aplus.net hosting mislead me
 

I was surfing aplus.net for some hosting when a box popped up and a nice sales rep wanted to speak to me. I saw on the right hand side of the box there was a pic of him that said "real pic" on it. After congratulating him on how nice his orange shirt was it was revealed that the pic was infact just a stock photo. I was quite upset. Read the convo below and included is a screenshot.

If you can guess the 2pac song I was listening to (the full title) I will send you a box of c00kies as a bonus.

http://cybehost.com/temp/aplus.jpg

vernh: Hi! My name is Vern. Id love to help you, please join me for a secure and private chat.
Visitor08917: hiya
vernh: hi
Visitor08917: I see you give "unlimited transfer" with the unix virtual hosting
vernh: yes
Visitor08917: my site will use around 4TB per month, so this is excellent for me
vernh: terrabytes huh
Visitor08917: yes
vernh: hahaha
vernh: thats a good one
Visitor08917: was going to cost me big $ but this offer I havn't seen anywhere else
Visitor08917: what do you mean "good one" ?
vernh: im joking with ya
Visitor08917: I see, so how soon can my account be setup?
vernh: when you give us a CC number
Visitor08917: so that plan is ok for me? considering the amount of data I will transfer
vernh: i am going to check one second
vernh: ok you will need 4 premium servers
vernh: at 199 a month
Visitor08917: :( but why?
vernh: each
vernh: your talkin terrabytes
Visitor08917: yep, but that plan says "unlimited transfer"
vernh: thats not like a megabyte here and there
vernh: yea unlimited transfer within reason
Visitor08917: nice
Visitor08917: ok I will think about it
vernh: ok
Visitor08917: I am going to print out this pic and stick it to my monitor

http://216.55.128.152/images/opers/vernh.gif
vernh: whys that
Visitor08917: because you are an excellent sales rep, I should hire you
vernh: haha
vernh: lol well thanks for the compliment
Visitor08917: you like working for aplus?
vernh: its not bad
vernh: i could be flippin burgers for mc donalds if that what your asking
Visitor08917: tbh I run a hosting biz, got an email from aplus saying they wanted to aqquire my business,

I came to check out the site
vernh: tbh?
Visitor08917: to be honest
vernh: i see
vernh: well we have been around for 12 years
vernh: before al gore "invented" the internet
Visitor08917: 1992 is impressive
Visitor08917: I will email them back saying no, but I will hire Vern for sales rep
vernh: lol
vernh: how much you paying?
Visitor08917: paying for what?
vernh: another joke lol
Visitor08917: oh...
vernh: i thought you wanted to hire me thats why i said that
Visitor08917: well I suppose $35k starting + commissions
vernh: you got yourself a sales rep
Visitor08917: aren't aplus paying you that much?
vernh: hahaha
vernh: thats a good one
Visitor08917: seriously?
vernh: try like 10 bucks an hour
Visitor08917: for real?
vernh: yeap
Visitor08917: omg
Visitor08917: that's cheap, but I suppose if it's easy over there then it's ok
Visitor08917: I like your orange shirt by the way
vernh: lol
vernh: thats not even our picture
Visitor08917: it says "real photo" ?
vernh: i just got hired in and that it the company default
Visitor08917: I am upset now
Visitor08917: I see
vernh: whys that
Visitor08917: where abouts in US are you?
Visitor08917: cos not real pic
vernh: im in san diego
Visitor08917: nice
vernh: yea
Visitor08917: you allow adult content on your servers?
vernh: not on shared
vernh: if you want to run that then its a dedicated server
vernh: because of the bandwidth
Visitor08917: I see
Visitor08917: can u send me a real pic of you, that one on the right hand side is confusing me?
vernh: i dont have one here
Visitor08917: :( ok
vernh: why do you request one?
Visitor08917: just I keep looking at the one here that says "real photo" and thinking it's you
Visitor08917: you sell many hosting accounts?
vernh: yes
Visitor08917: good
vernh: we have over 200,000 customers
Visitor08917: nice one
Visitor08917: I got to go now, nice speaking with you Vern !
vernh: yeap
vernh: may i know who i was speaking to?
Visitor08917: Andrew, from http://cybehost.com
vernh: alright well when you want to get a server give us a call
Visitor08917: will do
vernh: my extension is 6645
Visitor08917: excellent

Picture me rollin' :thumbsup

cliff notes

cliff notes plz?

1. host was offering unlimited transfer, I got him on that
2. picture of sales rep was stock photo even though it said "real photo"
3. I offered to hire the sales rep for $35k per year + commissions
4. rep informed me he worked for $10 per hour

that's about it, it's worth reading the convo though :)

another BS host busted :)

You were talking to Sly. You should've been able to figure that one out, even without the headset pic.

still looking for a sales rep? :Graucho

Those polesmoking fucktards spammed me on my phone during the holidays after i had reg'd some domain names

APLUS.NET CAN LICK MY ASS

These guys are asswipes.
They are here in town...and everytime I register a domain they somehow know it within 24 hours and call me to offer me some of thier crap. It gets really annoying.

What do you mean?

Which Sly are you talking about Holly?

will you fly to London to work in my office?

:thumbsup

can't believe no one wants a box of c00kies

2pac - Until The End of Time

Funny shit!

those fuckers called me the other day after having a domain registered for 24 hours.....fuck them, NO UNSOLICITED CALLS!

I thought their name sounded familiar! They called me right after I picked up some expired domains. Seemed like nice enough guys, but that tactic seemed pretty desperate to me.

They probably have a boiler room of $10/hr guys cold calling every day. Nice bust!

Make it $50k/year and I will

Good read.

The sales rep was a bit to honest though - Looked as if he was searching for companionship. Very detailed discussion to, if aplus catches onto this, I wouldn't be surprised if he is immediately fired. ha

File was actually
2Pac feat RL - until the end of time (broken wings remix).mp3

But you are close enough, a box of c00kies on its way to you!

that's a lot of $$ for a sales rep, what can you bring to the table?

That's exactly what I was thinking while I was talking to him, he seemed very friendly, the convo was more of a personal chat than a sales proposal.