I really hate to leave negative feedback/review, however, I think a disclaimer is needed for potential buyers.
I cannot recommend HostWinds, not because of their product but because of their customer service.
I have been using them for (close to) a year and everything was great. I spoke with their support a few times and everything has been a pleasant experience.
However, as I didn't want to renew my plan for another year, I logged into the control panel to remove any possible credit card info thereby preventing any "auto renewal".
Please note, they did not send any "Your web hosting plan is about to renew" or alike email. I knew it would renew as I noted the date in my calendar when I bought the web hosting.
Since I couldn't find anything in the control panel about renewal, nor could I remove my credit card info (my info were in the fields, but they were "greyed"/not clickable).
As I wasn't 100% sure about the renewal, I opened the chat and spoke with one of their employees (great guy, he has helped me before) who assured me no subscription agreement was created, so my web hosting plan
would not renew.
To make a long story shorter: They pulled the money from my credit card ($120) even though they told me they wouldn't as there was no agreement about it.
I have spoken with their customer service representative who blamed me for trusting them.
According to their website
/our-company.php, you can contact the CEO if needed.
9 December: I wrote to Peter
14 December: I send a notice regarding the first email
15 December: Peter replies
15 December: I reply
20 December: I send another notice
That's it..
I can add timestamps to all the above, along with names etc.
But I don't really think it's necessary.
TLDR: HostWinds told me my plan would not renew, then stilled pulled $120 from my credit card and then blamed me for trusting them.