WEBMASTERS NOTE: Yes, we know our links are temporarily broken. There is a good reason. We have to go thought internet archives and find our old files way back to 2002. All NIPPIES ® files, which we have lovingly worked on and toiled over for ten years, have been tossed in the data landfill by an uncaring corporation which we had trusted for so many years.

Here is the UNBELIEVABLE story of corporate callousness when NIPPIES ® has endured...

Unfortunately our web host billed us twice in one month (January 2009). This was to make up for THEIR mistake in December 2008 when, due to a "computer glitch", the corporation had forgotten to bill us for services.

We at NIPPIES did the natural thing when we saw the double-billing from the BIG! corporation on our credit card statment for January 2009....we decided to contact our credit card company and complain.

We wrote a letter to our credit card company explaining that we had been double charged in January for web hosting services. We asked that this second charge be removed from our bill. Simple, right?

Unfortunately the unbelievable happened after that. After this BIG! company got their money taken away the 800 pound gorilla decided to punished us. They decided to DUMP all of our files - without ANY notice of any kind. GONE. Vamoose! Even though we'd already paid for service through March 7th, and even though they'd already gotten thousands from us in web hosting fees over the past 7 years.

So, without so much as an e-mail or a phone call, the BIG! corporation pulled down our entire site, all files, all e-mails - 7 years worth of thought, work, and completely original graphics. GONE. We were in shock, but there had to be a simple explanation for this and all would be well when we called...

When we called to complain we were treated like DIRT. And not an apology was offered. We were told that we should have called the gorilla first, not our credit card company. There is SO much more to write about this and about the hours we spent waiting to be put through, the lies we were told, the callousness with which we were treated.

We had been PUNISHED well, hadn't we?

You can bet we are looking for a NEW web host. One that has some humanity left in that ice cold corporate structure.

And isn't it ironic? NIPPIES ® writes about corporate abuse on a regular basis.

Happy 10th Anniversary to US!

Isn't it hard to believe how quickly ten years have passed?

Things have changed quite a bit in the decade since NIPPIES ® first went online.

This week our first African-American president was sworn into office.
Congratulations to Barack H. Obama.
Unfortunately, the original articles were not archived, but you can pick up on what we've written beginning in 2002.

We have many plans for the future. There will be more photos, drawings and amusing stories.