Web sites costly more than you think

Chris Gunn has it right so many times..I have read his (your)pieces
several times and always hits the nail on the head... I have just lost
close $20,000 on a web site host that promised the world and were very
misleading and lead me to believe I would me a wealthy person... I
nearly went bankrupt with all the costs that came as a surprise after
I paid for the initial start up for 6 sites... The help they promised
was not there when I needed it and the advise was poor. Iwas not a
computer idiot and I worked day and night getting cutomers drop
shippers and others to join me in several ventures.. I ended up with
two good contacts. The Hosting company said if I couldn't get contacts
they would be sure I could get them through them... NO, NO It never
happened I invested in all the pay for click and optimizers until I
got so bombarded with so many people wanted to help me that I was
completly overwelmed.. The hoax got bigger and my money went
fast....I backed out, and stopped using the host of other leaders
that promised you #1 on Google and Yahoo and another 25 servers that
no one ever looked at. My Host Storesonline Inc., was misleading along
with tons of promises that fizzled. Some call it a scam. The State of
Maine has forbidden them to do business in the State. I wished NH ,my
state had caught on to them before I was envolved. So much for that
bit of info.. I wonder if others have similar experience and would
like to hear from them.

On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:44:08 -0500, rharford DeleteThis @suscom-maine.net (Bob Harford)
wrote:

 >Chris Gunn has it right so many times..I have read his (your)pieces
 >several times and always hits the nail on the head... I have just lost
 >close $20,000 on a web site host that promised the world and were very
 >misleading and lead me to believe I would me a wealthy person... I
 >nearly went bankrupt with all the costs that came as a surprise after
 >I paid for the initial start up for 6 sites... The help they promised
 >was not there when I needed it and the advise was poor.

Howdy Bob,

It's the Wild Wild West (www) and it's not much different than finding a
Wagon Master to get you safely to California way back when. It's very
difficult to tell who's being truthful if you don't know what to look for.

There are very few fully qualified Webmasters in the World. Even a web
designer that has a good looking portfolio at first glance can end up
leaving you stranded. CHECK THEIR REFERENCES!!! If you can't find E-Mail
addresses to see how folks are doing with their site, move on.

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