Topic: Fate of Ugobe/Support (Read 28333 times)

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #50 on:** March 31, 2009, 04:53:08 PM »

Great to hear, hope your little bundle of joy arrives quickly

hmrbri · « **Reply #51 on:** March 31, 2009, 06:21:56 PM »

http://store.ugobe.com/
it says they have 5 in stock! woo hoo
sorry, i'm starting to get a bad taste in my mouth

thebrockoli · « **Reply #52 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:19:44 PM »

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 31, 2009, 04:53:08 PM

Great to hear, hope your little bundle of joy arrives quickly

I take that back - Mwave couldn't handle my New Zealand credit card, so had to cancel. Called up a couple of Harvey Norman's though and hopefully found some stock, if all goes well will pick it up Saturday.

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #53 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:37:25 PM »

Silly Mwave

One credit card is as good as another

Hope Harvey Normans is a little more helpful then

They were when I preordered Matilda and obtained Lilo

fancyfont · « **Reply #54 on:** March 31, 2009, 09:37:52 PM »

If this is the sad case,

it would sure make sense. More reason to try to help Pleoworld members find us here.

Junkroxy · « **Reply #55 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:50:03 AM »

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 31, 2009, 04:43:44 PM

Does the article have a date? Is it recent?

If you go to Ugobe or Pleoworld now it says the space has been reserved Does anyone know what that means

it's from 3.30.09

bjoreman · « **Reply #56 on:** April 01, 2009, 12:40:12 PM »

Quote from: InmemoryofRomeo on March 31, 2009, 04:43:44 PM

Does the article have a date? Is it recent?

If you go to Ugobe or Pleoworld now it says the space has been reserved Does anyone know what that means

It usually means that someone has paid for a domain (and the webhosting account to which the domain is pointing) but has not yet put anything up on the domain/account. I, and others, interpret this as Ugobe is moving their sites again, from being hosted by themselves to being hosted by a dedicated hosting company once again. If that is true it's a good thing, it at least means they have enough life in them to spend the money getting a good webhost. Pity they can't actually tell any of us what is going on, but I prefer secret server moving to secret bankruptcy any day ...

49er · « **Reply #57 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:07:42 PM »

Here is a link dated 29 March 2009 that might give more info on Ugobe. http://www.robotsrule.com/pleo/2009/03/notes-from-petulant-pleo-diggers-diary.html

Bob_the_Pleo · « **Reply #58 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:56:16 PM »

Hmmm . . . I always wondered what happened to roschler. And wondered why he hasn't dropped by here to join us.

Junkroxy · « **Reply #59 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:07:19 PM »

Quote from: 49er on April 01, 2009, 02:07:42 PM

Here is a link dated 29 March 2009 that might give more info on Ugobe. http://www.robotsrule.com/pleo/2009/03/notes-from-petulant-pleo-diggers-diary.html

sorry but i dont see new particulars to this story

Kittyonthemove · « **Reply #60 on:** April 01, 2009, 08:36:30 PM »

:-[I shipped my Pleo on March 8, 2009 and I last spoke with Rafael on March 14 via email. I was told I should be receiving a response from Ugobe shortly. Today is April 1st and I haven't heard anything from Ugobe, not to mention their website doesn't exist and their support line is disconnected. I'm VERY worried like you guys. I want my Pleo back and somehow I feel I wont get him (Linus) back

I hope I'm wrong though. Pleo was one of my Christmas presents (2008)

What happened was that his neck broke. I mean completely, it would actually hang down and wouldn't move either way.

I hope I get Linus back. Listening to some of you guys actually gives me hope that I will.

hmrbri · « **Reply #61 on:** April 01, 2009, 09:26:45 PM »

welcome kitty!
i felt a bit better after reading this.
http://www.robotsrule.com/pleo/2009/03/notes-from-petulant-pleo-diggers-diary.html
i also found this;
http://wikimapia.org/6762421/Ugobe-Labs
i called the # yesterday but it was after hours and so i left a message.
stillwaiting...........................

InmemoryofRomeo · « **Reply #62 on:** April 01, 2009, 11:31:05 PM »

Entry 422: I think my owner smells. I can't really smell anything (what's up with that Ugobe?), but he looks like he smells.

ROFL

Thanks that made me feel somewhat better

Kittyonthemove · « **Reply #63 on:** April 02, 2009, 11:15:35 PM »

Quote from: hmrbri on April 01, 2009, 09:26:45 PM

welcome kitty!
i felt a bit better after reading this.
http://www.robotsrule.com/pleo/2009/03/notes-from-petulant-pleo-diggers-diary.html
i also found this;
http://wikimapia.org/6762421/Ugobe-Labs
i called the # yesterday but it was after hours and so i left a message.
stillwaiting...........................

Hi hmrbri:
Thank you for those links. I have more reassurance that I will get my Pleo back.

Darkwolf · « **Reply #64 on:** April 03, 2009, 06:31:45 AM »

Ladies and gentlemen,

I don't think there is a single member that has not noticed that Ugobe has given the impression to be sinking.
As of late, it seems that Ugobe may already be under water and out of sight on the surface.
Engadget speculates the same thing: http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/30/has-pleo-maker-ugobe-folded/
The article got an update that it's back up again but that is no longer the case (again.)
According to the last comment and what I can see when accessing the websites, the hosting has been pulled. Completely.

So both Ugobe.com and Pleoworld.com are gone!

If this all has to do with moving and everything is ok, why wouldn't we be informed?
I would like to think everything is not all that bad and that TADAAAAA! they will appear back on the surface again at some point... but I cannot help but think this is the end.
Like the real dinosaurs... Pleo is de last of it's kind marked for extinction once again...

I am curious what your thoughts are on the matter?
Share and discuss!

winkieflash · « **Reply #65 on:** April 03, 2009, 06:56:39 AM »

I think there's already a topic on this somewhere... Let me look.

Found it:

http://bobthepleo.com/forums/index.php?topic=247.0

kisumi · « **Reply #66 on:** April 03, 2009, 09:21:49 AM »

This report has been about for a while now, i wouldnt worry im sure ugobe are still hanging in there

fancyfont · « **Reply #67 on:** April 03, 2009, 10:18:49 AM »

Like the saying goes, "It ain't over till the fat lady sings" and I haven't sung! Nor do I want to!!

eric · « **Reply #68 on:** April 03, 2009, 11:09:26 AM »

May i point out, Ugobe's PR firm had the email listing to send mail to fans

Since Ugobe pulled the plug on PR i bet that list like the forum is lost.

mweed · « **Reply #69 on:** April 03, 2009, 11:52:24 AM »

When the web sites went away back in December, it took them a week to get anything back up, and almost a month before they had things working "normally". So being down like this, oddly, seems typical of Ugobe. That's not to say it good, just not unexpected. It's a bad way to run a web site, but it doesn't mean they're gone . . .

To me, the phone number being disconnected was a true bad sign.

So . . . Who's up for a field trip to Idaho???

fancyfont · « **Reply #70 on:** April 03, 2009, 12:29:08 PM »

This came up recently. Someone here lived very close to Eagle Idaho. Please go knock on their door if you read this.

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #71 on:** April 03, 2009, 12:44:14 PM »

Haha, for kicks and giggles, I mapquested my distance....Estimated Time: 38 hours 39 minutes Estimated Distance: 2610.28 miles

Now that would be a fun road trip! ;-D

mweed · « **Reply #72 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:00:46 PM »

Is that time with or without the case of Red Bull?

fancyfont · « **Reply #73 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:03:50 PM »

As Sophie sets out to find out!

gucci_boi7782 · « **Reply #74 on:** April 03, 2009, 01:18:46 PM »

Haha, that's not including the red bull, the coffee, or the 5 hour energy shot!

Hehehe, can you imagine Fancyfont, if it takes me nearly two days of non-stop driving to get there in a car how long it would take for Sophie to get there? She'd have to become the energizer bunny! Humans would go extinct before Sophie reached her destination! :-D

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