I will not just let this be. We're out nearly 100 bucks and fuck if I'm going to let it be. We had no idea who he was, in fact I just discovered it by googling hostbeyond downtime.
He advertised as a company. He did everything like a company. There was no "Oh well you should have known", because quite frankly there wasn't. This is a huge pile of horseshit and this is not going to just be forgotten.