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Tony F.

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About Me

AWFordJr.net I am a disabled non profit webmaster & gamer.

Interests

Computers, Electronics, Gaming, Working on my website

31 Reviews by Tony

  • PayPal

10/30/19

There must be a lot of... hats that use PayPal because I never have such problems with them. PayPal has done right by me for the most part even more so with eBay as I have had a few sellers on eBay try to sell me off brand garbage as name brand & PayPal backed me up 100% to see to it that I got my refund even when eBay failed. I make as many of my purchases threw them as possible because they do their best to make a fair review on anything shady & help keep my money safe. I am not saying I have never had problems with them, just none of the problems that most are claiming to have here. I give them 4 stars because there has been times when they didn't come threw for me when I was not in the wrong but nothing is foolproof or 100%.

I suggest that anyone looking for a good online option for payments check them out for yourselves & make your own opinions about them.

Never auto pay for anything! Never save payment information on your browsers! Never setup renewal to any site, service, or content that you do not trust. I never use or allow auto pay to anything. Perhaps that is why I do not have the problems others here claim to have had with them.

  • PortaTech

4/17/18

I give them a 4 star rating because they are not the best priced online, but they are not the worst & I have never had any negative experiences with them when buying from them & I have shopped there in the past.

Would I recommend them to others,
Sure, they have good customer service & decent prices

  • Gmail

5/11/18

Google is generally my #1 preferred search engine & I have always loved my EMail account until I found out that they track everything I do & if I did not have so many important things tied into my gmail accounts I would delete them & use my own domain for email. Sadly GMail is tied in to so many things now days like most phones, youtube, and a lot more so if you do not have a gmail account your pretty much screwed. Never had a problem with my email, and even now Google is still my #1 choice for searches & other features like translate, images, email, and so on. I don't hate them, I just do not agree with their tracking people. Just seams a bit shady.

  • Google

4/17/18

I love Google but I am giving it a 3 out of 5 because of its voice service you find on all the phones now days. I broke 2 Samsung On5 phones that I owned because I thought it was the phones that was making my voice to text all screwed up saying random... I never said. It really... me off! I would be talking to someone in voice to text & it would say some really... & off the wall... that I never said some of which started some unwanted drama with people who did not know me well. After I got other models of phones I have now found its Google Voice to Text not my phone/s. Such a waste, those were good phones & I just got... & decided I had had enough.

Google fix that crap!

  • Direct Express

5/11/18

The thing I love most about it is the fact that I can not overdraft so if I try to spend to much it says declined instead of taking the charge & ending up with overdrafts like you would with normal banks. The other thing that is nice now is that they now have a phone app that will show me my balance, deposits, etc. I gave them 2 out of 5 stars because if your card is used without your knowing it or your over charged your pretty much screwed because they will send you a stack of paper work & never rule in your favor. Real banks will go out of their way to protect their customers but UDE could care less. I avoid having to talk to them at all costs & just use a 3rd party company like PayPal who will do their best to make things right because UDE will not. If like me thats fine with you, go for it, if not avoid them like the plague.

Tip for consumers:
I can not rate the service because customer service is not an option sadly. The card is good & never been declined at any shop, but their customer service sucks.

  • QLinkWireless

10/8/21

I am on SSI & receive ebt. I put in an application 3 months ago which they claimed was approved. I have called in many times during this time only to be told by many different agents that my application was approved & in process. I call in today & I am told that I need to send in proof of income which I have done already by email.

I previously signed up for Assurance which only took 3 to 4 days to receive the SIM Card unfortunately it didn't work well in my area which is why I applied for qlink because I had heard it had better coverage.

If you are someone that is eligible for any of these programs I would highly suggest Assurance because qlink is a joke.

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  • Survival Servers

4/17/18

I used these guys a few times because my first experience wasn't as bad as the 2nd. I had bought a "7 Days to Die" server which is pretty easy to host but because I have cable internet instead of fiber I thought it best to just rent one. I already know all the settings for a dedicated server, and I know how to make the needed changes for what ever I wanted. Well their server panel kept changing my settings that I setup via FTP which is how I generally manage a "7D2D" server unless they have a really nice panel, and these guys don't. I even let them know about the server strain & other loop holes in settings which they were not aware of but grateful to get the information on. As time went on & I was trying to be patient about it they could offer no solution to the problems with their panel, and the first time I let them keep the money. The 2nd it was like pulling hairs to get a refund & keep in mind that both times were years apart not recent. The same problems they claimed they would have fixed in the future had not changed. The only thing that changed was their attitude in a negative way. I have tried many of their game servers for different games & in my opinion they...!

If you want a good game server host,
server.nitrado.net

Would I refer anyone to SurvivalServer.com?
Not a chance in hell!

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  • Hirezstudios

4/17/18

I played a game they had offered many years ago on steam, and because I like the game so much I decided to spend money in it for the boosts monthly. Well I must say I have played a lot of games & invested in the ones I loved with little to no regret but the same can not be said about Hi-Rez Studios because they tried to... me royally refusing to refund me as my paid items never arrived in game or otherwise & they did not even reply up to one week until I contacted the BBB to get their attention & even then they did not have much to say. Thanks to BBB & Paypal I ended up getting my refund but I had to jump threw hoops to get my refund. I would avoid these guys as far as paying for anything in their games, but they do make some good games. I just refuse to play or support a game that... me.

If you play for free, go for it! If you want to invest in a good game, avoid it like the plague!

  • OkCupid

4/17/18

OkCupid is a joke! I have used both the browser & phone app versions & all I ever get is bot scripts messaging me. I clearly state in my profile that I will not be paying ever, and that if someone is interested in me to write not add me to liked because I will never see that they liked me so its pointless. This site is mostly bot scrips, fake profiles, and garbage. I have never talked to a real person on this site other then the site admin.

If you like talking to bot scripts & don't mind filling out 100's of pointless questions that lead no where. Sign up!

Better site,
InterPals.net - Dating, Friends, Pen Friends, Language Exchange, and more.

  • AscendTech

4/17/18

If you go into their build your own computers & you look at the items in which are being placed in the custom builds, most times you can find them MUCH MORE cheaper then what they are trying to scam you for.

The other day a friend had ask me if I could point him to a good site for custom builds & to help him get the best parts for the price. I had shopped at AscentTech many years before & found some decent prices so that if why I was going to refer him to their site until I noticed that the gaming motherboard I was going to suggest for him was 2.5x the price on another site. I was quite surprised that they would be stupid enough to try to pull something like that because anyone like me who takes the time to window shop online is going to notice things like that, but I would say their average shopper doesn't know any better.

Would I suggest this site to anyone?
Not a chance in hell!

  • AVS4YOU

4/16/18

I first used this software about 6 years ago when I had requested for them to be one of my yearly sponsors. By sponsor I mean they give me free use of their programs in exchange for promoting them on my home page. So I had them for a full year free & because I found their software so useful I decided to buy the full package.

The reason my rating is so low is because they have zapped my registration key null & void because I tried to install the software on my laptop. But my gaming computer it was originally on did not have it installed when someone stole it. Therefore I am not breaking any rules, tos, tou, etc.

If you can be 100% sure that your hard drive on the system you plan on installing this software will never fail or die, then by all means buy it. If not keep in mind that if you try to install on a new hard drive or reformat the one you installed on for what ever reasons you will be forced to buy everything all over again. They refuse to be reasonable, but if they check their servers that keep track of the serials they would know for a fact I have never tried to abuse their software. They just simply do not care about the customers & are trying to milk as much money from you as they can.

Sorry AVS4You I once had great respect for you guys back when you actually cared about your customers & supporters. Now I will never promote you again by mouth or otherwise. I am ashamed of you.

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For every useful paid program there is an even better free one if you just look around.

https://alternativeto.net/software/avs-video-editor/

Tip for consumers:
Any of the following actions will render your software key/s dead,

- Install New Hard Drive
- Reformat/Partition Your Hard Drive
- Buy a New PC/Laptop

Anything that changes the hard drives serial number which is created when you format or reformat a hard drive. In my case all I did was get another computer because mine had been lost a few years back & at the time did not have the software on it. If they checked their database they would have known this because it had not been used for a

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Tony Has Earned 79 Votes

Tony F.'s review of Google earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of Gmail earned a Funny vote

Tony F.'s review of CDW earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of PortaTech earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of MSI earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of 6pm earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of Gmail earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of OkCupid earned 7 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of Survival Servers earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of Dell earned 12 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of awfordjr.net earned a Very Helpful vote

Tony F.'s review of Azzatek earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of D3dgear earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of Hirezstudios earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of AVS4YOU earned 9 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of AscendTech earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of InterPals.net earned 15 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of Sitejabber earned 2 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of Direct Express earned 3 Very Helpful votes

Tony F.'s review of QLinkWireless earned 0 Very Helpful votes

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Tony Has Received 2 Thank Yous

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Rodney L. thanked you for your review of OkCupid

“Hey buddy; Saw you featured on SiteJabber. I'm a fellow disabled webmaster and SiteJabber reviewer. I voted on some of your reviews. I hope you'll check out my SiteJabber profile. It would be cool to say hi if you want. -Rodney”

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Anastasia B. thanked you for your review of Amazon

“Great review. Thanks.”

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