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Hey a**hole, read my reply and make an attempt to understand MY content.
Generally speaking, there's not a high success factor in coming to a community forum and airing suspicions about longstanding helpful members, nor in swearing at them either.
As a third party, I think sXi was commenting on how you came here and asked a few questions of fellow customers, got a response, then immediately cast suspicion on the fact that our friend Scott is not who he's said he is for the past 3 years. As I said, this is not a recipe for making friends of people from whom you're asking free advice.
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He said that google checkout may take a while to process the order and is therefore slowing down the process. I said they already processed the order, so his reply is useless and the lag is dreamhost's fault.
Dreamhost has always said there are sometimes delays when processing your order via Google Checkout. Some folks, including myself, have theorized that this is because of some delay in the way funds clear via Google checkout or because of the way fraud detection and guarantee works through Google Checkout. We only know what we know, but not necessarily the reasons why. We can only reassure you that the delay is either typical or that you may need to submit a support ticket via the panel to see if there's been some snafu in the automated system requiring manual intervention.
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And accepting something at face value? C'mon, really, thats possibly the worst advice I've ever heard.
Well, Scott is a longstanding and highly respected community member. I think we all accept his advice as the best he can offer. It's certainly true that if you research his replies in the forums, you'll find that he's almost always first to reply and with the best reply as well.
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scott, thanks for the reply, I was just expressing my suspicions, nothing personal.
Personally, I think this is a cop out. I think Scott deserves and apology for the smear. Remember, it's ok to make mistakes, I'm probably making one right now in getting involved. :)
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You should seriously consider applying for a job for dreamhost (...if you didn't already..) :P
Don't even suggest it. We've already lost one longstanding and most helpful member to Dreamhost as it is.
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I'm hoping it will be sorted by tomorow :)
Be sure to submit a request in the panel. It may be that because of the initial failure, your account may need manual processing.
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