1and1 Corporate Headquarters Phone Number
August 26th, 2008 | Published in Web Hosting | 49 Comments
As the saga continues with my 1 and 1 hosting problems, I’ve ran through several fully charged batteries on my blackberry trying to get things straightened out. Some of that phone time was spent trying to get the phone number for the 1and1 corporate offices on Lee Road in PA. (This is where the sales team is, coincidentally.)
So I called the sales team (which is the number the tech support people give when you ask for head office) and was hung up on twice, and transferred back to tech support in the Philippines twice. I finally got a mature sales agent on the phone who basically admitted that the company was way to big to handle true tech issues in a timely manner.
Still no executive numbers. Even after an extensive search online. I did manage to get a 1&1 sales manager’s name and extension:
Burt – Sales Manager Supervisor, at Ext 2579 – I’ll be calling old burt tomorrow morning.
Again, I understand now that I got what I paid for.
September 24th, 2008 at 1:56 pm (#)
The actual sales number is 610-560-1441 and your Pal Burt is not a manager but a supervisor.
September 24th, 2008 at 2:49 pm (#)
Thanks Chris – did you get any other information for any higher level employees? There are some real injustices being done within that company and they need to answer to their “customers”
October 8th, 2008 at 4:10 pm (#)
Thanks so much for your post. I have spent 15 hours trying to get their service to work to no avail. I ask for a supervisor or 2nd level and I’m told no one is available. They have the worst customer service on the planet. I will be calling them, blogging about them and doing everything possible to show my sheer frustration and dissatisfaction. Did you transfer to another company or did you get your problem resolved? If so, how? If not, whom do you now use?
October 8th, 2008 at 4:17 pm (#)
Wendy, I feel your pain. What problems are you experiencing?
I switched to GoDaddy and bought a higher level of package. The difference is very good. Their support is 10000% better. So far So good.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:10 pm (#)
I called the number you provided and spoke with a nice person in sales who offered to connect me to supervisor in the Phillippines. I did not have time to do that today but will try that before I throw in the towel. I write an expert blog for Fast Company and plan to blog about my experience and will link to your site/post.
I have two major problems. One is the service every hour takes my system hostage for five minutes when it caches and times out. Beyond that every other day for some reason, I can’t send emails from Outlook using my 1and1 account for some four hours but have no problem using a pop account via charter that I also use via Outlook. 1and1 set me up on an imap account.
If you don’t mind my asking, which service package did you buy from GoDaddy?
Thanks for your help and support and I will let you know the outcome.
October 8th, 2008 at 6:18 pm (#)
Wow, it really sounds like you are having a nightmare experience. I went with the godaddy business plan (microsoft hosting) and like I said, it’s like night and day. I’m not saying Godaddy is the best, I’m just saying they are many times better than 1and1.
I really wish it was possible to get contact information for an executive level employee at the US head office. I was unsuccessful in getting that information.
You can also try the 1and1 US public relations contact annmarie.tropiano@1and1.com I sent but only got a read receipt. No replies.
October 9th, 2008 at 4:17 pm (#)
Thank you. I am writing an open letter to the CEO on my expert blog for Fast Company and will also send a hard copy. I will also send a copy to the PR person you just provided me with. I will let you know if I hear back from anyone. Apparently, the company cares little about its brand since your blog post comes up right away when you type in 1and1 on Google. Shame on them.
October 17th, 2008 at 11:00 am (#)
Wow! I read through these emails…I am incurring the same frustrations. I cannot get through to the executives in this company (asked for the CEOs office) – was hoping to find a number by googling corporate headquarters, and that is how i found this string. Same issues with ridiculous responses in the Phillipines. The company has caused a problem with my credit because of their own flaw and I can’t seem to get anyone there to listen or call me back. It has been a nightmare! Indeed SHAME ON THEM!
October 17th, 2008 at 11:07 am (#)
Sagit – I really do feel your pain. The best thing you can do for yourself, is just pay the bill. It’s not worth screwing your credit for. If you find a corporate number, PLEASE let us know!
October 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm (#)
I have a spurious billing issue with 1and1 internet. Has any one been successful getting a corporate contact number?
Thanks
October 22nd, 2008 at 1:12 pm (#)
thanks for your response. problem is that my bill already went to collections and already impacted my credit. all this happened without my knowledge. i have been a loyal paying customer and my credit card expired and amex didn’t automatically re assume this ongoing payment. 1 and 1 had a VERY old email and address associated with my account and apparently they tried (as well as the credit agency) to reach me with no success. it was total coincidence that i found out. if i pay the bill to collections, i am admitting to this fault, and my credit stays affected. i tried to explain this to 1 and 1 billing but they don’t care…so now I am going through hoops to dispute this in alternate routes…nightmare…
October 27th, 2008 at 2:32 pm (#)
I am through! How about we file a class action law suit! We need to hit ’em where it hurts. Let’s build a counter attack! They want to ignore us, let’s go to CNN about this problem. Let’s get Clark Howard on the issue!
Anyone want to help me mount a fight? They have a great product but PISS POOR MANAGEMENT! The service is GREAT when it works, which it does for the most part, but HORRIBLE when it goes down!
Will anyone fight with me?
Robert Green
678.457.2844
http://www.DrRobertGreen.com
r.green@DrRobertGreen.com or (assuming I will have to change over to goDaddy)
greenro12002@yahoo.com
November 13th, 2008 at 10:57 am (#)
I have a different problem — with 1&1 domains. They say two domains I purchased through a different account (we were trying to transfer them to the corporate account) are being “held” for “collections.” It seems they “notified” me that my autobilling was past due by email. NO email ever arrived on my servers (I run my own servers) from them about such a bill. They refuse to show me an email but meanwhile, on two domains I wanted very badly and would have gladly paid for had I been notified, they’ve turned the matter over to collections and now demand an ADDITIONAL $40 to release them.
So they dinged my credit for lack of proper notification, claiming their agreement states I agree to be notified by email — the most unreliable communications method today.
I mean — two domains. What was the bill? $20?
And everyone watch out for GoDaddy, too. If they even “think” you’re spamming (i.e. ONE complaint from someone even if they SUBSCRIBE to hear from you), they “investigate” and FREEZE your domain until you’re proven innocent. If you prove you’re innocent (we did), they charge you a $250 “incident” fee anyway.
I didn’t pay the fee — I moved my domains to 1&1.
Their excuse for email notification only? “We’re a green company.” I asked did they ever hear of the phone and do they have my number?” Yes — they did. That’s not the issue.
Bad business!!!
November 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm (#)
Andreas Gauger
1&1 Internet Inc.
701 Lee Rd.
Suite 300
Chesterbrook PA. 19087
+1.8774612631
+1.6105601501
hostmaster@oneandone.com
April 16th, 2009 at 11:37 pm (#)
I have dealt with 6 individuals. 4 of them call center agents. 2 separate so-called “Tech support supervisors”. NOTHING has worked. When my original IT company rep set up the domains he left us NO password information. We re-located our office and now our companies are shut down for the last 48 hours because we cannot even get them to change to a working e-mail on our account profile so that we can re-set our password to re-set our IP addresses. I have filed a Better Business Bureau Complaint and also have filed a formal complaint with internic, which is the governing organization for ALL domains throughout the entire world. Furthermore, I run a legal services company within the account receivables firm management industry. They messed with the wrong individual. My legal counsel will be filing a legal suit against 1and1 for their negligence in handling my company domains.
April 27th, 2009 at 3:01 pm (#)
1&1 is great, you guys are just retards…
April 29th, 2009 at 7:11 pm (#)
1&1 is really very low level company, they are not cancelling my accounts, last I tried in February 2008, I canceled my all account with them, but some how they reactivate without my approval and keep on billing. they do not let me Cancell by writing letter, I cannot log in, they do not email me, my log in data, on which basis I can prove that I canceled my all account.some one told me to complain with Attorney General of PA and department of Justice. this company has very bad review on Internet. Stay away from them.go for godaddy.com,
please guide me how to cancel my account.
NM
May 19th, 2009 at 6:48 pm (#)
I can see from all of this that I am certainly not alone and being a journalist, I am digging deeper. I have experienced multiple issues with this company, including bad technical support, off-shore non-native English speakers, repeted issues with the site, and when I wanted to cancel service have now been told I somehow was auto-renewed for another 2 years and can’t get out of the contract…AND, to make matters worse (and believe me I am now going to friends at Wired magazine to sort this out since they wrote the original article that got me to try the service, they refuse to transfer my paid for owned domain name which I originally registered through another company and only pointed toward their site hosting service, which they then took over and now are insisting that they will not transfer the domain unless I sign another contract with them for the domain registrations. In effect they are trying to hold this dimain name hostage. I have started reading articles to the effect that they are “stealing domain names” and THIS I will not tolerate because it is in essence blackmail and I do not believe this is legal.
SO…I AM going to now lodge a complaint with Consumer Reports and the FTC, I AM going to both Wired Magazine and Boing-Boing contatcs and I AM working ym way up the food chain through corporate research and sources to get to the top person there. I urge every one of you to get a hold of Consumer Reports and issue a complain and also with the FTC.
The more people who speak out, the better chance to stop others from this type of extortion.
July 11th, 2009 at 9:02 am (#)
Well, well, well… I am happy (although not really) to see that I am not alone in my issues with Done & Done. I first called to verify DNS settings for our server upgrade over 10 days. I asked to speak with someone on a higher level of support and who spoke English I could understand. The person I spoke with said they could handle it. 5 Days later, the net is still pointing to the old server. Meanwhile we are incurring fees from HostGator for having two dedicated servers, because dealing with dOne & dOne, our billing period had lapsed. We call 4 days ago, I’m told that what we were told on the first call was wrong….again I asked to speak to someone who I could understand….I call again the next day, I want to verify what I was told the day before was accurate and done properly…AGAIN…I’m on the phone with someone who “donta speaka no english” at least English which is comprehensible to the rest of us.
I write a flaming letter to their so called support, get a reply with all this “we’re going to get to the bottom of this” blah…blah. I just now issued an ultimatum, that if we don’t get an adequate response today by 3pm…we are filing a complaint with ICANN, but many of you above have suggested some other good organizations with which to file complaints.
Truthfully, I think I much prefer to use my skills in SEO and Internet marketing to make sure anyone thinking of doing business with them hears about out stories first.
To anyone considering using 1&1 Hosting/1and1 Hosting/ One and One Hosting/ (good you’ve found us here) DONT! They have English speaking sales people, but once they get your contract, you will deal with a tech support team who reads a script and barely speaks English.
July 22nd, 2009 at 7:42 pm (#)
1&1’s tech support is the worst I have ever encountered. Everytime I call, I get someone who doesn’t speak English as their first language. They don’t listen to the problem, they just start offering useless advice from their script book (“clear your cookies”, “reboot your computer”, etc.) Their e-mail support is just as bad. Their replies are riddled with poor grammar and useless advise. If you have a continuing problem, they just stick their head in the sand and ignore you. After about the second time, the just quit replying. In one instance I got a reply that said “that’s a problem with Web Site Builder that can’t be fixed.” Can’t be fixed? If I’m paying for it, I expect it to work right. Guess it’s time to change to Go Daddy. I would NEVER recommend 1&1 to anyone.
December 17th, 2009 at 5:15 pm (#)
I have a problem with exchange hosting. 8 days. no resolution. tech support cannot help with anything so they escalate to the all-powerful “admins.” The admins cannot speak to the unwashed masses – they respond by sending cryptic messages. I also spoke to “Burt” after leaving me on hold for 20 minutes I complained and he yelled “oh God” and hung up on me.
What a disaster this company is.
March 11th, 2010 at 11:58 am (#)
In response to all I have read….all I can say is add another to the pile. There is a major disconnect here! All puns intended! I can appreciate a company acting securely yet when CS,Tech Support and billing cannot get their act together to resolve an e-mail issue – c’mon! This has been happening since Sept 09. It is another case of developing “Temporary Turrets Syndrome” and trying not to unload the “F” Bomb while calling an arduous amount of times – like everyone has 10 hrs a month to “call us”.
June 6th, 2010 at 6:37 pm (#)
I just spent over an hour dealing with 1&1 tech support over e-mail blocking problem from incoming mails from WOW smtp dynamic IP servers to my 1&1 account. How many e-mails and potential business lost I will never know. Seems they block all dynamic IP addresses. At least that is what “Steven” their tech support guy said after waiting 48 minutes to get a straight answer. Results: Excuses, waste of my time and noting done. They treat all their customers with thinly disguised contempt!!! Count me in on any potential action against this SCAM company. They have NO idea of what customer service is!
Edward Wolfrum, Ph.D.
Contact: 248.544-1793
July 13th, 2010 at 5:45 pm (#)
Just got a call from collections I owe 48 dollars from two years ago. I spoke to a supervisor the same one that still works there… Sad he cant get a real job other than a call company… That aside, I was with them before that for years and provided so much indirect referral to them and they wouldn’t let it go. I hope that whole company goes bankrupt, If I lived in the states I would drive to corporate just to show them a piece of my mind. I own a fair sized company and 50 bucks… who cares! But its not about the money its about the principle!!! If anyone wants to contact me and start something up about the terrible customer service that apparently they are #1 in please do so.
Mike Kay
519 721 8325
mike.kroutil@gmail.com
CEO
JayandTonyServices.com
P.S. Never hosting through them AGAIN!!!
July 14th, 2010 at 1:55 am (#)
Mike, what a nightmare. I can’t believe the collection agencies even bother with collections that small. How much could they really be making from that. Pathetic.
What has to happen, I think, is an attorney general inquiry must be done on 1and1 billing practices, and what I feel is false/misleading marketing 1&1 corporate headquarters marketing team.
I mean, They are literally the worst company I’ve ever dealt with. Worse that my cell phone provider, worse than my mechanic, and they are horrible.
September 18th, 2010 at 12:33 am (#)
I have been using 1and1 as a registrar and pointing domains from there to my servers.
Was happy for 3 years. Then I had a problem with a domain not pointing properly. Nightmare of lack of tech support. What a waste of time.
I’m starting to transfer my domains to another registrar now. Goodbye 1and1.
Adrian
September 26th, 2010 at 6:37 am (#)
Two of our domains with 1and1 from the 30+ domains we currently have with them were transferred to another provider. 1and1.com decided to bill us anyway. They always do this and we have to remember to email them to credit it. but this last time they are claiming that the domain was not transferred before the due date which I believe is wrong per the registrar details.
So we decided to dispute the charge with the credit card company (VISA) on September 7th. So today we received a blackmail email from 1and1 that if we dont sign a form they attached to authorize the original charge of $17.98 plus an additional $20 charge back fee they will lock our account and I guess take over all of our domains. As of now we don’t have access to any of the domains.
I called Bank of America VISA they said they have never heard of a business doing this sort of blackmail but could not advise me what to do and told me to seek a lawyer instead.
After doing some research I was told to make a complaint with ICANN and we did, so we are waiting for a reply back.
Please let me know if this is legal and/or the right way of handling this situation.
If anyone reading this is a lawyer and want’s to get involved please get a hold of us by this form: http://www.aatechdesign.com/contact.html
Any other ideas you might have would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
October 7th, 2010 at 6:19 pm (#)
After signing up for one of the 1and1 great promos, I too am stuck with the services of this poorly operated company.
During one of my countless conversations with a Cust. Rep., someone disclosed to me that the Parent company is German(y)-based. This could speak to their total disregard for the BBB or FTC.
I hope this is helpful and that the Parent company has simply been unaware of the disasterous way someone else has been conducting business in the USA; And makes major changes, i.e., New USA Tech Support Team.
I have included my phone number to be counted as a witness (I mean victim) to the many business scam of 1&1.com.
Thanks.
October 7th, 2010 at 6:57 pm (#)
Update: All of the background for 1and1, their affiliation with the EPA, http://www.b-e-f.org, their Lawrence, KS data center, etc. is available with the following search:
1and1 corporate office Germany
United Internet AG is a German Internet services company. With 2.91 million DSL customer contracts, it is a leading ISP in Germany.[2] It is headquartered in Montabaur, Rhineland-Palatinate.[3] Since 2003 it is listed on the TecDAX.
United Internet operates its own Internet backbone with computer clusters at several Internet exchange points (DE-CIX, INXS, AMS-IX, LINX).[4]
In July 2008 United Internet AG acquired a 30% stake in Jimdo GmbH.[5]
United Internet AG´s subsidiary 1&1 Internet AG acquired the DSL business from freenet AG for EUR 123 million in May 2009.[6]
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1&1 Internet
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SmartShoppingAds
[edit] References
1.^ a b c d “Annual Report 2009”. United Internet. http://presse.1und1.de/files/ui/portfolios/q42009e.pdf. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
2.^ “Telefonica O2 eyes Hansenet, United Internet – report”. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=662783. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
3.^ “Contact.” United Internet. Retrieved on 7 May 2009.
4.^ “Web Hosting Provider, 1&1 Internet, Enlists Foundry’s NetIron XMR Multi-Services”. http://www.webhostingtalk.com/news/web-hosting-provider-11-internet-enlists-foundrys-netiron-xmr-multi-services/. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
5.^ “United Internet AG acquires a minority stake in Jimdo GmbH.” Thomson Reuters. July 8, 2008. Retrieved on May 1, 2009.
6.^ EANS-Adhoc: freenet AG / United Internet to acquire freenet´s DSL business July 26, 2009. retrieved on May 28, 2010.
Still searching for a Corp. Phone #
October 7th, 2010 at 11:19 pm (#)
A few hours ago I submitted several pieces of vital info. that would prove useful to your visitors. Namely, I provided the location of the Corp. HQ., which is in Germany. Therefore, if you are truly trying to assist these bewildered 1&1.com users, why did you delete the post? I will continue to research and get the info. to individuals who really want to remedy this problem.
February 10th, 2011 at 2:46 pm (#)
I have to say 1&1 internet hosting company SUCKS! They sent me an invoice 2 months ago. I immediately replied from the same email address telling them it’s not my charges and they need to cancel the service and issue me the credit. 2 months later, I am still calling them; sending them emails and nothing has been resolved. Their customer service people have been rude and hung up on my several times. I talked to Michael in their fraud department who was rude and very unhelpful. I talked to Victoria who hung up on me.
With all the guarantees on their websites, they are still big fraud. I would never recommend them. As the matter of fact, anyone who is reading this should think twice before opening an account with these crooks.
March 2nd, 2011 at 2:13 pm (#)
I’ve got one for you. I have no filtering setup on any of our email account’s, yet email from a specific political website that is VERY well known has all of a sudden started showing up filtered as SPAM. I’ve tried contacting them on this to just be ran around and eventually nothing done. Nice of them to take a political view and ram it on myself and all our email accounts.
March 4th, 2011 at 12:19 am (#)
On SUNDAY requested mail server change – completed 4 hours later. BUT there is a “bug” in their DNS protocol which prevents the issue from closing, therefore no other changes can be made (wanted to do a name server change and get further away from these people). Daily calls to support have proven worthless, “escalations” have done nothing. And whicl I wait for another week to pass I am losing money on my ecommerce site since I can’t transfer it. What a HORRIBLE company. Poor English, support by menu, refuses to refer to supervisor, doesnt answer any emails, etc. I can;t say how miserable their customer service is – it is NOT a bargain to be stuck with these people.
March 18th, 2011 at 6:15 pm (#)
I have been dealing with 1 and 1 trying to transfer my acct to godaddy.com and what a nightmare. For the last two weeks I have been dealing with support, transfers and customer service individuals. They have escalated my concerns and to date, the only escalation has been my blood pressure. All 14 days have been spent trying to get an authorization code to simply release me from this hosting provider. Without question, the most time consuming and horrible experience I have had professionally. I will make it a point to share my experience with everyone so that no one has to experience the same.
July 29th, 2011 at 1:50 pm (#)
I am extremely disappointed with 1and1 customer service! As a longtime 1and1 customer, I expected more help with a issue I just encountered. On Wednesday I discovered that one of my email boxes (the most important one) had not received incoming mail since Monday. My other email boxes worked just fine and I sent an email from one of them as a test. Not only was it not received, but it never bounced back as undeliverable.
I called 1and1’s customer service center. On the positive side, I did not have a long wait. I explained the issue to the service rep who went to my mailbox and was unsure of the issue. I specifically told her that for the first time I used the spam mail filter and asked if that could have caused the problem. She emphatically said no. She told me she would do something and to wait and hour.
The next day I went to the mailbox and nothing had been fixed. So once again I called customer service and gave this representative the case number. He said there was nothing he could do as “it was sent to administration”. I asked what that meant, and he only repeated that it was with administration to fix and they would notify me. When I asked how long this would take, he had no idea.
I was not satisfied with these responses, so I took it upon myself to eliminate all of the emails I had placed in the spam filter. What do you know! Once I did that I began receiving emails again! It would have saved me a great deal of grief, not to mention some important business related emails if the first representative had some idea what she was talking about.
By the way, I have yet to receive any news from “administration”. And as I test, I entered one email address to the span filter and guess what? Even just one blocked all my incoming emails to that box.
As I first said, I am extremely disappointed with 1and1!
December 23rd, 2011 at 2:24 am (#)
Go sign up here against 1and1
http://www.1and1classaction.com/index.html?p=1
December 23rd, 2011 at 2:27 am (#)
Go read this especially the last page
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=689759
December 24th, 2011 at 2:43 pm (#)
As of Dec. 24th, 2011 – everything on this thread about 1and1 is still true.
you get what you pay for.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:00 am (#)
That http://www.1and1classaction.com/index.html?p=1 link does not allow you to submit the form, yet allows you to fill in personal data. Who, exactly is sponsoring that form? Is it 1 and 1 themselves in order to keep a real suit from moving forward???
Until there is more disclosure, file complaints at both the PA Attorney Generals office at: http://www.attorneygeneral.gov/consumers.aspx?id=451; and at the Better Business Bureau, at https://www.bbb.org/consumer-complaints/file-a-complaint/get-started.
Then take a look at the BBB’s rating they give 1&1, a B! My Question, how can they give a company with 806 closed complaints a B rating?
Please file the complaints, as I will be contacting the local DC media regarding the BBB’s rating of them, will make a good investigative journalism piece.
The PA’s Office Of Attorney General will respond before the BBB, but hang in there as the BBB will have some explaining to do.
March 1st, 2012 at 1:13 pm (#)
Absolutely remarkable. I just found this webpage while in the middle of having major issues with 1&1.
I worked on my site for hundreds of hours, doing photoshop work, uploading hundreds of images etc. As I was about to be done designing my site and happy to be done with hundreds of hours of work, everything just disappeared!!!! I called tech support wondering what happened. They told me they were switching servers and they lost all my work. I couldnt believe it.
I spoke with a tech support supervisor named Ian Morris and he assured me that this was all 1&1’s fault and I would be given “at least a year of free service. I was also told IAN or someone else would fix my site for me if I just send them all my info and photos. Ian told me he’d get back to me and he gave me his personal e-mail address. He told me by the end of the day my site would be restored to where it was when I was finished with all my hard work.
A day went by and no call, no e-mail, and no site fix. I called again and talked to ian, he assured me this will be taken care of by the end of the day. Again, no call, no e-mail, no site fix.
I called AGAIN the next day and talked to another tech rep named Adrian who told me “I’ll work on the site for you like it’s my own” “i’ll get back to you at 5:00 est to let you know the progress I’ve made” Of course, no call. This has been going on for 8 straight days and enough is enough already. It is absolutely impossible at this point to get in touch with ANY of the supervisors over there. It’s almost like trying to get in touch with the President of the USA. I keep getting transferred, put on hold, told the supervisors are busy and I have to hold another 15 minutes etc. I’ve never been treated this way by any company in my 43 years of living. It’s one thing to have someone tell me, “nope, we cant help you” and another thing to be told for 7 or 8 days “we can help you, and we will help you immediately” and then have nothing get done. I don’t enjoy being LIED to.
I’ve never even so much as asked to talk to a manager at a restaurant because I was unhappy for whatever reason, but this is absolutely ridiculous. I’m paying for services that these people arent even giving me and they plain and simply dont care. I’ve e-mails two VP’s today and I bet I get no response whatsoever. Worst experience of my life regarding another company and how they’re treating me.
PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WITH EVERYONES COMPLAINTS AND IF ANYTHING IS BEING DONE ABOUT THIS!!!
If anyone actually talks to a high level manager at this company, and that manager actually helps them, please post their phone number on this forum.
Todd
April 19th, 2012 at 6:44 pm (#)
1and1 is the worst company ever i pay monthly £17.96 in fucking three days they make my debt £71.96 what the fuck there is no option to sort this situation out,no installment no close account no move the date, and time, nothing im gonna fucking bankruptcy they still keep charging them and they told me in 3 days you should pay this money otherwise call debt collectors, what the fuck.
July 11th, 2012 at 7:01 pm (#)
Todd,
I see that you’re the latest to post a comment here, any news on your issue? could you share the emails of both VPs you have?
I am having loads of trouble with 1&1.
it started with me wanting to cancel my hosting but keep my Domain Names. I contacted support, and I was pointed to the cancellation website cancel.1and1.com
I went through the procedure, to discover later that all my Domain Names disappeared. When I called the support, I was told I should have downgraded my package instead of cancelling it. I explained that they, them selves so called technical support, advised me to go through the cancellation website. Any way, they assured me to retrieve all my Domain Names. a few days later, and after several email, and phone calls, I was told to be patient! then I received an email with my Domain Names, and transfer codes. When I rang back to say that I cannot transfer the domains because my account is deleted, they asked me to open a new free package that is Instant Domain. I went through all the steps they provided, and there was no way to get this free package. You have to buy a new domain name to avail of the free package. Which I did!!!!
I then called to have my domains transferred to the new package, and they talked me through doing it. When I started the first transfer, I was asked on the screen to agree to a $9.99 transfer fee. When I asked the agent (his name is Nick) what’s that about, and that I will not be paying that, he assured me that this fee doesn’t apply in my case. I reiterated the question, and again he assured me that I wont be charged for that! And guess what!!! 3 days later I receive a bill of over $380 for domain transfers.
I since was dealing with their billing and complaints departments, and I can’t get any where. They are insisting on me paying the bill, even though it’s their fault that I was dragged into these muddy waters.
If anyone can help with an email address or a phone number, I would much appreciate it!
Thanks,
Riki
November 5th, 2012 at 1:15 pm (#)
Here is their parent company’s info:
United Internet AG
Elgendorfer Straße 57
56410 Montabaur
Germany
Phone: +49 2602 / 96 – 1100
Fax: +49 2602 / 96 – 1013
E-Mail: info@united-internet.com
December 14th, 2012 at 6:54 pm (#)
I am currently in the process of attempting to solve problems initiated with my executive assistant.
I have experienced the same situation others mentioned here on this blog site. Two of my domains are held up for “locked by billing issues”, described as “blackmail” here…
I have reached several representatives in sales and customer service by my attempts to reach the names listed above at their corporate office. I was told that AnnMarie Tropiano is their “big boss” in Chesterbrook, PA, so I will try emailing her since reaching the corporate office is nearly impossible.
I say nearly because this would be the first company that I have not been able to reach an executive at… yet…
Their CEO is listed under Wikipedia as Oliver Mauss.
LinkedIn has 3 individuals listed under Oliver Mauss, but the top result does indicate location, affiliation, and education in Germany in the field of internet-related enterprises.
The only company with a similar name to United Internet, apparent parent owner of 1and1, shows him as a non-executive board member of “united-domains-AG”…
My plan was to switch my 2 domains to domain only and try their new “MyWebsite” offer on another…
We shall see where this leads to…
March 30th, 2013 at 10:42 am (#)
I am sending an email to info@united-internet.com because of the terrible service I am receiving from 1and 1. Thanks to the person who posted that info.
September 11th, 2015 at 6:14 pm (#)
Just wanted to keep this content fresh with a quick update.
I’ve been a 1and1 “major customer” (over 500 domains), since 2007/2008
They are one of the WORST COMPANIES on the earth.
I absolutely HATE dealing with them.
They are a complete and TOTAL RIP OFF.
Cumulatively, I have spent at least 1,000 hours on the phone with them and have records of 600+ emails back and forth.
I can tell you their billing practices are SLOPPY at best, deceptive, intentionally complex and wrought with errors and overcharges.
Then, they just LOVE sending accounts to “collections agencies” even if YOU’RE CURRENT with them!
Not to mention, their website, ironically, is clumsy, S—L—O—-W and very very very often crashes on me when I’m trying to update my settings, check on invoices etc.
July 12th, 2016 at 4:11 am (#)
Lets start a boycott 1 and 1 Facebook page and expose their fraud!
June 26th, 2017 at 10:55 am (#)
STAY AWAY FROM THIS VERY BAD EXPERIENCE DOMAIN WAS DOWN FOR 4 DAYS… LOST ALOT OF MONEY WITH THIS COMPANY STAY AWAY
December 10th, 2017 at 11:22 am (#)
Keeping it alive !
Can’t order a domain, can’t register an external domain.
Never any sense from support. 250+ domains, had enough of these morons, time to move.