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bfhfhdbdtoday at 5:23 AM1 replyview on HN

BuyVM is scammy. They offer a "$1" Plan but all locations are out of stock. Tnen they say it's available on cloudvm where the same package starts at $3


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MassPikeMiketoday at 5:52 AM

The claim that BuyVM is scammy contradicts my experience. I have had excellent customer service from them. Yes, like (say) airline tickets, the demand for their lowest-priced offerings exceeds the supply available at that price point, and if you're not willing to wait, you will pay more. But new supply seems to come online about twice a month when billing cycles expire, and there is a Discord channel ("BuyVMStock") that can alert you when this happens. Me, I'm hanging on to my underutilized server there just because it's so cheap to keep at the ready, and I suppose this is why they have so little availability. But if they were actually scammy there would be much more churn.