October 2005 – Page 3

Best Wishes Keith!

Posted on October 16, 2005February 10, 2017 by Ian C.

From the CareForKeith web site it appears that by now, Keith is back home with his parents, only a few miles from me, MINI of Peabody, and his many local friends. I truly hope he will soon be able to travel about and visit them …

The pins remain popular at MINI of Peabody, and some MAMA people bought them yesterday too – but there are still some left.

The few $$$ raised will be insignificant for Keiths many needs in the months past and to come, but the pins represent much more – our thoughts and wishes for his continued improvement …

We Care For Keith

Care For Keith

MAMA III

Posted on October 15, 2005February 10, 2017 by Ian C.

Back home from MAMA 3 (see this MINI2 thread) – lots of MINIs and loads of water! There was heavy rain during my drive up to Keene, and also during some of the drive today – but none of this spoiled the fun we all had; there were a few route changes due to the floods, and one U-turn!

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Our lunch stop was at Cathedral Of The Pines which happily offered a tent & dry benches:

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On the return journey we stopped in Harrisville – we would have enjoyed a tour of the ex-mill town, if the weather had been more friendly. Instead we were in awe of the water again:

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Sadly there was very little fall foliage:

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A great day: seeing loads of MINI friends and meeting some new ones, enjoying some great twisty roads and not drowning are all good. Thanks Annette for the brownies too 🙂

Web Hosting – Avoid PowWeb!

Posted on October 11, 2005February 10, 2017 by Ian C.

If you want to host a web site, DO NOT choose crappy PowWeb; you might remember that I switched to them early this year and quickly had loads of trouble; eventually I switched again (to InMotionHosting who have been excellent) …
I also had MINIsOnTop hosted with PowWeb – that moved to a service provided by MINI owner Rich (BungleSolutions)
But since then I have been beating my head against the wall trying to get a refund from PowWeb!

Back on July 25th I wrote and told them to close down the MINIsOnTop service; the PowWeb web site claims “Cancellations are processed in 7 to 10 business days from receipt”.
It took four days for them to acknowledge and close the account (July 29: we have canceled your hosting package).
I then waited … and waited … and eventually sent another email on September 8, reminding them that they still owe me more than $100.

It took them SIX days this time to reply: Somehow your cancelation case was closed before the refund was processed. That is the reason for the delay. I have reopened the case and assigned it to a
manager for the refund. That will be processed within the next 24-48 hours

Well, guess what?! The $100+ is still held by PowWeb 😦
My credit card company won’t do anything because the original purchase was too long ago – so I guess PowWeb think it is fine to just ignore me. But at least hopefully a few people will “hear this message” and avoid them.

Month: October 2005