Watch out for newshosting newsgroup server con game

[Racehorse]

I signed up for ** FREE TRIAL ** ; at least that was the link I clicked on
they charged PAYPAL immediately.
after writing billing with a cc to support every day FOR 5 DAYS ; TODAY I received the following reply:

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subject line : JIRA (NHS-144207) SIGNED UP BASED ON TRIAL PAYPAL CHARGED

quote newshosting response :

Greetings,

As requested, the account has been cancelled from further billing charges. Unfortunately it looks like you signed up for our affiliate promotional plan which does not include a free trial. I apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. Please let us know if there is anything further we can assist you with.

-Eric
Newshosting Support

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I clicked a ***FREE TRIAL ** LINK which NEWSHOSTING NOW CLAIMS WASN'T A FREE TRIAL LINK ; SO WATCH OUT !!

I will post the results of my PAYPAL dispute

[samphar]

ur affiliate promotional plan which does not include a free trial.


So you sign up for the special deal or maybe you click the banner to give a site like filesharingtalk or an indexer a few bucks on the sign up thinking that nothing bad will come of it, and then BAM. They hit you with this kind of BS. Highwinds are evil.

[kulysses]

So did you or did you not go directly to Newshosting for the trial?

I did a free trial with 3 different usenet providers, never got charged till I purchased a plan.

Not going directly through the provider and not reading the fine print is not a con.

[jwisjw]

How many companies does Highwind DBA under?

[piercerseth]

How many companies does Highwind DBA under?
Highwinds been buying up everything not nailed down lately: Provider Map (https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers)

[Quickman]

My ISP has been using Highwinds, they suck! Everything is gone so quickly. :(

[piercerseth]

Add Tweaknews (https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2svrxc/happy_new_year_from_highwinds_and_tweaknews/) to the list.

[Jackamabob]

Add Tweaknews (https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2svrxc/happy_new_year_from_highwinds_and_tweaknews/) to the list.

Goddammit. Screw highwinds.

[cooldude75ph]

Add Tweaknews (https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/comments/2svrxc/happy_new_year_from_highwinds_and_tweaknews/) to the list.

Damn! Just signed a block with them :(

[TeeLex]

newshosting is decent... been using them for years, go for it!

[Dolfan-Neil]

Only a few that aren't Highwinds anymore. I had been using Tweaknews blocks as my main provider for over a year and now with the Highwinds buyout, even though I haven't seen their DMCA policy in effect yet, I've switched to another European provider that has no affiliation with Highwinds. I actually bought a year of unlimited. Quite the change for me, but also with my higher ISP caps (320GB/month) and unlimited, I'm now downloading my TV shows in HD.

[spectrenine]

I've used newshostings free trial in the past and I never got charged. It was a long time ago tho.