Ruined My Life

So, I’m using a new URL to make my rare blog posts at for one main reason.  1and1 Hosting sucks and can DIAF.  To make a long story short, my credit card expired and 1and1 was unable to bill me for my web hosting.  What makes this so crappy is the simple fact that 1and1 never once, attempted to contact me via e-mail, phone, or postal mail that my credit card had expired.  To further worsen this predicament, I have absolutely NO ACCESS to any of the domains I have PAID for and registered in the past.  This includes my baby: ruinedmylife.com as well as a hand full of other domains that I use and have no interest in getting rid of.

So, why is this conundrum not resolved?  Upon 1and1 failing to notify me that my credit card had expired, they turned my account into collections.  My balance with 1and1 was a meager: $49.95, however they decided to turn me over to collections, which added an awesome $18.00 fee, NOT TO MENTION, I’ve been reported to collections.  The bill I’ll pay, no big deal, but I’m not paying collections when I was never notified!   So now, I’m in the interesting position of having my domains hijacked by my prior hosting provider, as well as having a debt in collections.

I contact 1and1’s billing department and am promptly shot down, (e-mail transcript on full view)  so it’s now to continue or not.

I’ve tried to pay 1and1 directly, however they will have none of it and insist on me paying collections first.

So should I continue fighting it or just suck it up and pay?

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