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People here do not value contract unless big amount is involved. I think this has been the story in many cases.
Provider offers a free VDS for promotion (free). You got a vps with much smaller spec.... According to LET logic, you shouldn't complaint because it was FREE!
Why one should care about contracts when you are getting something free!
This has been disappointing and what more disappointing is, these type of fraudulent offers are being allowed to go on for such a long time.
Evolution Host is getting SEO boost and once they see that some sites are irrelevant in the metrices, they will close the contract. (even this I can accept as long as it mentions in the contract)
But you promise to give a high spec VDS in the spec but give some chear spec vps..... That is wrong eveb if it is free.
But hey, many people here will tell you that, you should shut up because it is free.
Not to mention VDS or VPS, but they did approve my application, and then before I got the VPS, They said they regretted it again.
But in any case, we have nothing to lose, we just record one of their possibilities.
Thank you for your reply and have a nice day~
Actually no, I wouldn't.
Might be a generational thing (I'm old as fuck) but feeling entitled to get something for free is just completely absurd to me.
If someone offers me something for free, I'm grateful. If they remove it, I'm no longer grateful. That's about it for me. It does not turn over into some kind of resentment, I'm back to whatever state I was in before the offer.
It is extremely different. If a company offered me a three course meal at a fabulous restaurant, I would of course assume that there was a catch somewhere and base my decision upon what that catch was. Companies does not do things for free. If they do, they will very soon no longer be a company.
Evolution host did not offer anything "for free". From the email transcripts it is perfectly clear that Evolution host and the OP entered into a valid contract. OP did his part of the contract and after that Evolution Host felt entitled not to "pay" for services rendered. This is textbook example of bait and switch.
Some people think that I got the server they opened and then it was canceled.
In fact, they confirmed the contract and asked me to make a backlink. When I did it, they repented for no reason.
So I wrote this post just to give some reference to anyone who applies for the contract, that's all.
Evolution host r genuine I have used there free vps for almost 3 years
See, that's the thing. It's not about feeling entitled to something free, it's about feeling tricked by given exciting news and then having that taken away. Do you really think none of these following situations would upset you?
Sure, you aren't entitled to any of these, but does that lessen the validity of how you (or others) would feel?
Not if you won it in a legitimate sweepstakes or competition. If the offer was out of the blue, sure, but that's not what happened here. Being told that you could be, effectively, paid with a VDS in exchange for advertising space is not the same as being offered something that's too good to be true and rightfully fooled.
OP just needs a place to vent. No problem.
However the title and scam calling are both deliberately inflammatory. It's clear you wish to punish them in some way and decided to do so via negative SEO. I suggest you call on a mod to change this. Follow your own example if you want to be professional and respectful.
FWIW I also engaged with EvolutionHost's free VPS offerings many years ago before ultimately deciding I didn't need their machine.
I agree. It's totally fine to vent and what happened was definitely unfair and would leave a bad taste in anyone's mouth, but "scam" has a very specific meaning here: A premeditated attempt to swindle someone out of money for services that will not be delivered as stated. A slightly better title would be something like "EvolutionHost's free servers are a bait-and-switch".
But I also understand writing such a title in the heat of the moment right after the bomb dropped.
@angstrom Perhaps you could adjust the title to better reflect the contents of the post?
I agree too.
How should I contact the administrator of LET to help me change the title of my post?
agree, they are a waste of time
So what did you learn?
Free is the most expensive, don’t be greedy, there will be no pie in the sky.
I do not think getting paid for work is the same as getting something for free, so I have a hard time making that comparison feel valid. But if it happened, shit happens. Mistakes happens. If I had a mental breakdown every time someone made a mistake that affected me I would not be here today.
Shit happens. Public forums have their rules, if they do not want me there for whatever reason then so be it, it is not a human right to frequent public forums.
Shit happens. Again, mistakes happen.
Again, shit and mistakes happens. Coming up with different scenarios with exactly the same premise will not change my answer. Shit still happens.
Yes, in my mind it absolutely does. Feelings are not automatically valid, they are very often unreasonable and unfair. Not being able to understand this and handle those feelings will make your life very miserable. What people initially feel often has no bearing in reality so people reacting only on feeling are usually very wrong.
Take op as example, he started this thread claiming scam. Now, when his feelings have settled, he wishes to change the title. Maybe his feelings weren't so valid after all?
I never trust that kid of free vps. All is up to the provider
No, it’s just that after I withdrew the Git record and the backlink to the website, this matter is no longer worth mentioning to me.
My feelings and experiences are real, at the very least.
Off topic: Oracle's "Free for Life" program is real and they treat everyone equally, no matter who you are or where you come from. You may be able to register an account and get a free VPS, or you may not know when your account will be deactivated.
Then, it seems like the other so-called "free VPS" ones are, well, not real.
If you want free VPS in exchange for GitHub links, beg @msatt for FOSSVPS.
It's smaller than Evolution and Oracle, but deletion dates are known and there's no sudden deactivations.
Thank you for your suggestion. The free VPS resources provided by mastt should be given to those who need them more. I don't want to take up this opportunity.
I don't have as much desire for free VPS anymore. I have some small VPS and Root Servers at Netcup, which are enough for some of my small services. Additionally, I also have an Oracle free VPS (only for learning purposes).
This event has made me reflect on not being too greedy.
Being content with what I have is enough.
Wishing you a pleasant day!
That's the nicest outcome this thread could have
Thank you for thinking this way. You are more than welcome to apply if you wish, we have capacity for people with a good reputation and history on LET. Provided this is for Open Source development and nothing naughty.
Absolutely correct but no need to beg
edit: added criteria
Thank you!
Hello FOSSVPS Team,
I am a developer from Pakistan working on an open-source WhatsApp bot for the Urdu-speaking community. The bot helps people learn programming basics and provides useful features like sticker making, welcome messages, and group management tools. It is completely free and open-source.
I need a VPS to host this bot 24/7 so it can be available to users all the time. My local machine cannot run it continuously.
Preferred location: Moldova Chisinau (or whichever is available)
Thank you for your support!
Best regards,
[Thejo]
His feelings were and are still valid, even if the way he initially expressed himself was a bit hyperbolic.
Perhaps you go with the flow more easily and don't mind being given false hope, but to the majority of people, it's at least a little distressing. If you genuinely would not be bothered if you won the lottery just to be told that it was a mistake, then your reaction is certainly within the minority. Which is not a problem, of course.
Thank you for contacting LET support.
Your bandwidth has been doubled.
LET gets it done™
My forum was accepted for a free Professional VPS from Evolution Host in exchange for adding a dofollow link on my homepage (and only there, nowhere else on my site). I’m now in my second month and I’m very satisfied. I truly can’t say a single bad word about the service - everything has been fast, and there has been no downtime or any other issues with my VPS.
@Thejo - sorry you only just joined LET, the rules are you must build a good reputation on here. Take a look at our latest thread including the conditions.
Wishing you well.
Mike
Did Eolution Host give you a new comment task to reply under this thread ? Haha, just kidding.
They did not, I'm doing it on my own initiative.