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mmegaeraSo. The domain names for my two websites are registered through GoDaddy, which I first put together in 2007 (ye godlings, yes, that long ago) back when I didn't know any better. I have my webhosting through A Small Orange, who are generally fantastic, and I want to switch my domain name registrations over to them, too.
But apparently this is not possible unless you're a lot smarter and more Internet savvy than I am. ASO is more than willing to help and step me through their side of things, as they have many times before (the cliché champagne service on a beer budget is not an inapt description of them in general), but, obviously, they cannot help me with the GoDaddy side of things. GoDaddy is living up to their reputation (which I didn't know about when I signed up with them), being as obstructionist and obfuscating as corporately possible.
Reading the documentation is beyond hopeless. The words are in English, and they do appear to be structured in grammatically sound sentences, but otherwise the instructions might as well be written in Swahili. Or Klingon. The "help" chat is -- I'd say less than helpless, but that's insulting the word helpless.
I feel like a bloody hostage, but I don't know how to get myself out of this situation.
Has anyone here ever extracted themselves from GoDaddy's clutches and lived to tell the tale? If so, would you be willing to hold my hand as we get *me* out of them? I figure it can't hurt to ask...
But apparently this is not possible unless you're a lot smarter and more Internet savvy than I am. ASO is more than willing to help and step me through their side of things, as they have many times before (the cliché champagne service on a beer budget is not an inapt description of them in general), but, obviously, they cannot help me with the GoDaddy side of things. GoDaddy is living up to their reputation (which I didn't know about when I signed up with them), being as obstructionist and obfuscating as corporately possible.
Reading the documentation is beyond hopeless. The words are in English, and they do appear to be structured in grammatically sound sentences, but otherwise the instructions might as well be written in Swahili. Or Klingon. The "help" chat is -- I'd say less than helpless, but that's insulting the word helpless.
I feel like a bloody hostage, but I don't know how to get myself out of this situation.
Has anyone here ever extracted themselves from GoDaddy's clutches and lived to tell the tale? If so, would you be willing to hold my hand as we get *me* out of them? I figure it can't hurt to ask...
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Date: 2015-09-23 02:17 am (UTC)