I signed up for ONE year service for Shared Hosting. I paid one time fee using my credit card.
After one year, I was surprised to get an invoice saying I owed HostNine money. I quickly responded that I didn't renewal the domain name and I don't need the web hosting service. I got an email back from billing saying "All of our hosting services are set for automatic renewal by default."
This is DECEPTIVE because it is not mention in their plan. See the web page on 7/24/08
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