41. I've been using MP3Search.ru for months now, and I can assure you that the site isn't down. This has happened before for a few days to a week; however, I'm sure it's just a bandwith problem from word spreading about such a great site! Don't worry, I'd put my $15 account balance on them being back up in a matter of days.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Jeremy

42. As promised here is the response from Chronopay, the folks who handle payments for MP3SEARCH.

Thank you for contacting ChronoPay's Customer Support.
We welcome your inquiry and will strive to provide You
with accurate and timely feedback.

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

We have received official notification from the site owners
that due to temporary technical malfunction the site and its customer support
support@mp3search.ru will be unaccessible till 6 p.m. 10/06/2005
Central European time.

Sincerely,

ChronoPay's Customer Support Team

CHRONOPAY B.V. The Netherlands

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Nidge

43. I think that this is a scam. If they sell music illegaly, why do they care about shutting down the service and keeping the money.

Lucky I was that I only lost 60 cents. My advise is to block your credit card.

Best regards.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Luis

44. I have been using the site for over 6 months and never had any problems. The selection is great and the quality has been fantastic.

I have no problems at all that the site will be down for a couple of days. I agree with the earlier post regarding dns entries as I cant resolve it here in Portugal. Does anyone have the IP address to try? (Go to a dos prompt and type ping www.mp3search.ru and post your results here)
Its saved me a fortune and from what I have read is completely legal. Lets hope it comes back online soon..

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Glenmoran

45. Pinged site: say Ping request could not find host ping www.mp3search.ru. Please check name and try again.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Cindi

46. Don't think its down but it better not be. I had $40 left in there.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by ict1523

47. hasn't 6pm come and gone by now. My research says it's now Oct 7th around 2am over there.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Eric

48. i think they been takin by aliens i just joined allofmp3 what a load of shit that sit is.hurry back mp3search.ru am getting bald here waiting lol

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by chris

49. Dear Customer!

Thank you for contacting ChronoPay's Customer Support.
We welcome your inquiry and will strive to provide You
with accurate and timely feedback.

We sincerely apologize for this inconvenience.

We have received official notification from the site owners
that due to temporary technical malfunction the site and its customer support
support@mp3search.ru will be unaccessible till 7 p.m. 10/06/2005
Central European time.lol am still waiting next person to get in touch most prob say 8p.m lol

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by chris

50. Since there is room for speculation on this board... my guess is that some Russian mafia group noticed that mp3search is making money so they took their .ru registry away until mp3search forks over a great deal of money. That's par for the course for business in Russia.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by pitch

51. lol @ pitch cant stop laffin here

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by chris

52. 1. What does lol mean?
2. Still can't bring them up.
3. I owe my wife $30.00 since I used the family credit card to pay for this.
4. I just wanted to be number 50.
5. Good night.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Robert

53. lol = Laughing Out Loud
I wonder if our providers have blocked them?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by hass

54. Still waiting. In the meantime, try http://3mp3.ru/eng/. They offer one month's unlimited downloads for Euro50 and have an even wider selection. I paid that and downloaded over 2000 albums. Just when I'll eveer find time to listen to them is another thing. As is the legality of the site.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Ed

55. mp3search.ru has always been fantastic as far as I am concerned. I have been using the site for months with very few problems (mostly server issues) and if you request a CD to be put on there, they do it pretty quickly. I hope they have not disappeared as they are better than allofmp3 in my opinion. If they have gone, thenm I have lost a relatively small amount of cash ($20) compared the the amount of material I have managed to download.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Simmo

56. mp3search.ru has always been fantastic as far as I am concerned. I have been using the site for months with very few problems (mostly server issues) and if you request a CD to be put on there, they do it pretty quickly. I hope they have not disappeared as they are better than allofmp3 in my opinion. If they have gone, thenm I have lost a relatively small amount of cash ($20) compared the the amount of material I have managed to download.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Simmo

57. i still cant acces the site
sh.t...

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Evert

58. Just got this NDR from my ISP ...

Hi. This is the qmail-send program at yahoo.com.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.

:
Sorry, I couldn't find any host by that name. (#4.1.2) I'm not going to try again; this message has been in the queue too long.

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by Bazza

59. I've been using mp3search.ru for a long time. They've been reliable, responsive and consistent. I responded to one of their email replies I got about a week ago and it hasn't bounced, so...

I know there has been significant resistance to sites like theirs by the RIAA, et al. It wouldn't surprise me a bit if they'd pressured the powers that be to remove their DNS entry from systems accessible from within the U.S. and other places.

Can anyone in Eastern Europe get at their site?

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by roger rabbit

60. Looking further, I wonder if this problem at mp3search.ru is related to this:

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Internet_backbone_hosts_feud%2C_disconnecting_users

Posted at 4:23AM on Dec 19th 2005 by roger rabbit