As you know, I fully recommend Linode. Been using them for a long time now and it's been very very smooth.

You have full root access, full control to install whatever the hell you want, you can partition drives yourself, install OS's ..etc.

It's very very nice.

If anyone wants a login to demo my own server (to see the interface you're given and the options you have), just send me a PM. There's nothing important on the server.

Anyways, in the entire time I've been in/around teh, I don't think I've ever donated. Not because I want to, but because I always forget or I never have money available when it's being talked about (like now, for example, as I'm skint).

Put some little status next to peoples name to say they're a donator. This would remind me to donate.

(giggle)

From a Beehive point of view it wouldn't be a bad idea for Beehive to support some sort of donator icon since from what I've seen most other competing forum packages have something similar.

I read that as naming and shaving.

Wouldn't bother me as I'm not hairy in the slightest, but our spectacularly coiffered friend Mouse might have something to say.

I'm afraid I'm going to interrupt this odd tangent, bringing things back to the EuroVPS saga. :(

In summary, 12 days ago I asked them to turn off auto-renewal and refund it, they said auto-renewal was off, and 6 days ago the refund request needed to be checked with the accounts director.

Last night, with no further contact since, I got an automatic email saying a payment transaction was attempted - to take the amount for what would be next year's fee. (Fortunately, my stored card details had expired, so the payment failed.)

Since they're showing their incompetence again, I think another backup might be in order, in case they misinterpret the message saying "why wasn't auto renewal turned off, and why hasn't the accounts director refunded the credit yet, stop arsing about and do it".

Also, can anyone suggest a reasonable way of putting that message?

Dear whatever,

I recently requested that the "auto-renew" option on this account was switched off. Despite this, your system recently tried to auto-renew the account by attempting to take payment from my bank account.

Please ensure that this will not happen again. Also, please let me know what arrangements you have made to credit the outstanding balance on this hosting account back to my bank account.

Regards ectect

Dear incompetents,

I recently requested that the "auto-renew" option on this account was switched off. Despite this, your incompetent system recently tried to auto-renew the account by attempting to take payment from my bank account.

Please ensure that, despite your incompetence, this will not happen again. Also, please advise as to the spastic arrangements you have made to credit the outstanding balance on this hosting account back to my bank account.

Fuck you and your parents, ectect