Re: [cobalt-users] intheq

[Jay Tingley <jayt@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

[ Jeff Lasman writes... ]

> On the price, true so far, though I've heard rumors that they've dropped
> the deal I was referring to, and now only offer higher priced deals with
> lower quantities.

This could very well be the case.
 
> And frankly, their service may have gotten better, but a year ago it was
> terrible.

Again, I can't speak for you, but our experience has been entirely
positive in dealing with Miva. Support included. They even released
a new .pkg file for the RaQ that dealt with a particular CGI issue
(on our recommendation).
 
> I do that all the time, on this and other lists.  It's true that I'm a
> Cobalt RaQ consultant, so it's hard to say that everything on this list
> isn't in some way related to things I sell.  But the fact is I still try
> to spend an average of fifteen hours a week helping people on this and
> other Cobalt lists.

Well, my point was that almost everyone on this list provides some
form of hosting or consulting service; we just don't plug it at
every available opportunity...

> I suppose that I could have not told anyone that there's a less
> expensive way to start with MIVA than the way shown on the MIVA site.
> And I suppose not telling anyone would even give me a competitive edge.

A general search under "Miva" in the Cobalt user archives reveals
much of the information you're referring to.
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Jay Tingley
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