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Originally Posted by kq76
Perhaps I really shouldn't ask this question as it might turn nasty, but I'm very curious and if there really is a problem with one of the OOTP guys then it should probably be brought out. At the very least it should remove the veil of suspicion that your post leaves over all the OOTP providers. Regarding the first case, was the guy it was sold to also an OOTP guy? And regarding the second, could you go into more detail about the problem? Maybe they'd like to respond.
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The "Veil of Suspicion" as you put it is very funny. It's such a large Vail it took 2 months before someone even made a comment on my post.
I never said they were bad. If you reread what I posted I said they didn't work out for me. Since you did ask I will answer your questions.
The first guy sold his users to a larger company and that guy was not a OOTP user. The new company mainly hosted websites for medium sized businesses so they really didn't have a place or a web hosting program for smaller users like OOTP Leagues. It not anyone's fault, OOTP user's just didn't fit into their biz model. But, I still had to go thorugh the hasel of moving my web name to a new host and all that mess.
As for the guy I would not recommend (if asked - I never posted and put his service down), I do not think he is on the OOTP boards any longer. If he was he would have already posted about his service in this thread. That guy flooded the boards any chance he got promoting his company. He had very good prices and he would setup your website with one of several templates he had made for OOTP leagues. He seemed very friendly and it also seemed that he would go above and beyond to help you out. Many leagues used his service and seemed to like the guy. I had no luck with the man. He lived in Japan and he would call you up or you would call him or meet online in a chat to setup your new service and website with him. Since he did live in Japan it wasn't always easy to sit down with the guy. Two different times I made arrangements to meet him, once at 5AM eastern (during the week) the other at 6AM eastern (on a Sat morn) and both times he didn't show and I never got an email from him saying he couldn't make it. With the hours I was working at the time I didn't have a lot of spare time so sleep was something I really loved to do when I could get it and this guy stood me up during prime sleeping time.
Like I said, many people seemed to use him and like him. It just never worked out for me. I would not recommend this guy's service because I was stood up and was never able to get my website up and running. But, based on my experience I also would suggest that a OOTP user use a true company with 24 hour service (or at least known biz hours of operation) and not a one man show. Nothing against those guys trying to make a buck and I do like to support the little guy, but it just makes sense to me that I know there's someone there that I can call if the $hlT hits the fan @ anytime of the day.
I hopes this helps lift the "Veil"