Virtual6.net Ceases Operations for unforeseen reasons :)

[drmike]

Our buddy, "VPS Flipper" Ashley Hawkridge has done it again.  Now he is closing  Virtual6.net:

We regret to inform you that due to unforseen legal circumstances, Virtual6 have ceased trading completely as of Tuesday the 14th of January.

Any payments made today (14th January 2014) will be refunded within the next 24 hours. Our hardware is paid for up until the 11th of February, we will leave everything online until the datacenter takes our servers down, no further payments will be required from you. Unfortunately our support system and public facing website will be disabled throughout this time. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused and wish you all the best moving forward.

Best Regards, Virtual6.net

 

[cubixcloud]

Hmm. I wonder what happened. Legal reasons?

 

[Virtovo]

Maybe he found a job:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1337104

 

[Aldryic C'boas]

Guess he couldn't find a buyer before the bills piled in.

 

[texteditor]

Maybe he found a job:

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1337104

goddamn is that even minimum wage in the UK he's asking for?

 

[MartinD]

Called it.

..along with everyone else.

 

[dano]

Amazing - only what, a couple of months, and already calling it quits on this brand? Let's hope that he will not be dropping his offers here or anywhere else for a very long time(till he grows up). 

 

[Eased]

Guess he couldn't find a buyer before the bills piled in.

Or there were too little clients for it to even be worth a sale. 

 

[MannDude]

But I thought this brand was long term and permanent?

 

[rds100]

Don't be sad. There will be a new one Soon (tm ackowledged).

 

[concerto49]

I'm pretty sure it's the name/trademark - it sounds SO MUCH like quite a few other names of bigger brands.

 

[kaniini]

Hmm. I wonder what happened. Legal reasons?

Yeah I agree here, "Legal reasons" seems kind of bogus for a company that is less than 2 months old.

I'm pretty sure it's the name/trademark - it sounds SO MUCH like quite a few other names of bigger brands.

In this case, he would likely just rebrand the operation and be done with it.  I doubt, seriously, that other companies would waste their time on litigation if he simply did that.  It's just not worth it to them over a kiddiehost.

 

[vRozenSch00n]

goddamn is that even minimum wage in the UK he's asking for?

Poor chap. Maybe he is desperate.

 

[Amitz]

Cool! He has a new EXIT strategy!

 

[MartinD]

Poor chap. Maybe he is desperate.

there are plenty of jobs that don't involve sitting on your ass in front of a PC all day.

 

[Francisco]

there are plenty of jobs that don't involve sitting on your ass in front of a PC all day.

Alas a lot of people aren't willing to work manual labour.

I don't think there should be a "" on the post since I feel bad for the customers.

If anything his case just shows the problems that exist in the current LE market.

Francisco

 

[JayCawb]

I sit on my ass on a pc all day for 10 hours and get paid £4/hour. *cough* shitty apprenticeship wage *cough*

 

[DomainBop]

there are plenty of jobs that don't involve sitting on your ass in front of a PC all day.

I wouldn't say there are "plenty" of jobs available to Ash.  The UK unemployment rate for people in Ash's under 25 age group demographic is over 20%...about 3 1/2 times higher than the unemployment rate for those over 25. 

Yeah I agree here, "Legal reasons" seems kind of bogus for a company that is less than 2 months old.

Ash is a sole trader so technically there was a Virtual6 "business" but there never was a Virtual6 "company"  The legal entity was Ash.  It's entirely possible, and likely, that the legal entity's (i.e. Ash H.) "unforseen legal circumstances" are entirely unrelated to the Virtual6 business,

 

[SPINIKR-RO]

I called this and then people bashed me on LET for it... Oh hes a nice guy, oh this oh that.. what is this like 6 or 7 times now?

People need to learn to stop enabling this behavior.

 

[maounique]

If anything his case just shows the problems that exist in the current LE market.


Francisco

Yes, I predicted them for an year or more, pump and dump schemes no longer work, even straight out scams have a hard time, this is due to a combination of factors.

2014 will be another hard year.