{"id":12,"date":"2005-11-22T07:09:36","date_gmt":"2005-11-22T15:09:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/mchost-sucks\/"},"modified":"2005-11-22T07:09:36","modified_gmt":"2005-11-22T15:09:36","slug":"mchost-sucks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thechunk.com\/blog\/archive\/mchost-sucks\/","title":{"rendered":"MCHost Sucks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mchost.com\">MC Host<\/a>, my current web hosting company, has the worst customer service on the planet. I&#8217;ve had multiple problems with them over the past couple of years and my irritation with them has just about pushed me past the pain of moving 5-10 sites to another host. I&#8217;ve been having billing problems with them on and off for the past couple of years and the most recent problem has dragged on now for three months.<\/p>\n<p>But don&#8217;t take my word for it, here&#8217;s the exchange I&#8217;ve been having with them for the last 6 months courtesy of their own &#8220;support&#8221; desk. I&#8217;d read it again, but I&#8217;ll start crying. The only edits are to remove transaction numbers, credit card numbers or other sensitive info. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Ticket Details<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\" align=\"center\" width=\"150\"> <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n<table bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><span class=\"ticket_subject_text\">Billing Problems<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"5\" width=\"1\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>ID:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">FQU-xxxxx-xxx<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>Status:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">customer-reply<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>Priority:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">unassigned<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>Opened:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">Mon Jun  6 2005 09:53AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>Last Msg:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">Mon Nov 21 2005 08:42PM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\" valign=\"top\"><b>Due:<\/b><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"includes\/images\/spacer.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"5\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"box_content_text\">Tue Nov 22 2005 08:43AM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Jun  6 2005 09:52AM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">IP: 216.201.187.82<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been billed 3 times since 4\/2\/2005. There should only be 1 charge<br \/>\nin that time period. My current credit card statement has three monthly<br \/>\ncharges from MC Host.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the charges:<\/p>\n<p>05\/25\/2005\t05\/26\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>05\/11\/2005\t05\/12\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>04\/29\/2005\t05\/01\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>Please credit back two of the charges. There should only be one charge<br \/>\nfor May. Just for history, the two prior charges for April and March<br \/>\nare here and are correct.<\/p>\n<p>04\/02\/2005\t04\/05\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>03\/10\/2005\t03\/11\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time in the past two years that MC Host charged me an<br \/>\nextra monthly fee. Please respond and credit the charges this week. If<br \/>\nI do not hear back from you this week, I&#8217;ll dispute the charges.<\/p>\n<p>\n===[ Support Category]===<br \/>\nCategory: Billing Issues <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Jun  6 2005 12:23PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Tim,<\/p>\n<p>are all these charges on the same credit card? If yes, please let us<br \/>\nknow the first four and last four digits and i&#8217;ll assign the issue to<br \/>\nour billing department for you who will refund the transaction for you.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<\/p>\n<p> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Jun  6 2005 01:52PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Yes, all of these are on the same credit card. The first four digits are xxxx and the last four digits are xxxx.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Jun  7 2005 11:05AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Assigning ticket to billing department for update.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Fri Jun 10 2005 04:46AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">We&#8217;ve looked up the transactions for you and refunded the two charges below:<\/p>\n<p>25\/05\/05 09:09AM<br \/>\n29\/04\/05 07:46AM<\/p>\n<p>Our sincere apologies for the inconvenience caused, we&#8217;ll ensure that this doesn&#8217;t happen again.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<\/p>\n<p>(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Thu Jun 23 2005 01:35PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Thank you for refunding the extra charges, but it appears that I&#8217;m still being double-charged each month.<\/p>\n<p>For June, there are now two charges:<\/p>\n<p>06\/05\/2005\t06\/07\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>06\/21\/2005\t06\/22\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>So, not only do you need to credit back one of the charges for June,<br \/>\nyou also need to fix whatever is going in your system that&#8217;s causing me<br \/>\nto be billed twice a month instead of once a month or I&#8217;ll be writing<br \/>\nthis same e-mail again next month.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever is going wrong appears to have started in April, happened<br \/>\nagain in May and now again in June. It looks like March was the last<br \/>\nmonth where I was only charged once. You&#8217;ve got the whole history in<br \/>\nthis support thread starting with my first request on June 6th.<\/p>\n<p>Please let me know the status of the credit and that you&#8217;ve fixed it so that this will not happen again.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Fri Jun 24 2005 01:57AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Just<br \/>\nto keep you updated, the ticket is assigned to our billing department<br \/>\nwho will take care of this in the morning when they&#8217;re in. They will<br \/>\nthen look up the transactions for you and refund any incorrect charges<br \/>\nto resolve the issue to your satisfaction. Our apologies for the<br \/>\ninconvenience caused and we appreciate your patience.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Fri Jul  1 2005 10:34AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">We have refunded this for you, please see our merchant refund confirmation attached below for your bank:<\/p>\n<p>Transaction Type: Refund\t<br \/>\nResult: \tApproved<br \/>\nOrder ID:\tmvt1935477319<br \/>\nReference Number:\t660448550015430010<\/p>\n<p>Response Code:\t027 \tISO Code:\t01<br \/>\nAuthorization Code:\t000000<br \/>\nMessage:\tAPPROVED * =<br \/>\nTransaction Time:\t10:33:16 \tTransaction Date:\t2005-07-01<br \/>\nAmount: \t35.00<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<\/p>\n<p> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Fri Aug 26 2005 11:23AM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Sigh.<\/p>\n<p>Here we go again. It looks like we made it through July with only one<br \/>\ncharge, but I&#8217;ve now been charged twice in August. This is now the<br \/>\nthird time in the last six months that I&#8217;ve had to contact MC Host<br \/>\nabout excessive monthly billing.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the charges:<\/p>\n<p>08\/02\/2005\t08\/03\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>08\/22\/2005\t08\/23\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s too much to ask to get you to fix this. I&#8217;d like and I think I deserve an explanation. <\/p>\n<p>Do you not have any control over how your billing is conducted. Why<br \/>\ndoes this keep happening despite my complaints? Aren&#8217;t you getting<br \/>\ntired of correcting these? I know I&#8217;m getting tired of having to watch<br \/>\nfor them and point them out.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve got several sites hosted with you and have been a loyal customer<br \/>\nfor many years. Moving those sites to another hosting provider would be<br \/>\na major hassle for me that I&#8217;d like to avoid, but if you can&#8217;t stop the<br \/>\nextra billing I may be forced to look elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>Please credit my card back a single month and provide an explanation as<br \/>\nto why this keeps happening. I personal response from Marc would be<br \/>\nnice.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks,<\/p>\n<p>Tim<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Sat Aug 27 2005 12:55PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">The<br \/>\nticket is assigned to our billing department and they will get back to<br \/>\nyou as soon as possible. Please be aware that billing is only open 9AM<br \/>\nto 5PM Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>MCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Aug 30 2005 01:13PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">It<br \/>\nappears the incorrect transactions have been refunded by billing<br \/>\nalready. We&#8217;ll leave the ticket open for a follow-up including refund<br \/>\ncodes for your card institution.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>MCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Sep  5 2005 12:15PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">No, it has not been refunded.<\/p>\n<p>My credit card still shows the two charges in August and I&#8217;ve already<br \/>\ngot one for September. I&#8217;m willing to guess that I&#8217;ll have another one<br \/>\nin September in about two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Once again, I&#8217;ve been charged twice in August:<\/p>\n<p>08\/02\/2005 08\/03\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>08\/22\/2005 08\/23\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>One of those should be refunded and it has not been refunded yet.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve now already been charged for September according to my credit card statement:<\/p>\n<p>09\/01\/2005\t09\/02\/2005\tSale\tMCHOST (Services and Merchandise)\t\t$35.00<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t fix this billing problem before Sept. 22nd,  you&#8217;ll be refunding another service fee.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the last response was unsatisfactory. I want an explanation as to<br \/>\nwhy this keeps happening and what will be done to ensure that it<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t happen again.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Wed Sep  7 2005 01:29PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">It<br \/>\ndoes appear they were already refunded, however they make take up to<br \/>\n7-10 days to show up on your card statements. We&#8217;ll leave the ticket<br \/>\nopen for our billing department.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Sep 13 2005 10:08AM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Today,<br \/>\nSept. 13, is 10 business days since the response on Aug. 30 that this<br \/>\nextra charge had been refunded and I still do not see anything on my<br \/>\ncredit card account indicating a refund. It&#8217;s possible that the refund<br \/>\nwill show up today, but I&#8217;m understandably skeptical. The last refund<br \/>\nposted to the account is the one mentioned in this thread by the<br \/>\nbilling department on July 1. <\/p>\n<p>I also still do not have any assurances from anyone at MC Host that I<br \/>\nwill not be double-charged again in a week or so for September.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Sep 19 2005 10:18PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Tim,<\/p>\n<p>we haven&#8217;t heard back from you regarding this, can you please confirm if the refund has posted already?<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Sep 20 2005 03:17PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">No. it hasn&#8217;t posted. I just checked. I&#8217;ve still got two charges for August. <\/p>\n<p>So far, I&#8217;ve only got one for September, but I wouldn&#8217;t be shocked if another one appears before the end of the week.<\/p>\n<p>You can be assured that you&#8217;ll hear from me if it does.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d also like to point out that, even though you&#8217;re responding, you&#8217;ve<br \/>\nstill never explained why I continue to be double-charged.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Sep 20 2005 07:52PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">The<br \/>\nticket is assigned to our billing department and they will get back to<br \/>\nyou as soon as possible. Please be aware that billing is only open 9AM<br \/>\nto 5PM Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Sep 26 2005 11:20AM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">It&#8217;s<br \/>\nbeen almost a week now. I still don&#8217;t see a refund for that one extra<br \/>\nmonth, although thankfully I haven&#8217;t yet seen a second charge this<br \/>\nmonth.<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s the status on this?<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Sep 26 2005 01:36PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">We<br \/>\nhave just confirmed with our merchant bank, the refund has indeed been<br \/>\nsent out and deducted from our bank account and it should post to yours<br \/>\nwithin 7-10 business days of the above refund date.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Fri Oct 14 2005 09:45AM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Ok.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s now October 14th. Even if you meant 7-10 business days from your<br \/>\nlast repy, September 26th, I should&#8217;ve seen this refund by now. It<br \/>\nshould&#8217;ve appeared by Monday at the latest and it&#8217;s now Friday. <\/p>\n<p>I still do not see it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Sat Oct 15 2005 12:50PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Tim,<\/p>\n<p>regarding the refund that was previously refunded to you, how long did that take to post to your account?<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Sat Oct 15 2005 03:04PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">They<br \/>\nshowed up on my account the day that they were posted here. So, the two<br \/>\nrefunds on 6\/10 that you mention in this support ticket show posted on<br \/>\n6\/10. The single refund you mention on 7\/1 was posted to my account on<br \/>\n7\/1. I still do not see the refund for the last double-charge in August.<\/p>\n<p>This is the only time you haven&#8217;t posted the transaction information<br \/>\nwhen you notified me of the refund. Note on the 7\/1 refund that you<br \/>\ngave me reference numbers and dates. I&#8217;ve got nothing like that for<br \/>\nthis last one and it still hasn&#8217;t appeared as of today.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Oct 25 2005 06:25AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Tim,<\/p>\n<p>the refunds do indeed show as issued on our end and have been deducted<br \/>\nfrom our merchant account, as previously stated. Do you have a contact<br \/>\nnumber of your banking branch where we may contact them with the refund<br \/>\nnumbers for them to try and capture them this way?<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<\/p>\n<p> <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Oct 25 2005 08:10PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Ok. Let&#8217;s be sure we&#8217;re all talking about the same thing here.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the history according to my bank records and the past history of this thread.<\/p>\n<p>I was double-charged in April and May.<\/p>\n<p>05\/25\/2005 05\/26\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>05\/11\/2005 05\/12\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>04\/29\/2005 05\/01\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>04\/02\/2005 04\/05\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>You credited back one charge each in April in May and responded on 6\/10 that you had done so. Here they are on my statement:<\/p>\n<p>06\/10 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<br \/>\n06\/10 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<\/p>\n<p>At this point we&#8217;re ok. All has been refunded. <\/p>\n<p>But then I was double-charged in June and notified you on 6\/23.<\/p>\n<p>06\/05\/2005 06\/07\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>06\/21\/2005 06\/22\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>You replied on 7\/01 that the extra charge in June had been refunded and it appeared on my statement.<\/p>\n<p>07\/01 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<\/p>\n<p>Now, at this point again, the account is in balance and we&#8217;re square.<\/p>\n<p>I notified you on August 26th that I had yet again been double-charged in August.<\/p>\n<p>08\/02\/2005 08\/03\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>08\/22\/2005 08\/23\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>Someone responded 4 days later saying that the charge appeared to<br \/>\nalready have been refunded without my intervention. This seems odd,<br \/>\nsince I&#8217;ve had to contact you first for every time in the past and<br \/>\nevery time in the past you&#8217;ve posted information about the refund.<br \/>\nWe&#8217;ve now had 5 exchanges, each with you assuring me that the charge in<br \/>\nAugust had been refunded and each time my assurance that I see <br \/>\nnothing of the sort.<\/p>\n<p>Since the refunds have worked without too much trouble in the past, I&#8217;m left to believe that:<\/p>\n<p>1) you&#8217;re confused and  referring to the old refunds that occurred prior to August. <\/p>\n<p>2) you&#8217;re looking at a refund sometime in August in your records, but your merchant account never refunded the money<\/p>\n<p>All I know is that I do not have the money. I have no reason to<br \/>\nmistrust my credit card company and I have every reason to mistrust the<br \/>\ninformation that you&#8217;re giving me.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have refunds dated other than 6\/10 and 7\/1 in the last 6 months?<br \/>\nIf so, what are the dates and transactions? There should only be 1 and<br \/>\nI&#8217;d think it would have to be after 8\/22.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking at a refund from August or September, kindly send me<br \/>\nthe date and any other transaction information. You&#8217;ve done it in the<br \/>\npast, simply look at this thread.<\/p>\n<p>I really think I deserve some compensation after this ordeal. How about<br \/>\na month free? I&#8217;d really like to avoid moving all of my sites to a new<br \/>\nhosting company, but this debacle and your past record are really<br \/>\nforcing me to consider it.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Thu Nov  3 2005 01:21PM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">The<br \/>\nticket is assigned to our billing department and they will get back to<br \/>\nyou as soon as possible. Please be aware that billing is only open 9AM<br \/>\nto 5PM Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>MCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Nov 14 2005 01:46PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Three weeks now since the last correspondence from the billing department and I responded the same day. Nothing. <\/p>\n<p>What horrible service. And the status of this ticket is marked as<br \/>\nresolved? It&#8217;s not resolved. I&#8217;ve responded in a timely manner and<br \/>\nclearly stated the problem and the solution with all supporting<br \/>\ninformation. You&#8217;ve known about this billing problem since Aug. 26th<br \/>\nwhen I first notified you and still I haven&#8217;t seen a refund. It&#8217;s been<br \/>\nnearly three months. Really, this is just ridiculous.<\/p>\n<p><\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Nov 15 2005 11:32AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">Tim,<\/p>\n<p>our apologies, there are too many different responses\/transaction dates<br \/>\nposted in this ticket to get a clear picture, which ones are the<br \/>\nrefunds you&#8217;ve received and which ones not?<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<\/p>\n<p>MCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Tue Nov 15 2005 08:49PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">*Smacks forehead in disbelief*<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll repost part of what I posted on Oct 25th:<\/p>\n<p>I notified you on August 26th that I had been double-charged in August.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the two charges according to my credit card company:<\/p>\n<p>08\/02\/2005 08\/03\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>08\/22\/2005 08\/23\/2005 Sale MCHOST (Services and Merchandise)  $35.00<\/p>\n<p>Someone responded 4 days later (Aug. 30th) saying that the charge<br \/>\nappeared to already have been refunded without my intervention. Odd,<br \/>\nsince I&#8217;ve always had to contact MCHost first when there&#8217;s a<br \/>\ndouble-charge.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve now had at least 5 exchanges, each with someone assuring me that<br \/>\nthe charge in August had been refunded and each time my assurance that<br \/>\nI see nothing of the sort on my statement.<\/p>\n<p>All I know is that I do not have the money. I have no reason to<br \/>\nmistrust my credit card company and I have every reason to mistrust the<br \/>\ninformation that I&#8217;ve gotten from MCHost.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have refunds to my account dated other than 6\/10 and 7\/1 in the<br \/>\nlast 6 months? If so, what are the dates and transactions? There should<br \/>\nonly be 1 and I&#8217;d think it would have to be after 8\/22. If not, then<br \/>\nyou never refunded the double-charge in August and you need to do it<br \/>\nimmediately.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Nov 21 2005 10:27AM by support@mchost.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#f8f8f8\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">We show a total of 4 refunds having been issued to your card, how many of these did you receive?<\/p>\n<p>Best Regards,<br \/>\nMCHost Customer Service<br \/>\n(Note: To update this ticket, please log into your Account Manager).<br \/>\n <\/span>\n\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n<table class=\"main_table\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"1\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"table_header_cell\"><span class=\"black_heading\">Mon Nov 21 2005 08:42PM by xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.rr.com<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#ffffff\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"ticket_body_text\">My reply on October 25th gave you the transaction information from my credit card. Here it is again.<\/p>\n<p>I only show three credits over the last 6 months:<\/p>\n<p>06\/10 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<br \/>\n06\/10 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<br \/>\n07\/01 MCHOST KELOWNA BC -35.00<\/p>\n<p>If the fourth refund you&#8217;re referring to is after August 22nd of this<br \/>\nyear, then I never received that one for some reason and you need to<br \/>\ninvestigate why. I have just checked all statements for the past 6<br \/>\nmonths and current activity on the card and have still never received<br \/>\nthe one month credit I began requesting on August 26th.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MC Host, my current web hosting company, has the worst customer service on the planet. I&#8217;ve had multiple problems with them over the past couple of years and my irritation with them has just about pushed me past the pain of moving 5-10 sites to another host. 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