OVHCloud Black Friday Deals

OPNodes

Just received the following Black Friday email!

https://us.ovhcloud.com/black-friday

Ponury_Typ

Meh.

stevevps

So is it recurring price?

thedp

Damn, wish it was for the other locations in EU

OPNodes

@stevevps said:
So is it recurring price?

Wondering the same. The $1.50 / month for

• 1 Core KVM
• 20GB SSD
• Unmetered 100Mbps

is a pretty good deal, although paid annually. I paid for that full, wish it was more than 100Mbps though. And it runs on pretty old hardware, 12xxv2.

stevevps

@OPNodes said:

@stevevps said:
So is it recurring price?

Wondering the same. The $1.50 / month for

• 1 Core KVM
• 20GB SSD
• Unmetered 100Mbps

is a pretty good deal, although paid annually. I paid for that full, wish it was more than 100Mbps though. And it runs on pretty old hardware, 12xxv2.

If 1.5 * 12 is the recurring price , that's really good , but i don't know if it is :<

rm_

stevevps said: So is it recurring price?

Usually OVH's deals like this are not recurring, but this time it doesn't say that anywhere.

OPNodes said: Unmetered 100Mbps

...and DDoS protection, with the "always on" mode available, and configurable firewall (i.e. better grade than on Kimsufi).

datanoise

The information on whether it's recurring or not is nowhere to be seen. I guess it means that it's not recurring. Their US location is interesting even though their CA location was already quite good for both american & eu traffic.

stevevps

Sad about it . Just let it go

thedp

@stevevps said:
Sad about it . Just let it go

OPNodes

@datanoise said:
The information on whether it's recurring or not is nowhere to be seen. I guess it means that it's not recurring. Their US location is interesting even though their CA location was already quite good for both american & eu traffic.

Even for the monthly ones? I can understand annual billing not being recurring, but not the monthly/dedi.

thedp

Speaking of OVH, I raised a ticket on 13/11/2019 with regards to VAT exemption, and sent them the necessary documents the following day, and have not heard from them ever since

Has anyone gone through this and know how long it takes? I keep updating the case asking for updates but no one ever replies.

datanoise

OPNodes said: Even for the monthly ones?

I checked the yearly VPS. No idea about their dedi, but given how it shows up in the cart, it seems like it's recurring. And they did recurring promotions in the past for dedis.

Shot2

read the small letters

AlwaysSkint

^ be warned: no additional IPs and licences on the BV-VPS, as I later discovered. :-(

alilet

Useless offer. $17.88 for first year only. After that $35.88 per year.

krenken

Your subscription will be renewed automatically next month on your service's expiry date, and you will be charged a portion of the $17.88 USD (plus applicable tax) subscription price, pro rata for the remainder of next month. Your subscription will then automatically renew on the first day of every subsequent month, and you will be charged $17.88 USD (plus applicable tax) for the number of billing periods remaining in the promotion period. After the promotion period ends, you will be charged the regular price of $35.88 USD. You may cancel your subscription at any time from the OVH Control Panel, by submitting a support request. If you cancel your subscription, previous payments will not be refunded, but you may continue to use the service until the end of the currently paid subscription term.

Based on this, on the summary page, only a 1 yr promo

hzr

alilet said: Useless offer

$2-3 for a 2gb ram vps is already good enough, much less half price...

vovler

hzr said: $2-3 for a 2gb ram vps is already good enough, much less half price...

LEB is better

rm_

Shot2 said: read the small letters

To be fair this doesn't say anything about the price for the 2nd year. That's just their standard fine print to explain what exactly are you paying for right now. Try making an order without applying any coupon, and you will see the same wording.

krenken said: After the promotion period ends, you will be charged the regular price of $35.88 USD.

But ok, of course here's our answer.

hzr

vovler said: LEB is better

is the promotion get 6 months for the price of 3 years? i don't dislike cc, i just hate their lowest crap resellers. would like it if LEB listed a few good cc hosts once in a while that are at least slightly reputable.

Jord

We got a prem deal today in Discord, this is why having the OVH team in discord is prem.....

MikeA

@Jord said:
We got a prem deal today in Discord, this is why having the OVH team in discord is prem.....

It's the same deal that's on their website.

OPNodes

@hzr said:

alilet said: Useless offer

$2-3 for a 2gb ram vps is already good enough, much less half price...

Agreed, that's why I paid full price a few weeks back. East Coast USA, and you can be confident they'll still be here the coming years.

Jord

@MikeA said:

@Jord said:
We got a prem deal today in Discord, this is why having the OVH team in discord is prem.....

It's the same deal that's on their website.

There's always someone who ruins the fun I was trying to make it sound like we got some good deals sir hahah

MikeA

@Jord said:

@MikeA said:

@Jord said:
We got a prem deal today in Discord, this is why having the OVH team in discord is prem.....

It's the same deal that's on their website.

There's always someone who ruins the fun I was trying to make it sound like we got some good deals sir hahah

I was joking OVH just gave everyone in Discord a free year of VPS.

disclaimer: from anonymous source that may not be legitimate

relm

Doesn't say for first year only on the dedicated servers, but I can't tell if it's recurring or not. would be good to know for sure

nullnothere

MikeA said: everyone in Discord a free year of VPS.

That's nothing. I heard they gave the early users in Discord a free year of a Dedi.

note: from an unverifiable illegitimate source that is anonymous.

hzr

nullnothere said: That's nothing. I heard they gave the early users in Discord a free year of a Dedi.

Can confirm I got 6 months of free dedi (this is not a joke post)

datanoise

hzr said: a few good cc hosts once in a while that are at least slightly reputable.

That's the issue with CC hosts. People love Virmach because they give out cheap deals, that makes sense, but it's just another arm of CC. Cheap deals, working well appear interesting. But will these "recurring" deals be here in a few months/years? CC stuff might be worth it to idle, or to experiment a bit. For anything serious, seems like it's worth every penny to use a better provider, even if it's going to be slightly more expensive.

It seems to me that their quick-cash approach is pretty stupid in the long run as it makes every CC powered host appear as a potential scammer / an host that could disappear anytime if/when CC decides do (VortexNode style), even though that's not necessarily the case.

Can "a fex good cc hosts" really be any good? Technically, why not; but looking at the wider picture, well, one can have doubts.

djn

@nullnothere said:

MikeA said: everyone in Discord a free year of VPS.

That's nothing. I heard they gave the early users in Discord a free year of a Dedi.

note: from an unverifiable illegitimate source that is anonymous.

muffin

The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

manlivo

Unmetered 100Mbps! Recurring Discount! Nice offer!

zhujiwiki

@muffin said:
The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

What's the discord?

Thanks.

muffin

@zhujiwiki said:

@muffin said:
The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

What's the discord?

Thanks.

It’s LET’s Official Discoed

donli

@muffin said:

@zhujiwiki said:

@muffin said:
The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

What's the discord?

Thanks.

It’s LET’s Official Discoed

Hail Eris!

nullnothere

donli said: Hail Eris!

OVH struck a (dis)c(h)ord.

Shot2

@muffin said:
The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

That's not what's stated on the site. Some random joe on a discord does not beat TOS.

Mxl

Accept terms and conditions:

After the promotion period ends, you will be charged the regular price of $35.88 USD.

ViridWeb

Useless.. Dedicated servers are only 1st month discount. And even you can't pay for entire year.

nullnothere

Shot2 said: That's not what's stated on the site.

Hmm. Reminds me about a similar promotion for their SG cloud VPS launch which also only for the 1st year (IIRC they had a later on offer that gave recurring pricing at the launch price).

Confused here as well - because usually like the KS or SYS offers, the wording is as long as you hold the contract the price will be maintained.

Thinking...

stevevps

I asked their support about recurring
He replied:
Hello again,

Hope you are well rested. Apologies for not adding a note earlier but I have confirmed thru https://us.ovhcloud.com/black-friday that VPS will be indeed billed at $18, or $17.88 to be exact.

If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to reach out via chat or support ticket.

Regards

I think it's still not clear enouth...

allnetstore

Don't remember there was ever recurring BF deals at ovh.

zhujiwiki

After the promotion period ends, you will be charged the regular price of $35.88 USD.

tenpera

do they give out /64 or one ipv6, or none from this location?

MikeA

@tenpera said:
do they give out /64 or one ipv6, or none from this location?

Pretty sure it's the same as the other locs for VPS, single IPv6 address. But I'm not 100% certain.

muffin

@Shot2 said:

@muffin said:
The vps deal is recurring. A rep mentioned it over on discord : D

That's not what's stated on the site. Some random joe on a discord does not beat TOS.

@Mxl said:
Accept terms and conditions:

After the promotion period ends, you will be charged the regular price of $35.88 USD.

I can’t seem to find the text?

alvin

The vps hdd space not enough....no love

nhocconan

muffin said: I can’t seem to find the text?

muffin

@nhocconan said:

muffin said: I can’t seem to find the text?

Hmm... : /

aRNoLD

@stevevps said:
I asked their support about recurring
He replied:
Hello again,

Hope you are well rested. Apologies for not adding a note earlier but I have confirmed thru https://us.ovhcloud.com/black-friday that VPS will be indeed billed at $18, or $17.88 to be exact.

If you have any further questions or concerns please feel free to reach out via chat or support ticket.

Regards

I think it's still not clear enouth...

On the contrary I believe this response clearly and explicitly tells an implicit truth which is, people don't like it though, this BF promo is one-shot, without expected recurring joy.