the oc site down?

[garetgax]

I know its a little politically incorrect to ask but anyone else having probs with the oc site? The server bust or is it down deliberatly again? : was awaiting some parts enquiries so its a bit frustrating

cheers

graham.

[madgaz]

It has been down since last Tuesday unfortunately.

I understand that Rob is on the case and it should be back up and running soon.

[madgaz]

Look HERE

[garetgax]

i do and have on occasion . the new forum is looking good by the way. . ~on a seperate note if anyone knows of a decent cash in hand sprayer thats in the notts/derb or within an hour or so of notts can they pm me as looking to sort the 4's paintwork out ready for JAE

[madgaz]

Click where it says 'HERE' up there^^^
It'll take you to another post

As for a decent sprayer...depends how much you want you want to spend really.

I know a GREAT place in Bradford called GA Spence. Not the cheapest but very very good

It's only an hour and a bit from Nottingham

[garetgax]

"As for a decent sprayer...depends how much you want you want to spend really.".............as little as possible  . in honesty depends really initially I want to get rid of the oxidisation and get it relaquered. but would consider a coat of red over the top first or if it was less than a grand a full spray pref in a nice colour but in reality just want the car looking like she did when she was new rather than a lighter shade of pink :. An hour up the road aint a prob

[ChrisW]

Smithy's in Nottingham, might be worth trying him at Toyauto Centre - 01159787844 or http://www.toyautocentre.co.uk and he may know a local guy.

Cheers

[Drfish]

There a place in Huthwaite (near Suttin-in-Ashfield) called P&L Bodyworks (or soemthing similar)

Very good sprayers, insurance approved, but will do cash in hand jobs as well if you speak nicely to them.


01623513726   

Sutton Road 
Huthwaite, 
Sutton In Ashfield, 
Nottinghamshire,
NG17 2NQ

[tvr0408]

   Just to return to the point about the OC being down, I had an email just before it went down saying I had a new private message but now I can't find out who it was or what it was about.  (It got me all excited to......I don't get many PMs.....it might have been important......probably be a disappointment when the sites back up and I find out it was sent to the wrong person or something....)

[dt4]

Yo dude, dt4 Northern area rep from the OC here.

In keeping with my position of responsibility my official line is we are awaiting a new psu for the server.

My personal view is that its extremely dissappointing to say the least that it has been going on for over a week, that we have been saying the same thing since Monday and that we have not had any news on progress.

If I knew it was a case of getting part X to place Y I would have got in my car picked it up and delivered it, no *BLEEP*ing problem. Maybe I dont know the full ins and outs which is a problem in its self.

[jordan11]

DT4, do you get any updates from them at all?

I just think its crazy its been shut down for over a week & unless you gave anyone the snippets of info you have given nobody would know anything!!!

There has to be more than meets the eye with this one I think 

[dt4]

Id sooner not speculate and this must not turn into a OC slating post as both me and the EC admin would dissappointed by that but as far as I know the psu was supposed to arrive Monday but didnt, it was then expected Tuesday. Beyond that, I dont know maybe it hasnt solved the problem.

I hope to get on msn tonight and with a bit of luck I will catch some other staff on there and we might find out what the latest state of play is.

[Drfish]

Assumably they have a maintenance contract with someone who provided the server, so why haven't heads been rolling.

My line of business is providing IBM servers to the NHS, and if we had a site down for this long, the *BLEEP* would hit the fan in an unbelievably bad way.  I think it's pretty pi$$ poor to be honest, from a support view of the situation.  And if there is a contract in place, i'd be seriously considering taking the matter further, and getting some compensation for it.  No PSU shopuld take a week to arrive.  You could fetch it from the supplier, and physically walk to the server in that time.

What type of servers are they using, do we know   if it's any of the main favourites, such as IBM, Compaq, Dell, etc, then they should have replaced it a long while ago.

[jordan11]

Id sooner not speculate and this must not turn into a OC slating post as both me and the EC admin would dissappointed by that but as far as I know the psu was supposed to arrive Monday but didnt, it was then expected Tuesday. Beyond that, I dont know maybe it hasnt solved the problem.

I hope to get on msn tonight and with a bit of luck I will catch some other staff on there and we might find out what the latest state of play is.

I accept that and I wasnt trying to turn it into a slating post, I has hesitant about posting to be honest as I accept the EC shouldnt be used to slate the OC or anyone else.

But you are a man of good contact in the OC so thats why I asked the question?

 

   

[nathanl]

Unfortunately I honestly think this will have an adverse effect on OC member numbers  :'( but a positive effect on EC & DC member numbers  especially with it being the beginning of the show season and there are group buys etc. going on/coming to an end and people wont know what's happening.

I'm not an IT bod but can it be that hard to put a message up saying something like "sorry about the problems, the site will be back up ASAP"?

Nathan