GoDaddy
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I have had GoDaddy for ten years
consistently complained about problems
no help from Customer Service
a month ago wrote the five top execs with this letter
no response whatsoever

November 1, 2016

Dear Ms. Rechterman,

I’m a Voiceover Guy—for commercials, narrations, promos for radio and TV stations.
I worked with GoDaddy ten years ago to build a website and included audio demos
of my work for prospective clients.

Over the years I’ve had people tell me they couldn't hear my demos when they clicked on them.

I’ve called several times over the years asking what could be done about it. I’ve been assured that your tech folks would fit the problem. The last call was August 10, 2015. The advisor told me he had a team that would see the problem was fixed. I assumed it was.

I’ve had a few more calls recently from prospective clients saying they couldn't hear the demos. And I am about to ask tech support for help in uploading new demos I have just completed.

So I called and spoke with some of your tech people tonight, explained the history and the problem, spent half an hour while that rep consulted with her colleagues. She said th problem was that people responding had to have the latest version of FLASH on their iPhones, iPads or computers. Ten years after building the site I hear this.

She then offered the following:

I should investigate websites which could convert my MP3s so they could be used on my GoDaddy website.

Upgrade to Version 7 because Version 6—which I’ve had—does not support MP3s.

A three month extension of my contract with GoDaddy.

Completely unacceptable to me. I paid hundreds of dollars over the years assuming I was getting complete web hosting and assuming that my demos would play for clients who went to the site and clicked on the demos page.

Who knows how many of those years have passed and how many prospective clients have
simply not considered me for their job because they couldn't hear samples of what I’ve done.

I have not gotten what I have paid for. Regardless of the number of phone calls. Or the number of your tech reps I’ve spoken with. Again, I have assumed the problem has been fixed. I’ve stuck with GoDaddy all these years.

I believe you owe me.

I believe GoDaddy should upgrade my website to Version 7 and include my demos as MP3
at no cost to me.

And I believe GoDaddy should extend my agreement for at least two years at no cost to me.

I have believed GoDaddy’s commitment to make the world better, one domain at a time. I have believed your motto to hustle, adapt, listen and repeat. GoDaddy has failed to deliver on its commitment to me.

I believe Go Daddy is better than this. And I am counting on you to make it right.

Richard Klinger

I canceled my service in 2015 and then received a bill on 12/1/15. When I received my credit card bill I called to complain and I was promised a refund. In June, after not receiving a refund for 4 months I called again. I was told that it was to late to receive a refund and denied any record of the earlier complaint. He assured me that Go Daddy would not be contacting me again as the account was closed. Guess what, on 12/1/16 I received another bill and again I have been told that nothing can be done. This person eventold me that there were no records of previous contacts. My advise is to run fast if you ever hear their name,

Hi,

I got the services for a year and didn't intend to renew however, I get charged for renewal and up on calling I was told there is no way to get a refund.

I am pretty confident I have cancelled my services before it is due for renewal.

The interesting thing is that the website builder which is the most expensive of the tree, is what you wouldn't usually need it except the first time you build the website and even that one is setup for auto renewal without me being prompted.

I called GoDaddy and it seems like they don't even have a complaint department.

Dear sirs,

I would very much appreciate a detailed information regarding illegal money transfer from my personal bank account to the account of godaddy.com.

2nd november 2016 there has been made a transfer - 101.49 eur from my personal account (Swedbank) godaddy.com account. I assure you that, this procedure happened without my permit or any initial action.

Furthermore, please note, that I did not use the services of godaddy.com, neither intended to do so when the transfer has been made.

Kind regards,
Sonata serpytiene

Hello,
Concerning your web-hosting support team:
I would like to recommend investing in a Industrial Organizational Psychologist. Two very indecorous individuals attempted to provide support for importing a locally developed Wordpress site. Rather it be that the individuals themselves lack interpersonal skills, or the training program is not built to enforce interpersonal skills, your support has fallen short in this area. Their ability to solve issues that are not encountered often, seems to be a problem as well.(An aspect often applied in well designed training programs, commonly referred to as over-learning.) It seems that these two individuals felt the appropriate response to unfamiliarity, was to belittle and question my decisions. Frankly, I felt as if personally ability was displayed, rather than support. As a female, this is not the first time this has happened, nor will it be the last. I am more than happy with the functionality of Plesk Hosting, this is purely an HR issue. Thank you for your time.

Jeremy Botting
October / November 2016
[protected]
Talk to two people, the latest (Keli K Bowery)

I would really like someone to take control on this and get it done, it's been over a month, and I would like to be funded for domain and costs up until this point. I have not even had a courtesy email from anyone to tell me they are working on it. If this is not fixed by close of play tomorrow I'll have to swap providers. God knows how you guys got a reward for customer service - it just seems no one is interested and people shuffle problems to someone else, who don't even communicate. Frustrating start. I would like an answer on getting reimbursed please - just not ignored.

(I am trying to validate my domain .cn, and the validation online method is broken.)

I'm Harshavardhan, representing Techurate Systems Private Limited (Customer ID - 370 610 17), a Company based in Bangalore, India. None of our emails sent to Clients at foreign countries are getting delivered. There was huge opportunity lost since one of the important proposals which we sent didnt get delivered to the Client.

When tried contacting Godaddy customer support the response was " we cant do anything about it" and when the issue was escalated one gentle man Mr.Manish advised to inform all our clients to white-list our IP. It is practically impossible to call every customer (since emails are not going through) and advise them. We wanted to escalate the issue to the next level, however the gentleman on call said he will arrange a call back with in one hour and no one called us back. Today is the third consecutive day we have followed up with customer care. The response is completed unsatisfactory.

Hope you understand our critical scenario.

We request you to treat this address complaint with high priority and prevent us from any further losses.

My website builder was set on auto pay for almost 10 years. Recently, the year on my credit card changed and the autopay this month was declined. I logged onto my account, fixed the credit card info, placed the website builder product in my cart before I went to sleep. I woke up this morning to an email from godaddy that was time stamped 12:40 am, saying my product is in the cart and ready to be paid for. So I log on and go to my cart and website builder is nowhere to be found. I call godaddy c/s who informed me that along with my renewal fee I would have to pay $60 to have my website restored! This company is HORRIBLE and they don't care about their customers. I've done business with them for almost a DECADE and this is how I am treated.

Sir,
I am running a organisation, abaeen.com. we use to provide many opensource service. and name was api.ababeen.com. from last 1 month server is down. it will open, if you connected through godaddy internet network and if you connect to 3G or any network then not loading.(using ssh connection getting content.) Today by mistake i deleted my all domain/subdomain and recreated. now also same problem and my die situation is i have lost my all the date. backup folder also got deleted . CLOSED my business and dream

Good Morning,

You have renewed a domain without my authorisation (mftiling.co.uk)

I didn't receive confirmation of the renewal as I no longer use the email address associated with that domain, in fact I haven't even accessed the website for over 2 years and completely forgot about it.

The only way I knew that the domain had renewed was via payment from my paypal account of just over $30. I sent a request with GoDaddy to cancel the domain and get a refund.

I received an email on 20th October (after locating my old old email address account details) saying that I am not entitled to a refund as the domain auto renewed, well I wonder how many other customers you are ripping of due to the auto-renew feature, I guess at thousands!

To say that I am outraged is an understatement, surely you must know that peoples circumstances change and 5 years is a long time! maybe you should review your auto-renew policy!

Should I not get my refund I will be taking this further until the issue is resolved as I don't see why I should have to pay for something that is no longer required, especially for the next 3 years which is what you have now charged me for.

Rest assured I'll be making sure that none of my future clients will be using your services and I'll ensure that any of my customers that are currently using your services, move at renewal and also remove the auto-renew from their accounts so that you don't rip them off as well!

I want the domain cancelling and I want my refund..I have also already logged the issue with Nominet and will continue to pursue this matter until the issue is fully resolved.

I look forward to your prompt reply.

Thanks,
Michelle

Worst email service for the last 5+ months!

We are unable to send any emails from our mobile phones . . and the SMTP options regularly require changes on PC and Mac devices. Right now I have spent over 60 minutes talking to Go Daddy's Customer Support in India, person named M Mujeebuddin . . and the technical team failed to resolve the issue.

We waited for 15 minutes for Go Daddy's email servers to respond and we received the "The connection has timed out" issue on all domains held with Go Daddy.

How does Go Daddy expect its customers to use their service and continue to renew / repay for such poor experience? Go Daddy is hurting our business as we fail to connect internally and externally with our stakeholders and clients.

Finally the customer care has asked us to check the problem with the internet service provider. WHAT?!?!?!?! IS THIS A JOKE? Unbelievable!

Deposits:
04-05-2016 Order Refund - 704437058R N/A ₨ 22, 316.78
Withdrawals:
08-05-2016 Cashout Debit - CASHOUT 1379608 N/A ₨ -9, 428.67
08-05-2016 Cashout Debit - CASHOUT 1379608 N/A ₨ -12, 888.11

I did not get any refund cheque.

Called many times on cutomer care.

Worst support.

Scamming innocent people .Everytime i call them they play tricks.
This is what they say when i call them in india
1) Please send us your address at the email
I sent them
2) again after 15 days, Please send us your address,

I sent them again.

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Called usa helpline from india

3) You will get every penny of refund of Rs 22316 but this has to be from india so please call godaddy india

4 ) We will call back you in 10 min
after 7 days

5) We will call back you in 10 min

On chat
6) Did you contacted godaddy india on phone.Your refund is withdrawn so nothing pending.

I am forced to write here.

It is useless refund cheque. I cant deposit this cheque because it is in $ amount ( I meet my Bank branch Manager He awarded me about clearance process if I deposit this cheqe I will payable International cheque clearance charges around Rs.1600=00.)

I wrote following complain again and again but still I have not got any reply from Godaddy and not solving my problem so I found you and now wrote this later Please get action, or. Forward to concern department.

To,
Godaddy (Godaddy domain name registrar)
India,
Contact No:040-[protected]

Sub: I must need my refund amount Rs.1188=00 in Indian rupees in cheque. Or Deposit this amount in my Bank account.
I don't want deposit cheque No:[protected]/23/2016, Invoice No: IFC2016033902593)Please cancel this cheque.

Customer No:[protected]
Receipt No: 827770789R
Cheque request ID:[protected] on dated:21/03/2016, 4-16pm.
Payment information: Store credit Rs.1188=00.
Cheque No:[protected]/23/2016, Invoice No: IFC2016033902593)

Sir,
Per my refund request, I got refund cheque $17.94(Seventeen Dollars and 94 cents) on dated 7/08/16, Cheque No:[protected]/23/2016, Invoice No: IFC2016033902593)by currier DTDC.

It is useless cheque. I cant deposit this cheque because it is in $ amount ( I meet my Bank branch Manager He awarded me about clearance process if I deposit this cheqe I will payable International cheque clearance charges around Rs.1600=00.

I must need my refund amount Rs.1188=00 in Indian rupees in cheque. Or you can deposit this amount in my bank Account.

I mention here my account details.

Name : Mahesh C Pardeshi
A/c No: [protected]
Bank Name: Bank of Baroda
Branch Name: Ushmanpura, (Ahmedabad, GJ, India)
Swift code: BARBINBBBHD
IFSC Code: BARB0USMANP (used for RTGS, IMPS andNEFT
transactions)

Please get back or do cancel. I want to back this received cheque to you. This is my bad experience from you also you will be pay currier charges, Please Call me urgently.
I required urgent action from you otherwise I will share this experience to peoples.

Regards,
Mahesh C Pardeshi
Mobile:[protected]
Email: [protected]@gmail.com

GoDaddy does not unlock my domain even when I provided all the details. Company suggested me to wait for 60 days. I would like to enforce that I did not changed the contact details. Please see message below.
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The transfer you requested has been declined because you opted-in to a transfer lock for 60 days when you agreed to the GoDaddy Change of Registrant policy.

For security reasons, when you change the registrant's first name, last name, or organization name, you consent to a 60 day lock on transferring the domain name. Because you have provided your consent, Section 3(6) of the ICANN Policy on Transfer of Registration between Registrars permits us to decline your transfer request.

We have purchased email services from godaddy.com, but now we have incurred so much loss because of their services. we are not able to submit our bid and proposal on time. due to which we have got 1200000 INR in four days.

so how going to take responsibility for this.. i need my loss to be paid by godaddy.com .

Regards,
Deepak Sharma
+91-[protected]

Is go daddy too big to fail?

I say yes. As a client of “go daddy” since 2000, they have failed me. With the size of their company, many departments to which they can pass the buck and their flock of attorneys, they can’t fail but i, the small business owner, can’t win. Even though they created a situation that resulted in my complete loss of presence on the internet, they met my complaint with gross indifference.

Through our own negligence, in 2013 we failed to renew our domain name. Over the next 2 ½ years we received few if any calls from the internet and were sustained only by referrals from past clients and our referral base that gave prospective clients our phone number bypassing our web site. Only in june 2016 did we find out we no longer had any web site presence at all. This is our saga.
Timeline of events
1. Since mid 2013, karen arnoff and the dog - owner connection paid go daddy in advance and with additional fees for protection to host the new domain and website.
2. Over the next 2 1/2 yrs. We received few if any calls from the web.
3. In 2016, karen started receiving invoices from go daddy. Confused, because of the above mentioned precautions, karen’s assistant, renee, called go daddy to find out what the invoices were for. She called on the following dates: 3/14/16, 4/11/16, 5/2/16, 6/7/16 (3 times) and 6/14/16. Initially, renee was told that the account was paid in full and they did not know what the $84 bill was for. Only in june did she find out there was serious trouble.
4. In june, 2016, karen tried to go to her website but could not find it. When karen’s assistant called go daddy again she was assured by the agent that karen still owned thedogownerconnection.com. The representative then looked into the records and said we had been hosting for 2 1/2 years, dogownerconnection.com (Not thedogownerconnection) which expired in 2016. We informed him that, since mid 2013, we no longer owned that domain name (Which go daddy knew) and that the payments we made in advance were strictly limited to supporting the domain site thedogownerconnction.com, the new domain name which was advised by their go daddy representative in mid 2013. This current go daddy representative then looked further and found that in error, thedogownerconnection.com was put as a sub - account of the defunct dogownerconnection.com and when dogownerconnection.com hosting was cancelled (Because we no longer owned it) , thedogownerconnection.com was also cancelled.In all the inquiries we had been making were never explained to my assistant or anyone else at the dog - owner connection. Renee then asked the representative if he could retrieve the website and he said he could not because go daddy only held onto the website for a month and the website was discarded 5/28/2016. As a result of go daddy’s errors, any inquiries made to thedogowerconnection.com had been forwarded to the new york domain – the domain we lost in 2013. This resulted in karen arnoff and her business being completely deprived of any web visibility for almost three years.

7.In summary:
A. Go daddy erroneously put thedogownerconnection.com as a sub - account of a website karen no longer owned.
B. Go daddy received 2 ½ years of payments and applied them to a site karen no longer owned.
C. Because of go daddy errors, karen’s website traffic was forwarded to another site.
D.In march, 2016 go daddy erroneously informed renee that everything was okay with the dog - owner account and they could not account for the $84 invoice she was receiving.
E.In june, 2016. Go daddy erroneously cancelled thedogownerconnection.com website and discarded the unique contents of that website.
F. Since mid 2013, karen has had diminished and virtually zero presence on the web resulting in, as yet, uncalculated loss of business.
We made the following request for go daddy compensatory actions:
1. Immediately assign a go daddy account manager to stay with karen arnoff and its staff, melvin arnoff and renee throughout the whole process to work to develop without charge, a new website for the dog owner connection.com to optimize and attract new business that would appear on page 1 of google and all other major search engines and continue monthly to revise the website as needed so that, if not initially on page 1, it continues to rise to that point and continue this for no less than three years.
2. The new website should be in a format easily revised by karen and staff.
3. Go daddy should attach links to make this site more easily found.
4. Go daddy should list this site with yahoo. Local and all other major locals.
5. Go daddy should host this site free of charge for three years.
6. Go daddy should assist in getting this site on youtube and other social media to make the dog - owner connection’s presents known as quickly as possible...
7. Go daddy should be in contact with karen no less than monthly to assess these actions.
8. In addition, karen would like go daddy to develop a website for her legal and forensic work with dogs.

Instead of offering about $2, 000 worth of services to us (Much less expensive to go daddy) we were met with complete indifference by the company’s representative and told us to get an attorney if we wanted to try to get any compensation.
If not for a fantastic, compassionate and competent employee who intelligently research the history to help find out what had happened and an offer to credit us $168. 00 for two years of defunct hosting; (Which is all he could do) i would have lost all faith in humans let alone big business.
What are the recourses for “the little” person against big companies with lots of recourses and attorneys.
The only thing i know to do is to take it to the public, social media, the federal trade commission (Ftc.Gov) , yelp, comsumeraffairs.com, /link removed/ the better business bureau complaintsboard.com, the investigative reporters over various t. V. Stations, the bbb consumer complaints, godaddypistconsumer.com forbs.com, webhostingtalk.com, the antigodaddy.com, complaint. Tvnews, consumer watchdog, consumer action: help desk, consumer watch dog and other organizations. What would you do?
Is ‘godaddy to big to fail’? Go daddy “is the world’s largest web host and domain name registrar. Perhaps they can’t fail. But, when they err with a small business client, can that client win. Based on my experience, i don’t think so. .

Karen arnoff
The dog - owner connection
[protected]
[protected]@yahoo.com

Dear Sir,

My domain was suspended from 2nd May 2016 and still it is not working. Domain name cabselectra.com Customer id [protected]

We have removed files from server after notify and confirmed you about that. I have sent many email and call to helpdesk from last 2 months and not received any response and or email from Godaddy help desk regarding this problem.

As this domain is down from last 2 months we are loosing business. It will be very helpful to make this site live. "cabselectra.com"

Thanks,
Subhajit Das

One of the lovely sales people at GoDaddy convinced me to switch from email using Workspace (outdated) to Office 365. Worst mistake ever made. She didn't tell me to backup my Workspace email which led to GoDaddy having to do migration for me. Then after that was done...my website stopped working. My website is hosted by Wix. GoDaddy keeps blaming Wix and Wix is blaming GoDaddy for setup issues. My website has been down for SEVEN DAYS now without any resolution and every time I speak to someone, they say "that should fix it. It will work now". IT'S STILL NOT WORKING. Lesson learned...if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Last time I upgrade something with GoDaddy and once this works, I will transfer service because I'm sick of calling them every day without resolution. I am losing money each day that it is down.

Godaddy.com not a good service at all. When I call customer service, the do not know the answers, they put me on hold for 15 or more, and again there is no right answer, because they do not know and auctioneers. I sold the host 2 domains, 20 days, we did not pay and changed the price in their favor that they should have to pay me. I called them three times a day and sent many emails but nothing helped. I sent the email to MR. Blake but he did not reply.
They sent me to renew my domains if they have already been renovated. One domain is missing from my list. DO NOT USE THEIR SERVICE, they are lying

5/16/16 I signed up for web hosting with Go-DADDY on 4/14/16, which is what I was told I would need to have a website. I am now working with a web designer that told me to cancel my web hosting as they do that as part of my price.

So I called to cancel or at least get an adjustment for my 2 year contract. I was told that because I was out of the refund policy period that there was nothing they could do. 30 days, as you can see I am 2 days out.

I was willing to pay for the time that I had "no used", but 2 years for something I won't use at all?

Client # [protected]