Although my website was registered with A Small Orange for three years and my invoices fully paid until my email address changed and my credit card expired ASO didn't have the decency to contact me by mail to notify me that my account was in jeopardy. I spent at least two hours on the chat helpline and at the end of the conversation they essentially told me I was never with a Small Orange which was simply not true. Rather than make that small extra effort by mailing an invoice or referencing my site for alternative contact information they took down the site. I spent thousand of dollars having the site created and five years accumulating material to post to my site. They allowed it to disappear and did not have the professionalism to acknowledge that it was because their company does not have a decent follow up system in place. So disheartening. I will not work with A S O again. Your pitch is that you are an old fashioned company. An old fashioned business would have made a concerted effort to notify me of the lapsed invoice and the potential discontinuation of the site. That's just bad business.

I would very much appreciate an update on the status of my issue. *Every day I'm without my website perspective work opportunities are passing me by. *This is urgent for me to have this issue resolved. Perhaps a phone call could clear up a lot of the confusion. Yes, a phone call. Sometimes that is what is needed to resolve problems. *Please contact me and tell me what I need to do to resolve this very inconvenient issue. **Thank you,*Heather Rankin*heatherrankin.ca ****-***-******Hello,**This ticket has been created for our systems administrators to address the issue escalated from front line support. If you have any additional information please let us know.**We will get back to you as soon as possible.**Description of Problem: Account verification**Thank you,**Ashwini S*Web Advisor*A Small Orange*https:**asmallorange.com******Ticket Details*---------------------------------*Ticket ID: YCQ-***-******Department: Advanced Billing*Type: Issue*Status: Open*Priority: Normal**View * Open tickets and manage your account:*https:**customers.asmallorange.com***A Small Orange * http:**www.asmallorange.com***Begin forwarded message:**From: A Small Orange ******@***.com**Date: March **, **** at *:**:** PM ADT*To: Heather Rankin ******@***.com**Subject: Order Confirmation: A Small Orange Homegrown Hosting**Hello Heather Rankin,***Thanks for choosing A Small Orange! We received your order and will process it as soon as possible. Here are your order details:**Order Number: ************Product*Service: Shared Hosting - Small*Domain: heatherrankin.ca*Dedicated IP for SSL: **Reseller Access: No*First Payment Amount: $**.** USD*Recurring Amount: $**.** USD*Billing Cycle: Annually**Addon: Secure and Accelerate Your Site - Highly Recommended*Setup Fee: $*.** USD*Recurring Amount: $**.** USD*Billing Cycle: Annually**Total Due Today: $**.** USD** **We're kind of an old-fashioned, yet modern, company. When we get new orders we actually like to go through them individually in order to make sure that every order is correct. As a result, you may have to wait a little bit for your order to be processed.**Once we get your account set up we will send you another email with all of the login information for your shiny new hosting account.**Note: if this confirmation email was sent for an upgrade order of the same type of plan you had previously, you won't get any new account details emailed to you. Just use your OLD account details with your new account.***It may take us up to ** hours to send your Shared, VPS or Business hosting account information over to you. Dedicated servers can take a little longer, because we have to lovingly handcraft your particular machine.**If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask! Reply to this email to get in touch with a real live person from our Billing team. Just like everyone at A Small Orange, they are really glad to help.**Welcome aboard... we’re pretty happy to be your homegrown web host.** **All the best,**Billing Department*A Small Orange