 3
OVERALL RATING = 1
"1&1 Should be shut down!"
1 & 1 Internet is a horrible company, but some recourse is possible! Not only am I a very disgruntled customer after they lied to me repeatedly after reselling a name I had registered and paid for with them, but I am an investigative journalist. In the last 8 months, I have written more than 30 articles, interviewed more than 200 people who have been blatantly wronged by 1 & 1 Internet, talked to several consumer groups and interested attorneys, and worked with over 60 radio and TV stations on this story. Everyone has been very interested, and the investigation continues. If you have had an issue with the company, you can do the following make a difference, and get your justice:
1.) File a complaint with the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office at www.pa.gov, or call the investigator Madelaine Dakour directly at (215) 560-6790. They have already received a large number of complaints, and have escalated the investigation, so make sure and contact them.
2.) File a complaint with the Better Business Bureau where they already have a completely Unsatisfactory rating by going to www.bbb.org
3.) File a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at www.ftc.gov4.) File a complaint with your state consumer advocacy group through the Attorney General’s office or Secretary of State’s office. Indiana’s is www.indianaconsumer.com
5.) Explore your state’s legislative code and find out where they stand on mandatory arbitration clauses. The Federal Arbitration Act has been shot down by state courts if they find the 1 & 1 contract to be "unconscionable" and without "mutuality" as they offer nothing for the consumer. More and more courts are ruling in favor of consumers, especially with terms and conditions that allow for illegal activity. Breach of contract, fair trade laws, fraud, and consumer laws are the tip of the legal iceberg for 1 & 1.6.) I’m working with station affiliates of each of the major TV networks, and you can help by contacting your local station through the main sites at www.cbs.com, www.nbc.com, www.abc.com, and www.foxnews.com. Contact the investigative reporter, or simply send a news tip to the newsroom and they will follow up. Chances are, they are already aware of the major problems with the company.
7.) Keep meticulous records!My lawsuit is pending, and I’ve been inundated with law firms wanting to take on the abysmal business practices, or lack thereof, with 1 & 1. The blatant disregard for the consumers has gotten the attention of the legal community, media, and consumers all across the country and by banding together, we can get some justice. You do not have to succumb to their tactics!”
Where is 1and1 Internet?
Rank
Registrar Name
Country Net Gain/Loss
Total Domains
1 GO DADDY
323,442 28,954,956
2 XINNET.COM
53,955 1,185,246
3 TUCOWS
36,243 7,216,032
4 SCHLUND+PARTNER
33,899 4,591,428
5 ENOM
27,368 8,705,183
6 FASTDOMAIN.COM
24,912 778,428
7 OVH
19,698 751,622
8 DISCOUNT-DOMAIN.COM
13,845 587,701
9 REGISTER.IT
12,582 321,052
10 DREAMHOST
12,170 429,108
11 PSI-USA
11,544 641,262
12 ASCIO
11,230 556,151
13 HOST.UOL.COM.BR
10,785 63,734
14 ENAME.COM
8,500 116,980
15 FBS Inc.
7,891 49,224
Where is 1and1 Internet?
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Oliver Mauss and 1and1 Internet: If you have domains listed with 1and1, and you chose to let domains expire on their renewal dates, 1and1 apparently punishes the customer by unlocking the domains. I guess this is to make it easier for people to steal them.
Also it takes 8 separate steps, by trial and error, to even find the site to indicate your renewal choice.
I don't have any beef with 1and1's web hosting. However, I curse the day I ever listed any domains with them. Check out Red Flag for some customer comments.
Instead of transferring to a different account within 1and1, I strongly advise to open an account with a registrar with better customer service.
The Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau gives 1and1 their lowest rating: “F”
Warth Publishing Inc
Maybe there is still some leftover radiation. That may be why so many people look unfavorably on 1and1. Now even the Germans don't like them:
”Customers fed up with lousy German internet providers
Published: 12 Nov 08 12:32 CET
Online: http://www.thelocal.de/sci-tech/20081112-15481.html
German high speed internet customers are deeply unhappy with their service providers according to an online survey by a consumer protection
The VZVB is a non-governmental organization acting as an umbrella for 41 German consumer associations that represent the interests of private citizens
Bad customer service was also high on the list of poll complaints, with two-thirds customers reporting representative incompetence, unavailability, long telephone delays and expensive help hotlines. Only one-fourth said they’d had good customer service experiences with one of the country’s major DSL providers – O2, Deutsche Telekom, Arcor, Alice, Versatel and 1&1.”
“October 29, 2008
don’t use 1and1.com
Filed under: Opinions, Views and Reviews — Terry Hall @ 9:01 pm
Tags: 1and1.com, 1and1.com bad business, 1and1.com bad for business, policies There are very few complaints that are worth making, but then again there’s 1and1.comThey rank my full attention as a irate customer and an example of why it’s imperative to read terms of service agreements and the the cheapest is rarely the best.
If you have any domains through 1and1.com,
Immediately separate each domain into a separate package.
• Make sure that you cancel “auto-renew” and confirm that auto-renew is indeed cancelled.
• Transfer your domains to other registrars 45 days prior to their expiring.
To Damian that “Manager on Duty” that got my call today. I apologize for my use of profanity. It takes something for me to break almost 30 years of meditation discipline and call a spade a spade. Your company’s policy and complete and total “B.S.”
I have about 250+ domains registered with 1and1.com in about 40 “packages”. (I went to an SEO class and went gonzo last year). I chose 1an1.com because they were cheap. Thinking that they played by the same rules as everyone else, I did not read their contract. (Will I ever learn?)
The bottom line is this… to renew 1 domain in a package, the entire package must be paid current. Said differently, I have to pay between $20 and $250 for each package (renew all domains) to keep the 1 or 2 that I want per package!
I got what I paid for, the shaft.”
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used to have a web presence with 1and1 Internet. Now 1and1 has my money but I lost 2 websites and 730 domain names.
Check out why the Pennsylvania Better Business Bureau has given 1and1 their lowest rating possible: F.
If you are thinking of getting a host for your website make sure you stay away from 1and1.
Nov 2008 posted on net by D4T4
“I had a terrible experience with 1&1 and would not recommend them. Many hosts are just fine until there's a problem, or you want to cancel your account. When I tried to cancel my account with them, I called them and was placed on hold for nearly 15 minutes, only to be told that in order to cancel, I would need to jump through hoops A, B, and C. (I don't remember exactly what the cancellation procedure was, but you get the point.) I did what I was told, but apparently, it didn't "take" because 1&1 continued to send me invoices. I had to call them again, get put on hold for another eternity, and explain that I had already canceled the account and should, therefore, not be receiving any more invoices. Finally, I got rid of them, but not without much aggravation.”
Warth Publishing Inc
• For my hosting, I use Pure "Energy: http://www.purenrg.com/ They are reasonable and I do the same thing you do with your websites: subdomains and add on domains and lots of email addys. You should check into them, too. They are NEVER EVER down. And if they are, they send their customers a head’s up email. I’ve been with them for about five years. They’re fantastic."
If you were a computer program is there anyway you could tell?
I don't think so, unless...
1947
The fuse is lighted
Brothers, 1947 is the year the fuse is lighted. In that year for the first time a truly global leader emerged, the Secretary General of the United Nations. In that same year the very liberal National Council of Churches formed. The NCC advocates the watering down of all doctrine so that anyone of any belief can be a member. Alice Bailey was one of the world’s most popular new age writers. She taught that the Christ was soon to return. She believed that all the religions of the world would recognize this Christ as their Savior and would recognize him as their leader and Master. The Lucifer Publishing company published the book. This seemed a bit too obvious so they changed the name to the Lucis Publishing Company. She published The Reappearance of the Christ in 1947.www.lucistrust.org In 1947, a couple of Shepard boys discovered the Qumran or Dead Sea Scrolls The economic powers hammered out The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade or GATT in 1947. This is the agreement that started what Ross Perot called that “great sucking noise”, in other words jobs being sucked out of industrialized nations. June 24th, 1947 an experienced pilot flying in the state of Washington near Mount Shasta, observed nine disks flying at a rate of speed estimated to be in excess of 1500 mph. At this time, the fasted known aircraft had a speed of 650 mph. In 1947 the United States Air force reported that a flying saucer had crashed and been recovered outside the small town of Roswell, New Mexico. Later higher-ranking officers changed the story and said it was merely a weather balloon. We will have more to say on this later.
Just before the funeral services, the undertaker
came up to the elderly widow and asked,
'How old was your husband?'
'98,' she replied. 'Two years older than me'
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented.
'Hardly worth going home, is it?' she responded
Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman:
'And what do you think is the best thing
About being 104?' the reporter asked.
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.'
Newsmax.com
The Death of Israel
Sunday, May 24, 2009 5:31 PM
By: Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
From Caroline Glick, deputy editor and op-ed writer for the Jerusalem Post, comes alarming news. An expert on Arab-Israeli relations with excellent sources deep inside Netanyahu's government, she reports that CIA chief Leon Panetta recently took time out from his day job (feuding with Nancy Pelosi) to travel to Israel to "read the riot act" to the government warning against an attack on Iran.
More ominously, Glick reports (likely from sources high up in the Israeli government) that the Obama administration has all but accepted as irreversible and unavoidable fact that Iran will soon develop nuclear weapons. She writes, "...we have learned that the [Obama] administration has made its peace with Iran's nuclear aspirations. Senior administration officials acknowledge as much in off-record briefings. It is true, they say, that Iran may exploit its future talks with the US to run down the clock before they test a nuclear weapon. But, they add, if that happens, the U.S. will simply have to live with a nuclear-armed mullocracy."
She goes on to write that the Obama administration is desperate to stop Israel from attacking Iran writing that "as far as the [Obama] administration is concerned, if Israel could just leave Iran's nuclear installations alone, Iran would behave itself." She notes that American officials would regard any harm to American interests that flowed from an Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear facilities as Israel's doing, not Iran's.
In classic Stockholm Syndrome fashion, the Obama administration is empathizing more with the Iranian leaders who are holding Israel hostage than with the nation that may be wiped off the map if Iran acquires the bomb.
Obama's end-of-the-year deadline for Iranian talks aimed at stopping its progress toward nuclear weapons is just window dressing without the threat of military action. As Metternich wrote, "diplomacy without force is like music without instruments." By warning only of possible strengthening of economic sanctions if the talks do not progress, Obama is making an empty threat. The sanctions will likely have no effect because Russia and China will not let the United Nations act as it must if it is to deter Iranian nuclear weapons.
All this means is that Israel's life is in danger. If Iran gets the bomb, it will use it to kill six million Jews. No threat of retaliation will make the slightest difference. One cannot deter a suicide bomber with the threat of death. Nor can one deter a theocracy bent on meriting admission to heaven and its virgins by one glorious act of violence. Iran would probably not launch the bomb itself, anyway, but would give it to its puppet terrorists to send to Israel so it could deny responsibility. Obama, bent on appeasement, would likely not retaliate with nuclear weapons. And Israel will be dead and gone.
Those sunshine Jewish patriots who voted for Obama must realize that we, as Jews, are witnessing the possible end of Israel. We are in the same moral position as our ancestors were as they watched Hitler’s rise but did nothing to pressure their favorite liberal Democratic president, FDR, to take any real action to save them or even to let Jewish refugees into the country. If we remain complacent, we will have the same anguish at watching the destruction of Israel that our forebears had in witnessing the Holocaust.
Because one thing is increasingly clear: Barack Obama is not about to lift a finger to stop Iran from developing the bomb. And neither is Hillary Clinton.
Obama may have held the first White House seder, but he's not planning to spend next year in Jerusalem.
© 2009 Dick Morris & Eileen McGann
I've sure gotten old!
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement,
New knees, and fought prostate cancer
I'm half blind,
Can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine,
Take 40 different medications that
Make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts.
Have bouts with dementia.
Have poor circulation.
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92.
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God,
I still have my driver's license.
I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape,
So I got my doctor's permission to
Join a fitness club and start exercising.
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors.
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down,
and perspired for an hour. But.....
By the time I got my leotards on,
The class was over.
NEW YORK -- A priest has been arrested on charges of stalking late-night talk-show host Conan O'Brien by writing him threatening notes on parish letterhead, contacting his parents and showing up at his studio, prosecutors said Wednesday.
The Rev. David Ajemian, a priest in the Archdiocese of Boston, was arrested last week while trying to enter a taping session of NBC's "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" at New York's Rockefeller Plaza, said Barbara Thompson, a spokeswoman for the Manhattan prosecutor's office.
Ajemian referred to himself as "your priest stalker" in one note and complained of not being allowed in to see an earlier taping of the O'Brien show, court papers say.
Genesis 2:1
"Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them." "Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array." "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all the host of them."
I asked my single Casanova friend John what he looks for in a woman when bar hopping.
“I always look for a woman who has a tattoo. I see a woman
with a tattoo, and I'm thinking, okay, here's a gal who's
capable of making a decision she'll regret in the future.”
Heck is where you go when you don't believe in
Gosh.
My Pastor told me this little story one Sunday. A parishioner asked his him, "Is it proper for a man to profit from the mistakes of another?"
"Definitely not."
"Are you absolutely certain?"
"Yes, my son. Absolutely."
"In that case, I wonder if you'd mind returning that $50. I gave you after my wedding."
Two chaps were chatting it up over a few pints of stout at the local pub... Ultimately, the subject of 'death and dying' came up and some deeply-metaphysical comments were being made...
Then one of the fellows said to the other, "Now take my grandfather. That man knew the exact day of the year that he was going to die. It was the right year, too! Not only that he knew what time of day he would die! He was right about that, as well. Right to the minute!"
"Wow, that's incredible," replied the second fellow. "How did he know all that?"
"The judge told him," said the first fellow.
A priest and a rabbi went for a hike one day. They came upon a small lake. They took off their clothes and jumped in. They left the water and encountered a group of ladies from town. The minister and the priest covered their privates and the rabbi covered his face. After the ladies had left, the minister and the priest asked the rabbi why he covered his face rather than his privates. The rabbi replied, "I don't know about you, but in MY congregation, it's my face they would recognize."
The barkeep asked a distraught patron: "What's wrong?"
"I'm drinking to the memory of my wife. She was a
saint. She went to church every morning, spent her
days reading and quoting Scriptures, sang hymns and psalms all
evening, filled our house with religious statues and paintings, and
invited priests and nuns to dinner every night."
"She sounds like an angel," the barkeep commented,” I suppose
the good Lord took her early to Himself."
"No," the man replied. "I strangled her."
An Italian Mother
Mrs. Ravioli comes to visit her son Anthony for dinner... who lives
with a female roommate Marie...
During the course of the meal, his mother couldn't help but notice
how
pretty Anthony's roommate was. She had long been suspicious of an
intimate relationship between the two, and this had only made her more
curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two interact, she
started to wonder if there was more between Anthony and his roommate
than met the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, Anthony volunteered, 'I know what
you must
be thinking, but I assure you, Maria and I are just roommates.'
About a week later, Marie came to Anthony saying, 'Ever since your
mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the silver sugar
bowl.
You don't suppose she took it, do you?'
Well, I doubt it, but I'll email her, just to be sure.'
So he sat down and wrote:
Dear Momma,
I'm not saying that you 'DID' take the sugar bowl from my
house; I'm
not saying that you 'DID NOT' take it.. But the fact remains
that it
has been missing ever since you were here for dinner.
Love, Anthony
Several days later, Anthony received a response email from his Momma
which read:
Dear Son,
I'm not saying that you 'DO' sleep with Marie, and I'm
not saying that
you 'DO NOT' sleep with her. But the fact remains that if she
was
sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the sugar bowl by now.
Love, Momma
I took my 91 year old mother-in-law to her doctor’s appointment. She had a minor lung infection. As she was leaving, the doctor said: “Remember, deep breathing kills germs.”
She retorted: “Yea, but how do you get the little buggers to breathe deep.”
The doctor said to a patient's husband, "I'm sorry. We did all that was humanly possible, but we just can't wake her from her coma. It doesn't look good, I'm afraid."
"But doctor, she's so young! She's only thirty-nine."
Upon which the comatose wife said weakly, "Thirty-seven."
The brilliant barrister F. E. Smith once defended a bus driver against claims that his negligence had caused injury to a young man's arm: "Will you please show us how high you can lift your arm now?" Smith asked the plaintiff.
The young man obediently raised his arm to shoulder level, his face contorted with apparent pain.
"Thank you," said Smith. "And now, please, will you show us how high you could lift it before the accident?"
The man's arm shot above his head.
Scaredy Cat
A friend came by and told me he just bought a watchdog and I should also. I told him I don’t need one, I have a cat. He said how is a cat going to help, cats can’t bark. I said she doesn’t have to bark. If a person so much as takes one step on to our property, she hears it and runs behind the couch.
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My wife and I were trying to think of some way to politely leave the home of our friendly but talkative neighbor. She did the impossible when given the opening she needed. Our boorish neighbor lead off with: “Reader’s Digest reminds me of the time…” She jumped up and said: “Oh yes you are right, look at the time, we have to be leaving.”
I had been saving up to repay a $100. loan a friend gave me. He politely dropped subtle hints that I pretended not to notice. Finally he took a more direct approach. One day at work he approached me and said, “You know Ralph, you remind me of Harold.”
I objected, “I am not at all like Harold.”
“Yea well, you both owe me $100.
My brother lives in an apartment. One day he found a dead cat in the entranceway. He wrapped it in newspaper. The next day he took it on the commuter train with plans to have the superintendent of his building throw it in the incinerator. He forgot and left it on the train. It was still there on the return ride home. He brought it back to his apartment with him and as he set the package on the table it slipped and fell to the floor, out rolled a cooked ham.
“A pretty young thing announced that she is going to take French lessons.”
“Why are you going to do that?”
“I am going to adopt a French baby and I want to be able to understand it when it is old enough to talk.”
I used to work in a steel mill. I wore jeans with suspenders because I had to carry heavy tools in my pockets.
My wife was showing our daughter some photos. My daughter exclaimed, “Doesn’t daddy look funny in those suspenders.”
My wife exclaimed, “He’d look a lot funnier without them.”
A friend who is a money manager came into a tavern we frequent. He looked very depressed and I asked him what was the matter? He replied that he lost half his friends when his investments tanked. I told him that at least he still has the other half of his friends. He said no. that they just haven’t found out yet.
When moving to a new house we had bought my wife was concerned with the grizzly manor of the two movers. She said to one, “Be very careful with this vase, it is over 150 years old.”
It didn’t help any when the burly mover replied: “Don’t worry lady. I’ll treat it as if it was brand new.”
We were having our regular Friday night bridge foursome when Jonesy related what happened at his last lodge meeting. He said the Grand Master offered a new green silk sport coat to any brother who would stand and say truthfully that he never had a love affair with any woman except his wife. Jonesy said not one brother stood up. His wife immediately asked why he didn’t stand up. Jonesy said: “I would have but you know I don’t look good in green.”
I ambled down the walkway at the local shopping mall. A great looking blond approached me with a smile and said: “Hello, good to see you again.” I looked at her in dismay trying to remember where I knew her from. Then after a closer look at me she said: “Oh I’m sorry; from a distance you looked like the father of two of my children, and began walking away. I followed her with my gaze in sort of a stupor. She then turned around and said: “I’m a school teacher.”
I and my three brothers made a “brother’s” trip to the Grand Canyon. The four of us walked up to the edge and were speechless at the captivating beauty of the view. After fifteen minutes of silent awe, two park service employees walked up to us. The witty brother broke the silence with: “Boy! That was fun pushing him off.”
I and my three brothers made a “brother’s” trip to the Grand Canyon. The four of us walked up to the edge and were speechless at the captivating beauty of the view. After fifteen minutes of silent awe, two park service employees walked up to us. The witty brother broke the silence with: “Boy! That was fun pushing him off.”
My wife has always rebuked me for doing so much borrowing from friends and neighbors. She thought I should buy the stuff I needed. I said, “Wait a minute, see this umbrella. I’ve had this for 20 years.”
She quickly replied, “That’s long enough, give it back to the owner.”
At the time my wife and I had three children, ages three, four and seven years-of-age. We were not pleasantly surprised when their grandma brought over a puppy for the children’s Christmas present. We had a dog before we had the children and didn’t want the extra hassle of taking care of another dog. I thought Grandma understood this. I said, “Grandma why did you buy the children a dachshund?”
She logically explained, “Because I wanted all the children to be able to pet the dog at the same time.”
On a local talk radio station the host often trades comments when the weather man comes on to make the afternoon forecast. On one afternoon the weatherman predicted absolutely that it was going to be pouring at 5pm. The host asked the weatherman how he could be so positive given Ohio’s unpredictable weather. The rain predictor said, “Yes, I am 100 % certain. You see, I forgot my umbrella, I have a tee time of 5 PM, and the roof repair men say they can’t come until tomorrow to fix the leak.”
Al walked into the neighborhood watering hole. He had been having a little bad luck and I ask him how things are going. He said not bad, that he had just run into Rich and Rich offered to lend him some money. I asked him if he took it? He said, “No, friends like that are hard to come by.”
I was in the examining room for my annual physical. I was surprised when a lady walked in. I told her I always see my doctor for the examination. She said that I will see him later but that she was a nurse practitioner and would do some of the examination. She told me she wanted to do the prostate examination and that I should roll over on the table and lower my shorts. I told her, “Well okay but I usually get dinner first.”
God sent Diogenes into Washington DC carrying his Lantern. He was instructed to find an honest politician. After four hours God asked Diogenes how he was doing. Diogenes replied, “Pretty good, I’ve still got my lantern.”
My wife and I attended an introductory presentation on genealogy. Shortly before it began a dubious character walked in, obviously he did not know what he was attending. The presenter, a distinguished man with graying hair welcomed everyone. To get things going he asked the man who had just wandered in a question, “Have any of your family connections ever been traced?”
The man thought for a minute and replied, “A-yup, they traced my brother as far a Canada.”
A local citizen had a great football career. He starred in high school, college and even professional football. Our lodge had a welcome home dinner for him. Our grand master gave a wonderful speech but went a little too far in his enthusiasm. “Our dear friend has called our fair city his own. He was born here, went to school here, played sports here, and now has returned. We hope we bury him.”
At the local town meeting citizens are permitted to speak for 5 minutes. On one occasion, several citizens were speaking at once to the mayor’s consternation. The mayor could stand it no longer. He got up and went to the microphone. “We seem to have a lot of fools here to tonight who want to speak. I suggest that only one person speak at a time and no one butts in until he is finished.” Someone spoke up from the back of the room. “That’s right mayor, you go on and finish you speech.”
My niece is a supporting technician in a doctor’s office. One man came in who is known as a person with many complaints, most imaginary. On this occasion among other things, he complained of insomnia. The doctor said, “There is only one sure cure for insomnia.” The patient eagerly asked, “Really, what is it.” The doctor replied, “Get plenty of sleep.”
A friend of mine was a student at Harvard. He accompanied me to the orientation for the community college I was attending. He acted as though he was bored out of his skull commenting of the provinciality of a community college. Half way into a welcoming speech by the president he leaned over to me. He asked, “Who is that good looking lady professor that is staring at me?” I told him, “Oh! That is professor Jenkin’s, you know, the well-known researcher of insanity.”
I am 68-years-of-age and getting feistier by the year. I attended a boy scout Jamboree and a young man approach me with a clip board. He asked if I would take part in a survey. He asked me if I thought the younger generation is on the road to chaos and destruction? I answered, “Yes, and I’ve thought that for the last 60 years.”
A friend who lives in an apartment was not able to get a good night’s rest because of the party going on in the apartment above his. In the morning he saw the offending couple in the elevator. He asked, “Didn’t you hear me pounding on the ceiling last night?”
The girl replied, “Oh that’s okay, we were making a lot of noise ourselves.”
The local county fair my wife and I attended had an old time medicine show. The barker shouted out that because of this wonder snake oil he invented he is 250 years old. If you don’t believe me just ask my assistant Chief Falling Rocks. One of the listeners asked the chief if that was right. The chief unfolded his arms and said, “I can’t say, I’ve only been with the medicine man 200 years.”
My daughter entered her terrier in a local dog show. She was trying to get the pooch to lie down for the judge. She kept saying, “Lay down, lay down, lay down.” A distinguished looking observer said to her, “You will have to say, ‘lie down, ‘young lady, that is a Boston Terrier.”
“I gave that man $10. for saving my life.”
“What did he do?”
“He gave me $5. change.”
“How does that clock go you won at the fair?”
“Fine, it does an hour in 50 minutes.”
My wife and I visited our nephew a few days after his 12th birthday. His mother said he needed boxer briefs so that is what my wife bought him. He thanked his aunt (my wife) for the gift.
He said, “Thanks for the present.”
My wife said, “That is nothing to thank me for.”
He replied, “That’s what I thought, but my mom said I had to.”
A friend of mine who works in a medical clinic had to take an 8 percent cut in wages. His wife is a stay-at-home-mom and manages their budget. I ask him how he and his wife are allocating their finances. He said, “We are spending 40 percent for housing, 20 percent for autos, 20 percent for food, 15 percent for clothing, 15 percent for insurance and 5 percent for entertainment.”
I said, “But that adds up to 115 percent.”
He said, “Exactly.”
My wife and I are generous loaning money to our friends in a tight spot. I said to my wife,
“We certainly lose a lot of friends when we loan them money.”
She replied, “Yea, it's touch and go with most of them.”
My son owns a small produce farm in California.
My daughter, a Floridian, and I flew out for a visit.
My daughter picked up a melon and asked, “Is this the biggest apple you can grow?”
My son replied, “Stop fingering that grape.”
A coworker told me he was having trouble getting to sleep at night. I told him he should try a couple of glasses of wine at bedtime. A week later I asked him if the wine was helping. He said, “No, but it makes me satisfied to stay awake.”
We used to live in Chicago. My father had a downtown job for which he dressed impeccably. Although a very nice man, he rarely told any jokes and never exhibited much humor. However one blustery day he came in from work. He stated that he did his good deed today. He said he made a hundred people laugh.
We were all surprised and asked him how he did this. He replied, “My hat blew off and I chased it for 3 blocks down State Avenue.
I was visiting an uncle in an independent living facility when I saw an old acquaintance.
I approached him and said, “Fred, it is good to see you, I thought you were dead.”
Fred replied, “Oh, they did get a story around like that, but as soon as I heard it, I knew it wasn’t me.”
A senator left the party late and wondered a little off course. A man jumped out of the shadows and said, “Stick um up buddy, hand over your money or I’ll blow your brains out.”
The senator replied, “Go head and blow em out. You can live in Washington without brains but not without money.”
When I lived at home with my parents, I was laid off from the local steel mill. I didn’t look for another job very diligently because I knew it was just a matter of time before I would be called back. Prospective employers knew this also and were not exited about my job queries. My mother thought I should be out looking eight hours a day instead of sleeping in. One morning I went down to breakfast about
11: O0 am. I said to my mom, “Last night I dreamed I had a job.”
My mother, “You look tired.”
We stopped in a small motel near Beverly, West Virginia. The clerk/maintenance man/cleaner, gave us a friendly greeting. He seemed exited. He said, “I just heard my sister had a baby. They didn’t tell me if it’s a boy or a girl, so I don’t know if I’m an uncle or an aunt.”
My wife just bought one of those vibration weight reducers. She wanted to lose an inch from her waist before going to her nursing school reunion. I said, “Come on or we’ll be late.”
She replied, “I’ll be there in 100 shakes.”
My wife and I attended an informational lecture on a new combination of supplements that would enable everyone to always keep their 20/20 eye sight. The lecturer droned on and on and the audience less and less convinced. She could see people dropping out. She threw in what she thought would be the clincher. “Why my grandfather lived to be 95 and never used glasses.”
A voice from the back offered, “Well some people prefer to drink right from the bottle.”
I have grown a grizzled beard and mustache. People are always asking me why I grew a beard. I end the inquisition by saying, “I got tired of being called a barefaced liar.”
A man bet his fellow worker he could ride the flywheel at the saw mill.
His widow paid the bet.
She said, “My husband was a kind, brave man; but he didn’t know crap about flywheels.”
As a supervisor, I had to bring in employees for their annual review. I had to ask one of our sales people why he didn’t dress better. I told him that before his father retired from the company, he always dressed well. In his defense he replied, “Why these are my father’s clothes.”
My cousin insisted she wanted to go have her fortune told. I went with her in hopes of persuading her not to take this too seriously. We were lead into a plush, heavily draped waiting room. After a few minutes distraught looking lady came in as the door chimes tinkled. The oriental looking greeter asked her, “Do you wish to see the great Woosung Portung the great Chinese mystic?”
The lady loudly stated, “Yea, tell him his old lady from Brooklyn is here to find out where his alimony check is and to get his butt out here.”
Overheard on an elevator: First man entering elevator: “John am I glad to see you, I lost $2500 at Las Vegas and I have no idea where I am going to get the money to pay my rent.”
Second man: “Well that’s a relief George, for a second there I thought you were going to ask me for it.”
In the 1950’s I remember the coal man coming. He would put a chute through an open basement window and shovel the coal onto the chute and into a special section of the basement. This always fascinated me as a 10-year-old. As we watched the heavily perspiring shoveler I asked my dad if a ton of coal was very much. He replied, “It depends son, if you are buying it or shoveling it.”
“John,” “Joe” and I met at a restaurant. John had just returned from a year studying in China. He was regaling us with the Chinese culture. He remarked, “The Chinese make it an invariable rule to have every personal debt settled on New Year’s Day.”
Joe remarked, “Yea, but they don’t have Christmas the week before.”
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