Irony at it best

I just finished a conversation with a buddy of mine about a internet service called 1&1.com. This conversation occurred at 11:55 on April 9th, 2007. By the end of the conversation I was really sold on their service. I was truly hoping that I could try the service to see what they really offer. So I wrote them a big e-mail asking them a few basic questions about their service.

After I wrote the e-mail I checked my inbox and I found this e-mail from 1&1.com. The letter is posted below.

Dear Ilan Silver,

After well over 3 years, the 1&1 Professional Preview Package is being
phased out at the end of this month. We would like to sincerely thank
you for being a part of putting 1&1 Internet on the web hosting map
in North America.

We started in September 2003 with a lot of enthusiasm, great ideas and
the desire to change the web hosting landscape in North America by
offering reliable web hosting at affordable prices.

If you would like to continue to be a part of the 1&1 family PLEASE
ACT NOW! For example, you can switch to a Professional Package,
which costs just $3.99 per month and includes all the same great features
and tools that are currently included in your package. This package is
only available to our Professional Preview Package customers.


Or log in to your Control Panel and upgrade to one of our many
competitively priced hosting packages. The process is easy and quick.
For detailed instructions on how to upgrade and to answer any questions
you may have about your package please visit our special FAQ at
http://faq.1and1.com/ppp

Your package will automatically deactivate on or after 04/10/07. At
this time your web space will no longer be accessible along with any
e-mail addresses and nameserver entries you may have set up. Additionally
we will delete ALL files from our systems and backup systems.

Please note that once the data is deleted it will be irrevocably lost!

We thank you for your trust and your support over three years and
invite you to extend this relationship indefinitely by upgrading NOW!

If you have any questions please contact our representatives at

ppp@1and1.com  (E-mail)
1-866-258-5299 (Phone)

Sincerely,

1&1 Internet Inc.

1and1.com

I tried to log in at 12:30 on April 10th, 2007 but my account was already deleted. I do remember just for the hell of it signing up for a free account 3 years ago. It was a special promotion that they had going on. Unfortunately I had completely forgotten about it.

If my friend told me about it just 24 hours earlier I could have previewed the service. Talk about ironic or what?