I was cheated Please help

[Rakesh 'arky' Ambati]

--- gudhkabhavesh <gudhkabhavesh at yahoo.com> wrote:

> To: blore-linux at yahoogroups.co.in
> From: "gudhkabhavesh" <gudhkabhavesh at yahoo.com>
> Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 06:40:10 -0000
> Subject: [blore-linux] I was cheated Please help
> 
> 
> Dear All,
>  Yes! They are cheaters. (Not all) I hope this will
> help me and other 
> people too.
> I hope some of you might be able to help people like
> me by posting 
> guidelines about selecting right service provider
> for website hosting 
> and domain registration. If any one of you related
> with magazines, 
> web hosting company please contribute by taking up
> such issues. 
> 
> Here is what happened to me.
> I am having a domain name and website hosted. I
> registered my domain 
> name with reputed company and was promised for good
> service, max 
> uptime, etc. etc.
> I got email from company that my domain name will
> expire in 7 days. I 
> had already started process of getting it renewed by
> other service 
> provider due to some reasons and better deal. I
> replied to notice 
> (reminder) that I am not thinking of renewal now. I
> got call from 
> company one day before expiry date. "tell me do you
> want to renew or 
> not" (read those words. Can you talk to customer
> like this) I said I 
> am not renewing from you because or reasons I have
> explained earlier, 
> I have got my domain renewed by other company. And
> my website was 
> shutdown. 
> My domain was renewed by network solutions and I had
> checked also. I 
> was not given control panel last time by earlier
> service provider. So 
> he changed NS to his server and locked that domain
> name. 
> 
> I asked old service provider about change in whois
> record. He told me 
> to renew with us then only you will get your name,
> and he refused 
> about changes. He asked me to pay money otherwise I
> will loose my 
> domain name. I told him you have cheated me. He told
> do what you 
> want. You cant do anything because your domain name
> is gone now.
> 
> I sent an mail to network solutions about case and
> requested to 
> change whois records and give me control panel. It
> was done. Thanks 
> to new service provider who helped me a lot. 
> 
> I am not disclosing name of service provider now. If
> you have faced 
> such problem with any service provider please post
> it in room.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


=====
____________________________________
/\                                   \
\_|       Rakesh 'arky' Ambati       |
  |        Bangalore (INDIA)         |
  | Homepage: http://arky.port5.com/ |
  |   _______________________________|_
   \_/_________________________________/