On or around December 12, 2010 it was noted that http://captainphilharris.com/ was no longer online. A quick click of the link is all it took to find that the site was being "updated". Searching for Captain's Reserve Coffee furnishes either an "Under Construction" notice or one that says "This Site has Been Disabled" " Please contact your service provider for more information."
Back in August 2010 the site was offline for just about the amount of time it takes to change servers. An educated guess was that the Webmaster, Robert, Aka "Gone to Work" did just that and went to work elsewhere. He most likely turned Captainphilharris.com back over to Russ Herriott due to non-payment issues and went on his merry way. Click to read "Webmaster Woes" originally posted August 9, 2010
Three months ago was the last update for Captainphilharris.com. Almost two weeks ago the site disappeared from the internet with an unceremonious "poof". There is no one to ask what happened - the man in charge, Russ Herriott hasn't been heard from in months.
In the quest to find out what may have happened, a trip to GoDaddy.com reveals:
Domain Name: CAPTAINPHILHARRIS.COM
Registrar: GODADDY.COM, INC.
Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com
Referral URL: http://registrar.godaddy.com
Name Server: NS1.CAPTAINPHILHARRIS.COM
Name Server: NS2.CAPTAINPHILHARRIS.COM
Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Status: clientRenewProhibited
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Updated Date: 10-dec-2010
Creation Date: 19-feb-2008
Expiration Date: 19-feb-2012
>>> Last update of whois database: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 08:08:14 UTC <<<
An explanation could be that Captainphilharris.com is off-line until payment is made to the host, the Webmaster, or both. Under Russ Herriott's lackluster leadership, the site died a painfully embarrassing, totally unnecessary death. Whatever the reason, at present it is gone, and the absence of explanation is unacceptable.
The "Loyal Fans" of what Russ Herriott called "the Captain Phil Nation" deserve a truthful explanation. Obviously things did not work out with the Captainphilharris.com website or Captain's Reserve Coffee with Russ Herriott, President & CEO Captain's Reserve Coffee, LLC SEI-Sports & Entertainment International at the helm. Acting like the problem is not there will not make it go away.
One would hope a reorganization could take place and all would be well. If a person could believe that, they are living in a dream world. Loyal fans have been used as pawns, lied to (last couple sentences in first paragraph) , and abandoned without explanation. With credibility nil, disenchantment high, and an uncaring Russ Herriott M.I.A, nothing could turn things around at this point.
Light's out, door's locked, and "Gone to Work" HAS gone to work at a relaxing, better paying job running a snow cone stand on the beach in Daytona. :) Kudos Robert!
Again, its a damn shame Phil's name has been has put to shame and there's nothing he can do about it. What sort of person does this, especially take advantage of someone who recently passed away of their family. Words can't describe still how disgusted I am by this. Someone needs to find Russ and make him pay legally for everything he's done to the Harris family and estate, and others he's screwed over!
ReplyDeletePhil's website isn't the only thing to be tossed to the side - his facebook page, the one they decided to make as "the only official page' has removed fans ability to post and hasn't been updated for almost 2 months now. Geez, nothing like loosing Phil and then everything he created in less than a year! What a shame..
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