I signed up for web hosting yesterday with HostGator. Last night I had no problem logging in to my Cpanel. I even uploaded a php snippet that sent anyone stumbling on the .net site right over to this, the .com site.
Today I received an email saying asking me to call HostGator’s support line. They had an issue, the recorded IP address location from where I signed up was several hundred miles away from my home. I explained to the nice lady on the phone that I had signed up at work and all our internet goes through the corporate servers in St Louis, MO. After confirming my information, she said I would get another welcome email.
I never got that second welcome email and now at home this evening I can no longer log into my Cpanel nor is the web page I uploaded yesterday showing. mr-miata.net is 404. I went to the support site and opened a ticket stating pretty much what I said above and went and had dinner. An hour later I checked back on the ticket and it was still listed as open. Right below it was another ticket that they had started saying my domain was on hold and it read like this afternoon’s email.
Called the support number again and got a nice fellow who was true to his word, within a minute of him saying he would send me a new welcome email I heard a beep from my Gmail notifier. Trouble is I now have to go change the name servers at Yahoo’s Domain Control Panel to the new servers and wait for internet propagation.
Enough about me…
A co-worker purchased a Kodak EasyShare digital camera about 3 or 4 years ago. He thinks he probably spent about $300 on it and it has served him well, up until he went on vacation last week when it quit working. Nothing happens, when he turns it on the power light comes on and then just fades out.
Today he called the support line at Kodak to find out how to return the camera for repairs. The woman on the phone told him that they don’t repair those anymore. But that all was not lost, if he returned the defective camera to them in a couple weeks he would receive a voucher entitling him to a big discount on a newer re-manufactured Kodak digital camera. He was given an address to send the camera to and a list of four different cameras and what they would cost with his discount.
After hanging up in order to get an idea of which camera he would get and its feature he did a little internet research. The first model he looked at on the Circuit City website had a price there of $180 which the Kodak folks had offered to him at $220. Nice discount, more like profit for Kodak. The other three cameras were priced the same way, the new camera was considerably cheaper on the street than Kodak’s re-manufactured camera direct from them. This left a slightly bitter taste in his mouth. Guess who won’t be buying a Kodak digital camera this time around?
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I have 2 Kodak Easy Shares…One was the hundred dollar model. If it dies…it dies. It goes in the garbage. I have a more expensive Easy Share with the 10x Zoom that will probably be replaced before it dies with another Easy Share camera.
It’s a given the company is going to charge you more than retailers for stuff. I’ve been there and done that with other companies. Which is why if something breaks and its more than 2 years old…one word: garbage.
how did you install just the twain driver for the 4850 scanner? I need to install 25 of them and it would be nice to not have to install the whole suite.
Thanks