Comments on: Globat = Fraud http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/ The Blog of a Programmer Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:44:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Bruce B http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-15728 Bruce B Mon, 26 Jul 2010 18:33:58 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-15728 Globat is a disreputable company. They rely on automatic renewals, automatic upgrades and other unwanted services to steal money from their customers. They billed a dormant PayPal account of mine for 94.50 for four years and for 11.95 for three years for renewal of a domain following my canceling it with them. Slimeball owners Ben Neuman and Chris Ueland are now running a new company NetDNA, so expect them to fleece customers through another company. Globat is a disreputable company. They rely on automatic renewals, automatic upgrades and other unwanted services to steal money from their customers. They billed a dormant PayPal account of mine for 94.50 for four years and for 11.95 for three years for renewal of a domain following my canceling it with them. Slimeball owners Ben Neuman and Chris Ueland are now running a new company NetDNA, so expect them to fleece customers through another company.

]]> By: Another victim here. http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-13295 Another victim here. Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:10:16 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-13295 I sincerely have sympathy for each and every person who has had problems with this company. They charged me for 3 years - I only clicked on 1 year. Got that taken care of immediately! Couldn't fefund the charge for 3 years of domain registration (it is througha different co.). Never got anyone on the phone that spoke understandable english except for the SALES rep who set my account up, yet all the people in their advertising for their tech support people are/were white, american, women. Hadn't finished building my site and learned that the name I had chosen wasn't really a great decision from a search engine perspective. I checked globat did offer (at a few) the option to change the name. Supposed to take under an hour. I called each day for 4 days to see if this had been completed. I finally decided after all of the hassles with the unothorized charges to my CC from not opting out of their upgrades (which they don't tell you about), and all of the other problems I cancelled my account. This didn't set well with them. Later, after I finished building my site, I hosted it with another company and got it online and fuctional. I had a SEO tool that allowed me to see how search engines saw my site when they crawled it. I went in one afternoon to check and see how it was rating my site. Up at the top under the website title and header information I noticed something different. ALL OF MY INFORMATION had been REPLACED with propaganda for ............ you guess it............ globat. I got on the phone to the new host. They weren't sure what I was talking about and suggested that I contact globat. I called Tim whom I had spoken with originally when I set up my account with them. He certainly seemed nervous when I asked about their information being on my website. I was telling a friend of mine, who is a computer tech, about this information showing up on my site and that I had NEVER uploaded a single file to globat etc.. He informed me that they had placed a worm in my computer. I was livid! I purchased an antivirus program for my computer and sure enough..... it found, and I deleted, a worm from my computer. Still, 2 years later I am having more problems with my computer. I have files that have had the program that opens them changed, I have files that have been moved (files having to do with my website), the program that I use to build my website has totally malfunctioned and had to be reinstalled more than once. All things having to do with my website!! I do have proof that their information was placed on my website even when it was with another host. I have a computer tech working on getting proof from my computer that they are continuing to remotely access my computer WITHOUT MY PERMISSION and I have also contacted an attorney. Apparently having told them previously that I would do this wasn't enough. I sincerely have sympathy for each and every person who has had problems with this company.
They charged me for 3 years – I only clicked on 1 year. Got that taken care of immediately! Couldn’t fefund the charge for 3 years of domain registration (it is througha different co.).
Never got anyone on the phone that spoke understandable english except for the SALES rep who set my account up, yet all the people in their advertising for their tech support people are/were white, american, women. Hadn’t finished building my site and learned that the name I had chosen wasn’t really a great decision from a search engine perspective. I checked globat did offer (at a few) the option to change the name. Supposed to take under an hour. I called each day for 4 days to see if this had been completed. I finally decided after all of the hassles with the unothorized charges to my CC from not opting out of their upgrades (which they don’t tell you about), and all of the other problems I cancelled my account. This didn’t set well with them. Later, after I finished building my site, I hosted it with another company and got it online and fuctional. I had a SEO tool that allowed me to see how search engines saw my site when they crawled it. I went in one afternoon to check and see how it was rating my site. Up at the top under the website title and header information I noticed something different. ALL OF MY INFORMATION had been REPLACED with propaganda for ………… you guess it………… globat. I got on the phone to the new host. They weren’t sure what I was talking about and suggested that I contact globat. I called Tim whom I had spoken with originally when I set up my account with them. He certainly seemed nervous when I asked about their information being on my website. I was telling a friend of mine, who is a computer tech, about this information showing up on my site and that I had NEVER uploaded a single file to globat etc.. He informed me that they had placed a worm in my computer. I was livid! I purchased an antivirus program for my computer and sure enough….. it found, and I deleted, a worm from my computer. Still, 2 years later I am having more problems with my computer. I have files that have had the program that opens them changed, I have files that have been moved (files having to do with my website), the program that I use to build my website has totally malfunctioned and had to be reinstalled more than once. All things having to do with my website!! I do have proof that their information was placed on my website even when it was with another host. I have a computer tech working on getting proof from my computer that they are continuing to remotely access my computer WITHOUT MY PERMISSION and I have also contacted an attorney. Apparently having told them previously that I would do this wasn’t enough.

]]> By: John A http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-12318 John A Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:48:17 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-12318 I though i would google around about Globat after getting an email informing me they would be taking money from credit card on the 3/2/10, i thought this is weird as i had canceled my hosting with them the previous year after my hosting account was hacked and my domain name placed on an unsafe website list meaning clients would not visit my site was when they tried to access it they where warned that the site was not safe and posed a virus threat. I tried to contact Globat billing after reading the email and i have had no success, when i email they are auto replied saying i cannot contact the email address, and when i try and use there internet live chat it just says your the next in line but nobody ever replies to you. I think i am safe as they do not have my current credit card details but i would like to clear up the situation for my own peace of mind. I though i would google around about Globat after getting an email informing me they would be taking money from credit card on the 3/2/10, i thought this is weird as i had canceled my hosting with them the previous year after my hosting account was hacked and my domain name placed on an unsafe website list meaning clients would not visit my site was when they tried to access it they where warned that the site was not safe and posed a virus threat.

I tried to contact Globat billing after reading the email and i have had no success, when i email they are auto replied saying i cannot contact the email address, and when i try and use there internet live chat it just says your the next in line but nobody ever replies to you.

I think i am safe as they do not have my current credit card details but i would like to clear up the situation for my own peace of mind.

]]> By: Eli http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-11443 Eli Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:54:08 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-11443 Yet another Globat victim here. I bought a one-year domain service. The next year, they informed me that they had charged my card for a renewal. They insisted it was in the terms. I would never had agreed to this, as I only wanted a two month test site. Mastercard would not reverse the charges. Globat gave me the runaround when I tried to cancel. I will likely have to cancel my card as this is the second time it has happened. Yet another Globat victim here.

I bought a one-year domain service. The next year, they informed me that they had charged my card for a renewal. They insisted it was in the terms. I would never had agreed to this, as I only wanted a two month test site.

Mastercard would not reverse the charges. Globat gave me the runaround when I tried to cancel.

I will likely have to cancel my card as this is the second time it has happened.

]]> By: rhen http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-6448 rhen Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:07:28 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-6448 Globat is scum, i have never lost money to them as I research a webhost before I buy from them, however as a web designer I have a few clients who use (now used) them. Customer service is non-existant, fraudulant charges, terrible upload speeds, and irregular down time. They take advantage of people who do not know what to look for. If you ever come across a webhost reviewer who says they are in the top 5, you know Globat is the one putting food on that persons table. Stay away from Globat at all costs. Globat is scum, i have never lost money to them as I research a webhost before I buy from them, however as a web designer I have a few clients who use (now used) them.

Customer service is non-existant, fraudulant charges, terrible upload speeds, and irregular down time.

They take advantage of people who do not know what to look for. If you ever come across a webhost reviewer who says they are in the top 5, you know Globat is the one putting food on that persons table. Stay away from Globat at all costs.

]]> By: james http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-4457 james Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:12:16 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-4457 This guys at Globat are criminal. I have been trying to transfer my domain name registration for weeks now. No telephone support, no chat support, email is a dead end too. These people should be put out of business and locked up. This guys at Globat are criminal. I have been trying to transfer my domain name registration for weeks now. No telephone support, no chat support, email is a dead end too. These people should be put out of business and locked up.

]]> By: JuanJose http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-2553 JuanJose Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:25:12 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-2553 Hi Horace, "Me too. I have had to cancel my VISA credit card, because they always charge me upgrades that I never ask for. Is there any legal action to take.?" The first thing I would do in your situation is make sure you call up the card company if you haven't already. Chances are they may reverse one or two of the charges IF they happened recently. As for legal action I wouldn't know that's something you'd want to ask a lawyer. Regarding the Template Monster and Globat connections I think that might be the reason I signed up in the first place! Impulse items I tell you! Hi Horace,

“Me too. I have had to cancel my VISA credit card, because they always charge me upgrades that I never ask for.
Is there any legal action to take.?”

The first thing I would do in your situation is make sure you call up the card company if you haven’t already. Chances are they may reverse one or two of the charges IF they happened recently.

As for legal action I wouldn’t know that’s something you’d want to ask a lawyer.

Regarding the Template Monster and Globat connections I think that might be the reason I signed up in the first place! Impulse items I tell you!

]]> By: Horace http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-2551 Horace Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:58:06 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-2551 More details: I ordered a template for oscommerce from TEMPLATE MONSTER. On the order form, there was a check box for 'Free Year of Web Hosting from Globat.com - Get 100 GB of space, 1000 GB (1 Terabyte) of Bandwidth/month, Unlimited Emails, Shopping Cart and much more from Globat.com! This award-winning package is valued over $95 and is yours free! Take advantage of this incredible FREE offer now! Free!'. There are no asterisks, no further details anywhere on the page, and NOTHING that indicates that will be passing your personal information and credit card information on to a third party company, without your authorization More details:
I ordered a template for oscommerce from TEMPLATE MONSTER. On the order form, there was a check box for ‘Free Year of Web Hosting from Globat.com – Get 100 GB of space, 1000 GB (1 Terabyte) of Bandwidth/month, Unlimited Emails, Shopping Cart and much more from Globat.com! This award-winning package is valued over $95 and is yours free! Take advantage of this incredible FREE offer now! Free!’. There are no asterisks, no further details anywhere on the page, and NOTHING that indicates that will be passing your personal information and credit card information on to a third party company, without your authorization

]]> By: Horace http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-2550 Horace Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:50:28 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-2550 Globat = Fraud Me too. I have had to cancel my VISA credit card, because they always charge me upgrades that I never ask for. Is there any legal action to take.? Globat = Fraud

Me too. I have had to cancel my VISA credit card, because they always charge me upgrades that I never ask for.
Is there any legal action to take.?

]]> By: "Crow" not actual name to Limbo http://www.gimmesoda.com/globat-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-2009 "Crow" not actual name to Limbo Tue, 04 Nov 2008 07:16:01 +0000 http://www.gimmesoda.com/2007/12/13/globat-fraud/#comment-2009 Globat also redirects 404 errors to offsite domains, in other words they are steaing your potential clients to other sites, in so doing the are reaping revenues and denying you your site activity. I am going to discuss this with lawyers that live across the street from me. They at IP Lawyers, Intellectual Property specialist. They are not home right now since they have their work cut out for them in Los Angeles. I am serious about looking into this. I too had them extracting $49 buck a pop for undesired upgrades. Wish me luck. perhaps we go for a class action lawsuit. Globat also redirects 404 errors to offsite domains,

in other words they are steaing your potential clients to other sites, in so doing the are reaping revenues and denying you your site activity.

I am going to discuss this with lawyers that live across the street from me.
They at IP Lawyers, Intellectual Property specialist.

They are not home right now since they have their work cut out for them in Los Angeles. I am serious about looking into this.

I too had them extracting $49 buck a pop for undesired upgrades.

Wish me luck. perhaps we go for a class action lawsuit.

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