I am so sick of reading this everywhere, especially in hosting threads.
You DON'T get what you pay for. You DO get what you deserve.
People who pay alot get fucked over sometimes too. If a shitty host triples his prices, does that all of a sudden make him good?
The ones who charge the most tell you it's because they're the best, but that's not necessarily true. I've had excellent support and service from lower priced companies, and I've had bad experiences with expensive ones that were supposedly the best.
If you do business with a company based on price alone, or based on a 5 minute ICQ conversation, or because they offer ICQ support instead of just ticket based support (those idiots always baffle me), or because a bunch of bought and paid for sig whores chimed into your thread and said "so and so is great", then you deserve what you get, which is probably going to be shit.
Do your homework. You can get aggressive pricing and superior quality. Most hosts don't want you to know this.
The guy with cut rate pricing "claims" to have 24/7/365 support and knowledgeable techs and a redundant network and replacement hardware on hand just like the expensive guys do. How do you know if he's telling the truth?
Do your homework.
The expensive guy claims he
has to charge that much to have 24/7/365 suport and knowledgeable techs and a redundant network and replacement hardware on hand and that the cheap guy has to be lying because he can't afford all that if he's only charging $XYZ for his service. How do you know if he's telling the truth?
Do your homework.
The guy charging more could be lying too, in which case he's a liar with a much higher profit margin.
At the end of the day, paying more doesn't mean you're getting anything better, it just means you're paying more. You need to check up on these guys and make sure they're telling you the truth.
If they lie about one single thing, grab your wallet and run, there's alot of hosts out there who want your business.
