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They were all in Buffalo.
Lack of diversity. I am a firm believer in 'Equal Opportunity' when it comes to hosting companies, datacenters or locations :P
If I wanted to buy from CC, I'd directly go to the CC website, or subscribe to their newsletters and not waste time reading offers posted at LEB.
Virmach's "special dedicated" was sold out when I saw it. Hell of a deal. Only thing that really turned my head this year besides PS4 games and the OVH sale.
NOT ENOUGH CAPS.
Be honest. You just didn't check but felt this was a great opportunity to pretend you were voting with your wallet for a greater cause.
I know because you said "I didn't even bother checking LEB" a few hours ago :P
Just another CC reseller though... right?
I had no reason to buy from LEB or LET, but I think people vote with their feet when they see such blatant nonsense in the logic behind the offers.
offers on LEB were by far less interesting. (besides virmach, but those have been mentioned/posted on LET anyways)
At that price for that hardware I assume more that they have a good colo deal. I don't know much but I know you'll have to pry that kind of hardware for that price from @jbiloh's cold, dead hands :P
What happened with the poll?
Seems like it usually clears up after a bit. Cluster fun
Was a killer deal for sure, $30 E3..
I checked it, but checked out as soon as I saw it was CC-only. VirMach was the one doing the insane deals out of CC and those got posted all over here.
The VirMach site had their special BF/CM deals listed ahead of time and their special offers page had better stuff than was listed on LEB. You were basically too late if you waited for the LEB post on the $1/$5 per year boxes. The $30/year 8GB KVM sure as hell didn't make it over there.
Even providers who post on LET and get a LEB offer post don't put the good stuff on there or it's the same thing that went up here a month before.
The deals on LET happen in the comments all year round. When a provider just goes "yeah, we'll quadruple the ram for ya" in a request thread (thanks for the new storage box @Francisco).
...Or when @Nekki badgers them to death, telling them to
whip it outWHIP IT OUT!!Because I was trying to replace Nekki's capslock with a shift key. 30,000 hours, and he still hasn't left the darn thing alone for a minute!
I don't bother playing the 'Let's pretend game' or hesitate in calling a spade, exactly what it is. An internet forum is way too inconsequential to force me to try and act like someone I am not.
I did get an email from LEB outlining the BF offers, and I do read emails that make it to my mailbox. What I noticed were hosting companies that I simply wasn't interested in buying from. That is something which I have been pretty clear about, in my previous post as well.
Off late, I have observed a pattern over at LEB, which is exactly why I don't voluntarily visit the URL anymore.
I am not trying to post shit about CC or LEB, just for the sake of pretending to dislike them, in order to try and relate to a certain segment of people around here. Personally, I didn't even care about the takeover till the reasons became obvious enough, and made me change my bi-weekly ritual of reading the latest offers posted by companies over at LEB and spending my money on trying most of them out.
FWIW, I actually discovered LET AFTER following the link on the sidebar at LEB a few years back. I am not trying to distance myself from that. I WAS an avid reader of LEB and checked the site out as frequently as I check Amazon for deals. That says a lot. Doesn't it? :P
And finally, yes, you're damn right about one thing, and only one thing - I made a conscious decision to NOT buy stuff from LEB. That is not because the deals weren't good anymore. It was because there wasn't as much variety as I was used to, in the past. And if my tiny wallet helps in driving that point home to the powers that be, I couldn't be happier!
I like LET because it is not a corporate blog (yet) run by a company interested in selling their own products, promoting their resellers, or redirecting traffic to other random 'partner' sites that 'advertise' over there. To that end, I am happy to support hosting companies that make a genuine effort to get involved with the community over here, and continue to offer products that are in line with the idea that the place was built around - with my $7, or otherwise.
/rant.
Proceeds to write 6 paragraphs to explain his actions.
Talk about getting quoted out of context. Oh well..
Please explain.
You should have at least quoted the complete line, and not just the part that suited your interpretation of what those 6 paragraphs were about -
Hahaha, he actually proceeded to explain
Dude, I'm just messing with you, go home.
Option #5 is missing: "I tried but it just didn't work as expected."
No non-US XEN / KVM offers with fitting ToS & AUP.
Hello guys,
@virmach is good?
I have read mixed reviews.
Any recent review about their dedicated servers?
Besides, it's good the promo deal of E3 $30?
What was the difference between LEB and LET in the sheer number of offers? My impression was that LEB put up just a half dozen, and the interesting ones sold out quick. LET seemed to be flooded with all sorts of offers and followup offers when things got sold out.
But I didn't buy anything because none of the offers struck my fancy. As I noted before it all started, I was only looking for providers that were offering new toys. I'm not a collector, so offers that are just yet-another-empty-box do not appeal to me.
Wanted to get in on the @virmach dedi, but it was for new customers only.
'Poll not found'
Will not buy from anything posted on LEB anymore due to dishonesty in the offer posts.
Statements like "reviews are generally positive" when they aren't even close to being.
I would have purchased more but ran out of dough....
For me it's a hole different story, I'm only active in this forums for like a year now.
Here you can get special offers, fitting your needs exactly.
Some providers may fight each other in offers, that means, you might
get even a better offer than you normally would.
I love this community anyway. More often reading than posting but... yeah.
ColoCrossing
Hahahahahaha LEB
Some posts make me laugh sometimes...
I can operate my dedicated servers better than many of the providers here. So why should I pay them, when I can invest in my own infrastructure instead.