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Re: algx.com - hosting.com poor service

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From: citizen
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:13
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On 6 Oct 2002 01:27:09 -0700, myeyeballshurt@hotmail.com (jeff) wrote:

>> Has anyone ever been successful at getting hosting.com 
>> to refund/credit your account for their ineptitude??
>> 
>> acp
>
>my success story, after spending a couple of afternoons in a fit of
>rage for monthly overcharging this year and a zero percent response
>rate from dozens of contact attempts over several months- voice, web
>inquiry, e-mail, fax... - they told me they would give me a $20
>courtesy credit next month.  Next month is here, and it looks like
>they overcharged me about $100 for this month - and yes, I have my own
>call logs.

I had a similar experience with them after they took over jump.net..
They are nothing but a bunch of scumbags. Their billing practices are
outright criminal. Unfortunately, there are not enough customers to
start a class-action lawsuit. Tell your friends and everyone they know
to avoid these names: Allegiance Telecom, AGLX.com, hosting.com,
jump.net.
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From: citizen@yeah.us (citizen)
Newsgroups: misc.consumers,alt.consumers.experiences,austin.general,austin.internet
Subject: Re: algx.com - hosting.com poor service
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 00:13:38 GMT
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