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Possible flaw in Media Temple's holiday blowout sale
So I just checked Media Temple's website to check for any black Friday sales and I found that they are running a holiday hosting blowout sale. Essentially the sale is three free months of hosting for any of their (dv), (gs), or (ve) servers.
After a little bit of looking around I saw that the deal applies to even their larger 16GB VPS plans. Even more interesting is if you switch to a yearly plan and look back at the pricing you'll see that it's still $0.
So in other words you can get a 16GB VPS from Media Temple for $0 for your first year. Just make sure to cancel before the year is over and you'll be set.
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Yeah, too bad it requires a credit card =/
You surely informed them about this. Didn't you?
They're not going to honor $10,000 worth of hosting.
@Amitz I sent them a message on Twitter, but I'm still waiting for a reply.
I don't want to accidentally leave a -$10k dent in my credit card.
Edit: Tried it with invalid card details, surprisingly went through. I hope they don't disable it ;_;
"It's 3 mos free so you're not getting charged today, but you will get charged for the yea after the 3 mos is up. *SC"
Yup, took my fake CC details, activated my server.
Wait, fake CC details work?
The ones I got from fakenamegenerator.com worked for me.
Interesting.. cheers @wdq
Mediatemple are pretty shit though IMO. God damn hosting for hipsters.
3 months is good enough!
Probably just checks that the card using the Luhn algorithm, and in 3 months, they'll sort things out.
I'm in for one!
Used a real CC, I'd still try them for 3 months.
So you guys need hosting that you have no intention of paying for in 3 months...why?
Why does a bear shit in the woods?
They holded on my order ! And I did it with a valid order actually.
Shame on you guys.
I suppose it's only a matter of time before the "omfg they cancelled my order without notice!" or the "they want $10,000 now!" cries appear.
I've used my card (real cc) , gonna try them out. Was anyways looking for a solid node for an upcoming project, if its worth the money will defnitly consider continuing
They are asking me a ID proof, did any of u guys were asked same for? ?
Nope.
Pretty decent network they've got. People take shots at them all the time because of their pricing, but if they can back it with good hardware on a good network, more power to them. Less clients at a higher price gives you more opportunity to build relationships with your clients.
http://serverbear.com/benchmark/2012/11/23/rzgZc5Eu19a3Jhv7
How long did activation take? Used a real address & CC and been around an hour.
Awesome !! Got one from them, I ll try for one more
It took me eight minutes from signing up till the server got activated.
Kris, they sometimes flag users and asking them for IDs, I have sent mine, and asked the live support to provide me, they did it for me. Tell the live support, they ll ask u to verify. So verify yourself for them
@Kris
I used my real address/CC and it took within ten minutes. No charges or anything yet. Once the setup finished I switched over to a fake card and removed my actual one.
E5620's with 16 cores - still 4000 unixbench ?? Fishy ?? aint it.