Dude, Where’s My Site?
Let me apologize up front that this post has nothing to do with motorcycles.
I’m a little aggravated this morning. Maybe you noticed–this site was down for 1 hour and 29 minutes. And that’s not the first time recently the site has been down, although that’s the longest time by far. I filed a trouble ticket with my web host and asked what the hell is going on, but have yet to hear anything from them. If they respond as they have in the past I’ll get some message such as “We’re sorry your site was down, it’s back up now.” No shit?
It’s enough to push me a lot farther along the way to going to a new web host. I’ve been growing increasing dissatisfied with NetPivotal for quite awhile now and this may be what pushes me over the edge.
If I do move to a new host, it will make a clean third strike for today. First I went over to my bank, Wells Fargo, to ask about some unexpected charges that showed up on our statements. Seems they have added a bunch of fees, and when I said that was not acceptable the reply was essentially, “Too bad.” Judy has wanted to dump Wells Fargo for a long time so I came home and emailed her a message saying “Let’s do it.” We’ll be moving our accounts to First Bank.
Then I went over to my gym, Bally Fitness. Yesterday the Aurora club moved into a new location and this was my first time there. Their card reader would not accept my card. The manager told me my membership is not valid at the new location, despite my having asked that exact question as soon as they announced they would be making the move. I told him that was all I needed to know and came home and canceled my automatic renewal. When my membership runs out in April I’ll join 24-Hour Fitness.
Don’t anybody mess with me today, I’m on a roll.
Recent from National Motorcycle Examiner
More motorcycle companies report increasing sales
Biker Quote for Today
If I can’t pass at a reasonable speed I do it unreasonably.
Tags: website problems
January 29th, 2012 at 11:37 am
First, thanks for moving your money away from Wells Fargo and to a local bank. I’ve had similar experiences with the big banks and Wells Fargo specifically. Also check out http://www.moveyourmoneyproject.org/
Sorry to hear about the Bally issue. I’ve been really happy at 24-hour fitness. Not sure about the Aurora clubs, but the club off University and Arapahoe is brand new and well kept. 24-hour fitness also offers a 2 week trial period, so you can check them out before committing.
As for the website hosting, I’ve had good experiences with HostMySite.com, which is owned by Hosting.com (a local company with offices at Broadway & I-25).
Hope your weekend improves!
January 29th, 2012 at 1:39 pm
Thanks for the recommendation Roger. I’ll check them out.