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Calin iHostART.Com took our $22.5K and scamming us!
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@FlorinMarian vs @Calin who gonna win??
@FAT32 --- What is your opinion of all this? Will you accept iHostArt offers for the Black Friday megathread?
I tend to be more active in Spanish-speaking forums, which is my native language, and there we have a "provider not recommended" label for people who scam, clearly the context of the problem is put first and the community and administrators make votes to consider If after all the tests the user is listed as not recommended... it would be good if something like this was implemented here so that these cases do not occur again.
$200 bilohbucks on "never gonna happen"
also "putting the community first" left the building a long time ago...
yep, giving warns and do nothing about rat.
Moderators are volunteers. They do not get paid. They do not pull the important strings, but only make sure conversations are closed, warnings are issues against rule violations, and bans are issued in very serious scenarios (not against providers, because they pay).
Administrators are the ones who control the forum. jbiloh is the number 1 administrator who also manages the money of provider tags.
When someone pays for something, that someone has different rights because of legal payments. This is why I also believe the provider tag will be restored, as the case is considered closed by both parties involved. Everything will continue as usual as a result of money.
Calin's irresponsibility leads to a client loss of $20k plus. Client says he found Calin on LET. There are countless threads of problems with this provider over a long period of time.
At what point is it enablement?
@Calin +1 - competitors are afraid of him; I can see it now.
Bottom line is, even if the bank actually blocked any transfers, Calin promised a full refund if anything went wrong. He neither provided a service nor refunded more than 10% of the total sum. Clearly, this does meet the criteria of misleading customers and honestly, I am surprised that Calin got to keep his provider tag after the first incident of this kind.
Returning his provider tag now equals encouraging his behaviour and would probably result in yet another thread in just a couple of months. Not that my opinion matters, but I would put Calin on at least 6-12 months probation and then evaluate returning anything.
For me it is quite simple, if the person doesn't have a Patron Provider/Host Rep tag, or isn't specifically invited by us, then they won't be allowed to participate
I don't followed up entire dispute but @Calin did sign any agreement where he will do refund the entire sum ?
Section 5 in terms of service (translated using Firefox - sorry to Romanians if "traduttore traditore").
No service was provided, so according to terms refund is justified.
Yes - but there was any invoice involved between them? A custom order can fit on Section 5 in Terms of Service?
Edit: #4014994
This kind of argumentation is scammer rhetoric. Did you never hear of a verbal agreement?
@EndlessGravity not all people do know English; also I don't think anyone are forced to learn it since is a Romanian hosting provider; as I stated before for N times, a lawyer was enough.
That's not even a verbal agreement. That's in writing.
We need some mental gymnastics to bypass the writing too, for the sake of upholding the counter narrative.
@emgh all parties have signed with their finger.
Sure, I'll go.
He said refund if wallet is bad boy.
But the bad boy was the bank.
Hence, no refund.
Reguards
Sounds intimate
metoo
Let us not forget that a minor was allowed to sell goods / services and enter into contracts with adults.
The jokes continue.
Bad boys, intimate things, fingers... maybe you guys should get a private room in @Calin datacenter. Hopefully it is not too expensive and he does not ask for payment in cryptocurrency.
@ehab
Parents?
No. Calin, himself. Everyone on this forum knew it too. They also knew he was using his mother's business registration sometimes to set up merchant accounts etc.
I think you've tagged the wrong host, also....
You can't enter into a contract with a minor or enforce it. I don't know how he was granted a provider tag before he turned eighteen but it's there for everyone to see.
I've read a long time ago something similar not sure if it was true
Calin did not give a timeframe for a refund
Average @emgh comment.
This isn't a community. This is an advertising platform for hosting providers.
One top provider literally exit scammed, another sold his brand to someone extremely sketchy and tried to keep it a secret to bankroll his new domain registrar. Both still have their tags.
Admins/mods don't give a fuck about the community. That's just the truth. They only care about protecting the business interests of this brand and keeping things rolling with as minimal effort as possible. Once you understand that, things start making a lot more sense.
Hating online isn't the cure for your depression.