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Maybe there is something change in LEB rule? @Liam may answer your question because he posted this offer
As long as customers purchase the service on a monthly basis this is perfectly acceptable and within LEB and LET guidelines.
Now, God forbid if anyone manages to actually turn a small profit, because that would be complete heresy around here, right?
So in other words... LEB discriminates against non-Aussies? Good to know.
I found it useful for the reasons Liam pointed out. You rarely see that kind of offer from a company of that size for a windows VM so it's worth some visability.
I have been waiting for this thread since the second I spotted that offer
tbh I think it is fine relaxing the rules every now and then for promoting things when they are a good find.
Rarely any offers in AU, so I have no issues with this
FWIW, I support the posting of the offer for the reasons given. Highlighting a Windows server in AU with that spec for next to nothing for 6 months is doing the community that don't follow all the offer/provider threads here a favour.
A little bit of both. I don't think it's necessarily fair for any providers to get to skirt the rules based on where they're located.
Glad we're in agreement, @Liam
A similar thing happen before when LEA posted the amazon EC2 1 year trial. It was an amazing offer back then. I think we may bend the rules sometimes for some really interesting offers.
@Liam I agree, I think it would be a good time to look at the rules again, things have shifted since the original LEB quite a bit I would even go as far as saying re-look at everything, price included.
For example if someone was selling a 4GB windows VPS for $10 p/month that is a fantastic deal at a lower cost p/MB than other LEB offers but it would be excluded currently, a cost p/MB minimum and maximum would be a good way forward imo.
Perhaps like @Liam say the rules need reconsidering.
Folks may get tired of looking at Cheerios for breakfast and may want something actually decent. Why cut off at $7? Why not $10?
Here we go again...
Today 7 can buy you a decent 2 GB. 5 can buy you an indecent one. Heck, even 1.75 can buy you an indecent 1 gb.
I think we should lower it because 2 GB is hardly low end.
On topic, I think that was a very good find, too bad they dont like romanians, took my .85 Eur and asked for pictures that I will not deliver.
I think we should lower it because 2 GB is hardly low end.
+1 on this. If anything, I'd like to see the ceiling for dedicated servers raised a bit, since only OVH can offer dedicated servers for $13/month.
Their offer is utterly confusing. I don't get what is being offered.
Oh, it's a Windows-only virtualization? That's nice. Watch Windows virtualize Windows. That's going to be interesting. Fun to manage with a GUI over the ocean.
Odd to have such a nutty ad by what I presume is a native English speaker.
Then again if reports of them requiring photo ID are true, even more nutso...
I really don't know why people are being asked to provide ID. When I heard of this offer, I signed up for an account, the order got marked for fraud but I still got the account details. I logged into the control panel and I could pay the $1, so I did, and then within the hour I got my VPS information through email.
Some kind of AU nanny state policy since they're a country that filters the Internet?
Lucky you, I only managed to pay after LAKid pushed them a bit, but didnt get any VPS and I dont expect to.
Who cares about .85 cents anyway
Who cares about .85 cents anyway
You could try contacting support. I did once I paid to see how long provisioning would take, and they answered, I have no idea what makes them ask people for ID. Oh well.
Maybe they ask only ppl from suspicious countries.
Probably there is a lot of fraud coming from romania, but also romania has one of the highest speeds in EU and also number 1 country in implementing IPv6, internet is in every village, sometimes before electricity, so it might be that many ppl have internet out of 20 mil population, not only the companies, but every 10 yo can have it for the "pretzels money" as we call it here...
Huh?
Joepied! ™
Haha.
Yes, mobile devices. There is 3g coverage from at least one of the 5 major providers... Some villages inbetween mountains have no electricity but ppl did something local to charge their laptops and phones...
like, electricity?
Like wind or water turbines.