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HostDoc are closing down
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I guess that one way of looking at this is that you were fortunate because the money that you had paid was "still in the pot" (so to speak).
Yeah, trading while, likely, insolvent is very much illegal in the UK. He’s just creating himself more trouble. I explained it in the other thread iirc
Yes, indeed, you posted a link a couple of days ago, but at that moment, one could (still) feel more confident about the state of HostDoc than one can feel now.
Boss,
Are you saying you still have access to sensitive customer (livechat) information after stepping down and after a huge drama about data protection with the doc?
tawk.to is the devil ...
Yama
Nailed it.
That's correct. The irony is too much, right?
Calm down guys. Deals please. $2.99/yr. Thanks.
Highly emotional. Need more deals to calm myself down.
Why is it that, the whole day, when I was bored at work, no one posted crap. I go to sleep for 5 hours and forum explodes -______-
Out of respect for the dinosaur man, I concede on all threads. No posts if no words of praise for others.
The fact that @FAT32 also happens to be a mod is pure coincidence. Happy Friday.
Boss, how much for managed services
Sir, the drama reactor reached criticality. It's leaking approximately 3.6 roentgen. Not great, not terrible.
As measured with....
(Thank you Messers Geiger and Mueller)
Mine only goes up to 3.6..
:-)
Boss,
1 idaho potato per hour. If you got sweet potato, I can do 1 every other hour.
When you pay for two hours and use the code “mypotatofamily” you get 25% discount.
dealhacking @poisson
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Posted without prior approval from Potato man @Janevski. Reader discretion advised.
Because family always gets extra discount!
I am beginning to think that LadyDoc's real reason of shutting down is lack of funding rather than issues that he encountered.
Having said that, who cares. Must be one-off. 1.99/year deal please, 8 cores, 16gb ram, 1tb storage, 1 ivp4, etc
Two other companies owned by the director of Hostdoc have both been incorporated then seemingly abandoned and dissolved via compulsory strike-off.
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/09882946/filing-history
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10994609/filing-history
At least one of the companies (Naijashipping Limited) has Trustpilot activity from as recently as April 2019 (the company was struck off in 2017):
https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/www.naijashipping.com
https://www.instagram.com/naijashipping/
They also used the domain "naijashipp.i.ng" - similar to how hostdoc used "hostdochost.i.ng". Could be a coincidence but everything points to this being the same guy.
Without speculating too much, the guy clearly has a history of setting up and abandoning companies, and it seems to have happened again. If he was legitimate he would wind up companies properly, communicate the closure with his customers, issue refunds and not abandon the company for a forced strike off. I think it's fair to assume that history will repeat itself in the case of Hostdoc.
He's VAT registered so he's obviously known to HMRC, abandoning a trading company while the website is still online and accepting orders will only end in serious trouble for him. From my perspective, this just looks like a scam - he appears to have pulled this stunt of abandoning his company before, and it seems to have happened again.
Communication has undoubtedly been HostDoc's downfall, even previously with his "rants". I really hope he starts communicating again and issuing refunds, but if this silence continues then it would be a case of disputing the lost payments and hoping for the best.
This is true. However, in the mail sent to his customers he clearly stated "All clients will be refunded pro-rata and a few refunds have already began being issued". This looks like a blatant lie.
Also "All payment gateways are now inactive", while it looks I can still place new orders.
I thought companies house showed previous roles when viewing the individual themselves, but in this case it seems to be 3 different profiles? Same name and birth month though so does look to be the case, even if address is different each time.
@Mr_Tom That's right, but it seems the director's correspondence address differs on all 3 so they've been separated. Name and DoB match so it's almost certainly the same person.
Their official website hostdoc.co.uk? Just wanted to experience DA distributors
I agree that at the moment, it doesn't look good.
My reasoning with respect to a PayPal chargeback is that a customer should want to make as strong a case as possible. If the service is still being provided, the customer has a weak case. If the service is no longer provided and the customer has waited a reasonable amount of time for a prorated refund, then the customer has a strong case. If a customer still has time before the six-month period ends within which to make a chargeback, my firm advice would be to wait (especially if the service is still being provided).
Unfortunately, there are probably some customers whose six-month period has already ended or is about to end, which is not so great. If the six-month period ends soon, I would wait until a day or two before its end to make a chargeback, but if the service is still being provided at that point, the customer's case will be weak (unfortunately).
Yes, it certainly looks like one can still place new orders, but I admit that I didn't actually try to place a new order! (I get my thrills elsewhere. )
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