Hetzner Server Auction Alternatives

borngreat

@JosephF said:

@borngreat said:

@remy said:
If bandwidth is not that important for you
Ovh regularly offers the GAME-1 server on special with Intel Core i7-7700K (Not at the moment)
But it's not impossible that he'll ask you for a passport too.

I can prepay but sending a copy of my passport to some company in another country is not an option.

Out of curiosity, what is the danger to you if you send some company a copy of your passport?

Privacy. Principle.
If you are not a bank or a at least a financial services company. You have 0 reason to ask for a copy of my Passport.

JosephF

@borngreat said:

@JosephF said:

@borngreat said:

@remy said:
If bandwidth is not that important for you
Ovh regularly offers the GAME-1 server on special with Intel Core i7-7700K (Not at the moment)
But it's not impossible that he'll ask you for a passport too.

I can prepay but sending a copy of my passport to some company in another country is not an option.

Out of curiosity, what is the danger to you if you send some company a copy of your passport?

Privacy. Principle.
If you are not a bank or a at least a financial services company. You have 0 reason to ask for a copy of my Passport.

Don't you need a passport or photo ID if you rent a car, enter an airport, buy a cigarette or a beer and heaven knows how many other things in daily life.

borngreat

@JosephF said:

@borngreat said:

@JosephF said:

@borngreat said:

@remy said:
If bandwidth is not that important for you
Ovh regularly offers the GAME-1 server on special with Intel Core i7-7700K (Not at the moment)
But it's not impossible that he'll ask you for a passport too.

I can prepay but sending a copy of my passport to some company in another country is not an option.

Out of curiosity, what is the danger to you if you send some company a copy of your passport?

Privacy. Principle.
If you are not a bank or a at least a financial services company. You have 0 reason to ask for a copy of my Passport.

Don't you need a passport or photo ID if you rent a car, enter an airport, buy a cigarette or a beer and heaven knows how many other things in daily life.

One company is lending you a $30k car for $19.95 a month. Unless you are suggesting my access to their 10 year old used computer is worth $30k, it’s apples to mango comparison.

The other scenarios you mentioned have to sight an ID because it’s required by law. They don’t keep a copy.

Do people still smoke cigarettes in 2024?

JosephF

@borngreat said:

Do people still smoke cigarettes in 2024?

Did Philip Morris go out of business?

lowendtalkxdax

@JosephF said:
So the "hourly" is meaningless.

You can buy multiple servers. Test them out, play around with „expensive“ servers.
And in the end keep the one you liked the most.

More flexible. Also if you need more resources, you can migrate to a higher tier product for a no extra cost, at any time.