GreenCloud is Turning 13! | Exclusive Deals, Giveaways, Quizzes & Games!

LEmeINalr · October 31

@NDTN said: Can you point out what we have not done in this thread? The OP is just unhappy because he could not grab the plan he wanted. Did we advertise that we would keep the 2222 plans in stock during the sale? There are plenty of other plans restocked, but it’s simply that he did not want it and said that sale ended after day one.

Ignore the noise. I couldn't grab a single of the flash deal and I was bummed out but why would I bash the provider when it was bot scripts that were running on forum to look for
the flash deals and then notify and pick it all up within <2s....plain stupid to bash the provider for that. Anyway the highlight for me was the fruit quiz organized by @FAT32

NotFoundException · October 31

@LEmeINalr said:

@NDTN said: Can you point out what we have not done in this thread? The OP is just unhappy because he could not grab the plan he wanted. Did we advertise that we would keep the 2222 plans in stock during the sale? There are plenty of other plans restocked, but it’s simply that he did not want it and said that sale ended after day one.

Ignore the noise. I couldn't grab a single of the flash deal and I was bummed out but why would I bash the provider when it was bot scripts that were running on forum to look for
the flash deals and then notify and pick it all up within <2s....plain stupid to bash the provider for that. Anyway the highlight for me was the fruit quiz organized by @FAT32

Was it blame tho or was it just sharing of feelings?

windymeee · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

JohnFilch123 · October 31

@itachikonoha said: When You make a promise and people expect something and it is natural

But this is an issue of your high expectations. Lower it slightly and perhaps the world will change.

leidada · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

Did I miss anything?

rostin · October 31

If I had to blame anyone for the duck race not happening, it’d be @allthemtings

JabJab · October 31

Year is 2026 we still blaming provider for having not enough of deals.

LET problems:
Lack of sales - provider dead.
Too many sales - provider dead.
Shit sales - provider dead.
Too many good sales - provider deadpool.

pvum · October 31

@JohnFilch123 said:
I always take these games/quizzes/whatever as a fun activity and nothing else. I sleep at night (in contrast to those people who snatched most of the deals), eat well and exercise to keep healthy and I highly recommend you do the same (you will ignore it but here we go). So, I participated a few times, did not win anything but it was fun. OK, I have ~10 servers with Greendaddy, which is more than enough. All I can say is thank you to all people who were part of this fun thread organizing events. There is always at least one MJJ who is not happy, this is just part of the journey. Looking forward to 14th birthday next year!

In this era, going 3x long on health is definitely the most worthwhile investment, that holds true for mjjs as well

JohnFilch123 · October 31

@pvum said: worthwhile investment

Thank you, my lovely mjj, for agreeing with this/.

lovelyserver · October 31

@leidada said:
Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

Did I miss anything?

Everything!

Good deals and fun.

You'll have to wait one year until next round.

seman · October 31

@lovelyserver said:

@leidada said:
Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

Did I miss anything?

Everything!

Good deals and fun.

You'll have to wait one year until next round.

nah,wait untill ai bubble,
price will not stop anytime soon

Discover · October 31

Did I win anything here?

Edouard · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

JohnFilch123 · October 31

@Discover said:
Did I win anything here?

yes, a hug from me.

Saragoldfarb · October 31

[@FAT32 said] (/discussion/comment/4905950/#Comment_4905950):

@Onemmt said:
Disappointed with how this birthday sale actually played out — honestly
feels more like a flash-sale rush than a "celebration for the community."

Three specific issues:

Campaign period was clearly stated as "October 26–31, 2026 (UTC+0)",
yet by the morning of Oct 31 the entire 13th Birthday store was
already empty / pulled down. Note on timing: the OP states the
campaign runs "October 26–31 (UTC+0)". As I write this it is still
only ~00:49 UTC on October 31 — i.e. barely 49 minutes into the
stated final day, with roughly 23 hours of the advertised window
still left on the clock. Yet the entire 13th Birthday store had
already been emptied/pulled by that point (early morning of Oct 31
in UTC+8). So this isn't "the sale ended as scheduled" — it's "the
sale was cleared out with almost a full day still officially left."
You told us "once these batches are gone, that's it for the year",
but clearing the whole shelf on the last day, before the stated end
time, is not "the last day" — it's ending early. Those of us who
planned to check back on Oct 31 found nothing.

The OP said "Inventory will rotate and update periodically, so keep
that page bookmarked!" and promised "extra flash sales, giveaways,
quizzes, and more every 1–2 hours in this thread." What actually
happened? Popular plans (most notably the 2222 JP Softbank) were
dropped as tiny flash batches that sold out within seconds. "Rotate
every 1–2 hours" turned into "we blink and it's gone". If you can't
keep a 1-2 hour restock cadence, don't promise one.

Speaking of the 2222 plans — you yourselves told us "GreenCloud will
NOT be holding a Black Friday sale this year" and "this 13th Birthday
event is our only major promotional sale of the season". That made
the 2222 line (especially the JP Softbank variant — the one so many
of us were waiting for) the single event of the year to grab. Yet
the 2222 plans were effectively available only on the very first
day, then never restocked in any meaningful quantity for the rest
of the campaign. Calling that "the only sale of the season" and
then making the most wanted SKU a one-day drop feels, to put it
gently, ungenerous.

I've been a long-time GreenCloud customer and have renewed several
boxes at list price without complaint, so this isn't a random hit
post. But a "13th birthday for the community" shouldn't reward
auto-clicker speed and punish people who, you know, have jobs and
check the site during normal hours.

If any of the 2222 plans — especially JP Softbank — are coming back
before Black Friday (which you've already said isn't happening),
please let us know. Otherwise the "this is our only sale of the year"
framing just becomes a reason to be frustrated rather than excited.
NDTN‌

People like you are the reason why so many LET providers no longer want to offer special deals.

Go ahead and find me another provider that has been part of the community for more than 10 years, has a decent track record, and offers JP SoftBank VPS at such a low price. I will wait.

Special deals offered by providers are a privilege, not an entitlement.

I think I just cancelled one of these which had been idling for waaaaauuuy too long

Saragoldfarb · October 31

@Onemmt said:
I never said I was entitled to a deal. What I actually said was: the
OP promised specific things, and the execution didn't match.

The campaign window was stated as Oct 26–31 (UTC+0), but it
effectively ended ~23 hours early — the store was cleared out at
00:49 UTC on the 31st.

The 2222 line appeared on day one, and after that it was never
meaningfully restocked — in what you yourselves called "the only
major promotional sale of the season", with no Black Friday.

That isn't "asking for a privilege" — it's asking for consistency
between what's promised and what's delivered. Nobody here is after
special treatment; I just want the store page and the announcement to
say the same thing.

And speaking of which — whose "SoftBank" route goes sightseeing
through the UK or Australia before it actually heads back? Are you
going to tell me "you get what you pay for"?
@FAT32

Next level rudeness. Imho.

Saragoldfarb · October 31

@FAT32 said:

@itachikonoha said:

@FAT32 said:

@Onemmt said:
Disappointed with how this birthday sale actually played out — honestly
feels more like a flash-sale rush than a "celebration for the community."

Three specific issues:

Campaign period was clearly stated as "October 26–31, 2026 (UTC+0)",
yet by the morning of Oct 31 the entire 13th Birthday store was
already empty / pulled down. Note on timing: the OP states the
campaign runs "October 26–31 (UTC+0)". As I write this it is still
only ~00:49 UTC on October 31 — i.e. barely 49 minutes into the
stated final day, with roughly 23 hours of the advertised window
still left on the clock. Yet the entire 13th Birthday store had
already been emptied/pulled by that point (early morning of Oct 31
in UTC+8). So this isn't "the sale ended as scheduled" — it's "the
sale was cleared out with almost a full day still officially left."
You told us "once these batches are gone, that's it for the year",
but clearing the whole shelf on the last day, before the stated end
time, is not "the last day" — it's ending early. Those of us who
planned to check back on Oct 31 found nothing.

The OP said "Inventory will rotate and update periodically, so keep
that page bookmarked!" and promised "extra flash sales, giveaways,
quizzes, and more every 1–2 hours in this thread." What actually
happened? Popular plans (most notably the 2222 JP Softbank) were
dropped as tiny flash batches that sold out within seconds. "Rotate
every 1–2 hours" turned into "we blink and it's gone". If you can't
keep a 1-2 hour restock cadence, don't promise one.

Speaking of the 2222 plans — you yourselves told us "GreenCloud will
NOT be holding a Black Friday sale this year" and "this 13th Birthday
event is our only major promotional sale of the season". That made
the 2222 line (especially the JP Softbank variant — the one so many
of us were waiting for) the single event of the year to grab. Yet
the 2222 plans were effectively available only on the very first
day, then never restocked in any meaningful quantity for the rest
of the campaign. Calling that "the only sale of the season" and
then making the most wanted SKU a one-day drop feels, to put it
gently, ungenerous.

I've been a long-time GreenCloud customer and have renewed several
boxes at list price without complaint, so this isn't a random hit
post. But a "13th birthday for the community" shouldn't reward
auto-clicker speed and punish people who, you know, have jobs and
check the site during normal hours.

If any of the 2222 plans — especially JP Softbank — are coming back
before Black Friday (which you've already said isn't happening),
please let us know. Otherwise the "this is our only sale of the year"
framing just becomes a reason to be frustrated rather than excited.
NDTN‌

People like you are the reason why so many LET providers no longer want to offer special deals.

Go ahead and find me another provider that has been part of the community for more than 10 years, has a decent track record, and offers JP SoftBank VPS at such a low price. I will wait.

Special deals offered by providers are a privilege, not an entitlement.

I absolutely disagree though. When You make a promise and people expect something and it is natural. It's not as if the poster writing his frustration out of thin air.

What I am seeing is, in same parameter, different providers are treated differently. If it was someone else than greencloud, then many people would have agreed with what was written. But since it is greencloud, fanboyism kicking in and people goes to other end of the spectrum.

I'll give another example. When solidvps raised the price a little bit, people blasted them like there was no day tomorrow. The poor provider took a lot of heat.

But when some other providers raise their price to 200% or more, it was just memes and everyone supported because of increasing hardware price.

I don't care about this poster nor about green cloud. But that doesn't mean his post epiotomises everything wrong with some members in the community. That post has genuine concern and frustration too.

Can you point to me which provider that no one complained when they raised their price 200% or more?

Also for SolidVPS I am not one of the people who complained, I personally hold 2 VPS with them too, and their price increase is justifiable in my opinion.

Heck do you even know how bad is the market nowadays?

I actually just got a renewal... From 15 to 15.75. I mean... Whate we're even talking about?

gsea4 · October 31

@Saragoldfarb said:

@FAT32 said:

@itachikonoha said:

@FAT32 said:

@Onemmt said:
Disappointed with how this birthday sale actually played out — honestly
feels more like a flash-sale rush than a "celebration for the community."

Three specific issues:

Campaign period was clearly stated as "October 26–31, 2026 (UTC+0)",
yet by the morning of Oct 31 the entire 13th Birthday store was
already empty / pulled down. Note on timing: the OP states the
campaign runs "October 26–31 (UTC+0)". As I write this it is still
only ~00:49 UTC on October 31 — i.e. barely 49 minutes into the
stated final day, with roughly 23 hours of the advertised window
still left on the clock. Yet the entire 13th Birthday store had
already been emptied/pulled by that point (early morning of Oct 31
in UTC+8). So this isn't "the sale ended as scheduled" — it's "the
sale was cleared out with almost a full day still officially left."
You told us "once these batches are gone, that's it for the year",
but clearing the whole shelf on the last day, before the stated end
time, is not "the last day" — it's ending early. Those of us who
planned to check back on Oct 31 found nothing.

The OP said "Inventory will rotate and update periodically, so keep
that page bookmarked!" and promised "extra flash sales, giveaways,
quizzes, and more every 1–2 hours in this thread." What actually
happened? Popular plans (most notably the 2222 JP Softbank) were
dropped as tiny flash batches that sold out within seconds. "Rotate
every 1–2 hours" turned into "we blink and it's gone". If you can't
keep a 1-2 hour restock cadence, don't promise one.

Speaking of the 2222 plans — you yourselves told us "GreenCloud will
NOT be holding a Black Friday sale this year" and "this 13th Birthday
event is our only major promotional sale of the season". That made
the 2222 line (especially the JP Softbank variant — the one so many
of us were waiting for) the single event of the year to grab. Yet
the 2222 plans were effectively available only on the very first
day, then never restocked in any meaningful quantity for the rest
of the campaign. Calling that "the only sale of the season" and
then making the most wanted SKU a one-day drop feels, to put it
gently, ungenerous.

I've been a long-time GreenCloud customer and have renewed several
boxes at list price without complaint, so this isn't a random hit
post. But a "13th birthday for the community" shouldn't reward
auto-clicker speed and punish people who, you know, have jobs and
check the site during normal hours.

If any of the 2222 plans — especially JP Softbank — are coming back
before Black Friday (which you've already said isn't happening),
please let us know. Otherwise the "this is our only sale of the year"
framing just becomes a reason to be frustrated rather than excited.
NDTN‌

People like you are the reason why so many LET providers no longer want to offer special deals.

Go ahead and find me another provider that has been part of the community for more than 10 years, has a decent track record, and offers JP SoftBank VPS at such a low price. I will wait.

Special deals offered by providers are a privilege, not an entitlement.

I absolutely disagree though. When You make a promise and people expect something and it is natural. It's not as if the poster writing his frustration out of thin air.

What I am seeing is, in same parameter, different providers are treated differently. If it was someone else than greencloud, then many people would have agreed with what was written. But since it is greencloud, fanboyism kicking in and people goes to other end of the spectrum.

I'll give another example. When solidvps raised the price a little bit, people blasted them like there was no day tomorrow. The poor provider took a lot of heat.

But when some other providers raise their price to 200% or more, it was just memes and everyone supported because of increasing hardware price.

I don't care about this poster nor about green cloud. But that doesn't mean his post epiotomises everything wrong with some members in the community. That post has genuine concern and frustration too.

Can you point to me which provider that no one complained when they raised their price 200% or more?

Also for SolidVPS I am not one of the people who complained, I personally hold 2 VPS with them too, and their price increase is justifiable in my opinion.

Heck do you even know how bad is the market nowadays?

I actually just got a renewal... From 15 to 15.75. I mean... Whate we're even talking about?

That's an outrageous price increase! You need to make a thread to expose it

Roxyrex · October 31

Well, if anything I am honestly disappointed that there were no more fruit quizzes designed by @FAT32 .

That was truly one of the best experiences I had, real entertainment.

@NDTN Thanks for pulling this off in this economy! Great deals!

e2e4 · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday!

netguy · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

tux · October 31

@Roxyrex said:
Well, if anything I am honestly disappointed that there were no more fruit quizzes designed by @FAT32 .

That was truly one of the best experiences I had, real entertainment.

@NDTN Thanks for pulling this off in this economy! Great deals!

What fruits green dino loves most?

Saragoldfarb · October 31

@tux said:

@Roxyrex said:
Well, if anything I am honestly disappointed that there were no more fruit quizzes designed by @FAT32 .

That was truly one of the best experiences I had, real entertainment.

@NDTN Thanks for pulling this off in this economy! Great deals!

What fruits green dino loves most?

Forbidden fruits.

Ganonk · October 31

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

Roxyrex · October 31

@tux said:

@Roxyrex said:
Well, if anything I am honestly disappointed that there were no more fruit quizzes designed by @FAT32 .

That was truly one of the best experiences I had, real entertainment.

@NDTN Thanks for pulling this off in this economy! Great deals!

What fruits green dino loves most?

Colorful ones obviously

wuamin · November 1

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marl · November 1

Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

leidada · November 1

@lovelyserver said:

@leidada said:
Happy GreenCloud’s 13th Birthday

Did I miss anything?

Everything!

Good deals and fun.

You'll have to wait one year until next round.

A little sad.

gtxr · November 1

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