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Hi Alex,
Yep, there's some SERIOUS redesigning going on. ;->
The page you reference reflects a page design prior to 10/28/2002.
That's the way it's been since I started doing business with them back
in January of this year. On 10/28 it changed, and that's why I became
alarmed when I went to the site for an update and saw the Hquotes link
and promo missing. Just in case you don't know, Hquotes is (used to
be) their flagship product.
I cannot begin to guess how you got the home page you retrieved on
Friday.
Michael
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On Sun, 10 Nov 2002 00:00:58 +0300, Alex Bell <alex_bell@xxxxxxx>
wrote:
>Hello Mike,
>
>Now I don't see this link also and can't navigate to the text I
>forwarded in previous e-mail - they must have re-designed the site on
>the weekend or I saw cached version of the site - it appears to me
>that the site have changed since that time. On Friday I got there
>right from its home page clicking next link:
>
>"HQuote downloads futures, stocks, market indices quotes from
>Quote.com data server. "
>
>Google can show you cached version of Hquotes.com how it looked to me
>on Friday:
>
>http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:XeztvXMwNRAC:www.hquotes.com/+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
>
>
>Best regards,
> Alex mailto:alex_bell@xxxxxxx
>
>
>Saturday, November 9, 2002, 5:07:44 PM, you wrote:
>
>mac> Hi Alex,
>
>mac> Thanx for the link. I've been looking for some kind (any kind) of
>mac> explanation for 2 weeks now.
>
>mac> I don't want to be "anal" about it, but I must point out that the link
>mac> is "conspicuous by its absence", i.e., the ONLY way to get to this
>mac> page on their website is to type in the address - manually. There is
>mac> NO way to navigate to it from their home page. It is, in effect,
>mac> hidden to all except those who "know" the URL.
>
>mac> And this crock about "... not being able to respond to the thousands
>mac> of emails ..." is just that - crock. One of the wonderful benefits of
>mac> the internet and its infrastructure is the ability to mass mail your
>mac> customer base. These folks have the email addresses of all of their
>mac> customers, and if they wanted to be "upfront" about the problem they
>mac> could have easily - VERY easily - sent an announcement to all of their
>mac> customers "fessing up" the problem and pointing us to the hidden web
>mac> page link. Of course, for them to do that, they'd have to be serious
>mac> about customer service.
>
>mac> As you can see, I'm in no mode to empathize with Hquote.com's
>mac> position. Again I say, BEWARE Hquotes.com - it is not a vendor you
>mac> want to do business with.
>
>mac> As far as alternative data sources, I appreciate the recommendation,
>mac> but I've already "worked around" the issue. I'm just steamed that
>mac> after plying the internet for over 6 years (since early '96), I
>mac> finally got burned.
>
>mac> Regards,
>
>mac> Michael
>mac> -----------------------------------------
>
>mac> On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 14:23:41 +0300, Alex Bell <alex_bell@xxxxxxx>
>mac> wrote:
>
>>>Hello Mike,
>>>
>>>Assuming worse is not always right. All things explained on their web
>>>site:
>>>
>>>http://www.hquotes.com/hquote/index.html
>>>
>>>As far as I can see this is due to Quote.com discontinued to provide
>>>free historical data. Particularly:
>>>
>>>--------------------
>>>
>>>Today we have received more than 2 thousands e-mails with questions about the future of HQuote and other topics. Unfortunately, due to this flow of messages we can't reply all of them in a timely
>>>manner. Here are some common questions and answers.
>>>
>>>Q1. HQuote unexpectedly stopped to download the data. What's the problem?
>>>
>>>A1. Quote.com has discontinued providing the free historical data service and all the data requests HQuote makes result in "Quote.com sent bad data" error message.
>>>
>>>Q2. I can't locate any link to HQuote web page. Where is it?
>>>
>>>A2. We have removed temporarily HQuote from the web site and stopped selling it. When we rearrange the program and connect it to alternative data source it will become available for download again.
>>>We do not comment the deadlines at this moment.
>>>
>>>Q3. As it doesn't work now, can I get a refund?
>>>
>>>A3. According to Software License (C:\Program Files\HQuote\license.txt ) we do not refund software purchases due to shareware nature of the program. Instead we offer you to switch to another
>>>program - Yquote Downloader.
>>>
>>>Thank you for your patience and understanding,
>>>
>>>HQuotes.com team
>>>
>>>--------------------
>>>
>>>If you would like to switch to reliable and payable EOD data vendor I
>>>could recommend Quote Plus (no affiliation, just as a satisfied user).
>>>
>>>
>>>Best regards,
>>> Alex mailto:alex_bell@xxxxxxx
>>>
>>>
>>>Thursday, November 7, 2002, 2:58:40 PM, you wrote:
>>>
>>>mac> I'm not sure if this is an appropriate post. If it is not, I apologize
>>>mac> in advance, but it is something that members of the list need to be
>>>mac> aware of.
>>>
>>>mac> I would advise strongly against doing business with Hquotes.com. They
>>>mac> provide a set of utilities that facilitate downloading and conversion
>>>mac> of price quotes to formats compatible with several charting packages,
>>>mac> Tradestation among them.
>>>
>>>mac> I am a registered user of 2 of their products - Yquotes (for daily
>>>mac> data) and Hquotes (for intraday data). Up until 2 weeks ago, things
>>>mac> worked very well. At that time Hquotes stopped working. I went to
>>>mac> their website (looking for a product update) and noticed that they no
>>>mac> longer promote (or support) that product. After 2 weeks of sending
>>>mac> emails to their support line, requesting support and an explanation, I
>>>mac> have to assume that they are no longer in business, even though their
>>>mac> website is still functional and they continue to promote their other
>>>mac> products.
>>>
>>>mac> So, please, do not make the same mistake that I did. Do not buy any of
>>>mac> the products they are currently promoting. It is no fun when a vendor
>>>mac> that you have come to rely on suddenly disappears.
>>>
>>>mac> Regards,
>>>
>>>mac> Michael
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>>>
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