Have I been ripped off?

Ok guys yesterday I came across the following site

http://www.thededicatedserverhandbook.com/

And decided that I would pay and order the ebook, I paid through paypal and after the payment was accepted was greeted with a message saying server is busy we will send you the download link for your good within 3 hours promise you.

As you can tell I havent received any ebooks and the payment has been taken out of my account I have contacted the company and had no response, all I wanted was this bloody ebook grrrr

Ive been had haven't I?

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Pash

Just use sparky marks technotes on here dude, seriously good guide for setting up everything you need on a dedicated box, you can fill in anything else you need with free guides on the web.

I know that doesnt get your money back, but in all honesty its stupidly easy to setup a full LAMP without getting those books.

Hope you get compensated.

Darthn3ss

Pash wrote:

Just use sparky marks technotes on here dude, seriously good guide for setting up everything you need on a dedicated box, you can fill in anything else you need with free guides on the web.

care to pass a link on? can't find this technote on dedicated servers :P

ally_uk

I'm just pissed out that I have lost money on this I feel like flying out to America and kicking the guys ass

Pash

Darthn3ss wrote:

Pash wrote:

Just use sparky marks technotes on here dude, seriously good guide for setting up everything you need on a dedicated box, you can fill in anything else you need with free guides on the web.

care to pass a link on? can't find this technote on dedicated servers :P

http://www.techexams.net/technotes/linuxplus/network-services.shtml

Its more on network services, but even still it teaches you the basics. Obviously doesnt cover control panels and things like that.

BeaverC32

Doesn't PayPal have some kind of buyer protection policy (up to a certain dollar amount)? At the very least I would file a complaint with PayPal, they can refund your money if the seller has a balance in their PayPal account.

cacharo

ally_uk wrote:

I'm just pissed out that I have lost money on this I feel like flying out to America and kicking the guys ass

That may get you your money back, but you are gambling on the size of the guy and whether or not he has a dog. If it were me I would just file a dispute with Paypal or my CC company to get my money back.

ally_uk

This now has been resolved I recieved the ebook woohoo! apparently the guys email was bouncing so he gave me a 5 dollar refund and sent me the goods.

Book looks pretty straight forward I should be having a linux server up in no time

Lee H

Well done mate, am glad it got solved

How much dod you pay for it if you dont mind me asking

Lee H

ally_uk

About £20 I have been looking for a decent book on webmin and this one is pretty up to date shows you the process of how to get a server up and running. I need to buy a domain ASAP and some old hardware and start my tinkering.

What is your email Lee? I can drop you a copy if you want?

sprkymrk

ally_uk wrote:

What is your email Lee? I can drop you a copy if you want?

Please don't turn this into a warez site ally_uk. I know you were trying to be helpful.

undomiel

I am appreciating the irony of worrying about being ripped off, then receiving the materials and a $5 credit, and then immediately turning around and attempting to distribute (rip off) it.

darkerosxx

undomiel wrote:

I am appreciating the irony of worrying about being ripped off, then receiving the materials and a $5 credit, and then immediately turning around and attempting to distribute (rip off) it.

lol, you noticed that, too?

astorrs

darkerosxx wrote:

undomiel wrote:

I am appreciating the irony of worrying about being ripped off, then receiving the materials and a $5 credit, and then immediately turning around and attempting to distribute (rip off) it.

lol, you noticed that, too?

waltdee