[Warning] Linveo secretly killing Annual plans with a 64% stealth price hike & dumping trashed IPs

simwiki · 4:02AM

Heads up to anyone holding an Annual plan or migrated from Arizona with Linveo. Check your billing panel before they auto-bill you.

I’ve been hosting an AMD Ryzen VPS with Linveo for 2 years:

Nov 21, 2024: Paid $15.00/yr (Credit Card)
Oct 18, 2025: Paid $15.00/yr (Renewal)

Earlier this year, Linveo announced the retirement of their Arizona location and moved services to Texas. Here is how they treat a loyal recurring customer:

1. Allocated a severely abused IP

The new Texas IP (23.230.253.x) came heavily blacklisted and abused (Scamalytics fraud score 70+, previously used as a public game server). When asked to swap this dirty IP, staff replied:

"IP changes are $3/each. We are moving away from annual packages, so your billing is monthly."

2. Stealthily converted Annual to Monthly (64% Price Hike)

Ahead of my Nov 21 renewal, I checked the panel and saw they quietly changed my package term to:

1 Month @ $2.05

This secretly turns a $15/year recurring service into $24.60/year (+64% price hike), completely ignoring two years of consecutive $15 annual receipts right in their own portal!

3. Staff's outright gaslighting

When challenged on this unilateral contract change, support staff (Adam Bednar) doubled down and wrote:

"We do not have contracts with you. The payment term is monthly."

Summary

Make sure to check your control panel and remove your payment methods from their portal. Linveo has zero respect for recurring terms.

lnx · 4:13AM

@simwiki said:
Heads up to anyone holding an Annual plan or migrated from Arizona with Linveo. Check your billing panel before they auto-bill you.

I’ve been hosting an AMD Ryzen VPS with Linveo for 2 years:

Nov 21, 2024: Paid $15.00/yr (Credit Card)

Oct 18, 2025: Paid $15.00/yr (Renewal)

Earlier this year, Linveo announced the retirement of their Arizona location and moved services to Texas. Here is how they treat a loyal recurring customer:

1. Allocated a severely abused IP

The new Texas IP (23.230.253.x) came heavily blacklisted and abused (Scamalytics fraud score 70+, previously used as a public game server). When asked to swap this dirty IP, staff replied:

"IP changes are $3/each. We are moving away from annual packages, so your billing is monthly."

2. Stealthily converted Annual to Monthly (64% Price Hike)

Ahead of my Nov 21 renewal, I checked the panel and saw they quietly changed my package term to:

1 Month @ $2.05

This secretly turns a $15/year recurring service into $24.60/year (+64% price hike), completely ignoring two years of consecutive $15 annual receipts right in their own portal!

3. Staff's outright gaslighting

When challenged on this unilateral contract change, support staff (Adam Bednar) doubled down and wrote:

"We do not have contracts with you. The payment term is monthly."

Summary

Make sure to check your control panel and remove your payment methods from their portal. Linveo has zero respect for recurring terms.

I'll just add the same reply here since you decided to post it twice.

Hello,
Your billing amount is higher due to your package having 50GB instead of the 25GB allocated for 1GB plans. You were under-billed for two years.

We gave you an opportunity for a refund or migration and now five months later you claim we are scamming you after you chose the migration.

ScreenReader · 5:39AM

@simwiki said: This secretly turns a $15/year recurring service into $24.60/year (+64% price hike), completely ignoring two years of consecutive $15 annual receipts right in their own portal!

what an odd thing to complaint, provider can change price anytime they want as long as they honor your already-paid service. if you want to continue using their service after price changes then it's your call to pay the new price or not upon next renewal.

if they forced you to pay for more in the middle of already-paid invoice period however, that's where it's wrong.

@lnx said: Your billing amount is higher due to your package having 50GB instead of the 25GB allocated for 1GB plans. You were under-billed for two years.

ayylmao. so it wasnt secret at all. would be nice if you have proof / page that the 50GB indeed cost more than 25GB (what a strange thing to ask too, but you can't reason with mjj that already arguing in bad faith)

rpqu · 6:15AM

@ScreenReader said:

@lnx said: Your billing amount is higher due to your package having 50GB instead of the 25GB allocated for 1GB plans. You were under-billed for two years.

ayylmao. so it wasnt secret at all. would be nice if you have proof / page that the 50GB indeed cost more than 25GB (what a strange thing to ask too, but you can't reason with mjj that already arguing in bad faith)

Yes. Don't forget about this

@SolidVPS said:
It’s also worth noting that several of the loudest voices previously requested additional free plans or repeated free upgrades—requests we consistently approved, often providing far more than what was publicly listed. Seeing those same individuals now leading the complaints is an interesting contrast.

And to be clear, not every “1GB plan” was actually 1GB, and not every “8GB plan” was actually 8GB. Many of these plans included additional resources at no cost, which is another factor in overall expenses.

Mainfrezzer · 6:37AM

"We do not have contracts with you"

WHHHAT?

Brother, what did you smoke

simwiki · 6:50AM

1. The "50GB" was YOUR OWN promotional "Free Double Disk" offer on LowEndTalk!

You claimed in ticket and here:

"Your billing amount is higher due to your package having 50GB instead of the 25GB allocated for 1GB plans. You were under-billed for two years." (Proof: https://iili.io/n6gPTI1.png)

Are you seriously telling the entire LET community that when customers participated in Linveo's official LET "reply for free double disk" promotional campaign, they were actually "under-billed for two years"?!
You offered the double resource promo on this very forum to attract buyers, honored the $15/yr recurring price for 2 years, and now you weaponize your own free promo to justify a 64% price hike and stealth conversion to monthly billing?

2. The "Arizona Discontinuation" Lie

On May 1, 2026, Linveo emailed me stating:

"our Arizona KVM hosting services will be discontinued effective end of day on June 15, 2026." (Email Proof: https://iili.io/n6grFLJ.png)

You forced me to relocate to Texas, where you dumped a heavily blacklisted IP on me and demanded $3 to clean it up.

Yet, looking right at your latest promotional thread on LowEndTalk (Thread #213583):
"Linveo.com - Intel KVM VPS ... Ohio - Texas - Arizona"
You are STILL actively marketing and selling Arizona location nodes to new buyers!
So you fabricated a "datacenter closure" just to disrupt grandfathered annual clients and force them onto higher monthly rates?

3. Moving the goalposts three times:

First, you told me: "We are moving away from annual packages, so your billing is monthly."
Then: "We do not have contracts with you. The payment term is monthly."
Now on LET: "It's because of the 50GB promo from 2 years ago."

To everyone on LowEndTalk: If you received a "Free Double Resource" promo from Linveo, beware. According to Linveo, you are being "under-billed" and they will secretly convert your annual plan into a monthly price hike at renewal.

Void · 7:13AM

Hmm the plot thickens.

Mainfrezzer · 7:14AM

Are you sure it was a promotion? i cant find any such thing from them apart from bandwidth.

Now, i assume you didnt respond within time and they, as they said in the email, force-migrated you that way?

The old posts do mention arizona, the most recent one doesnt. You cant even order them.

That said, its still hilarious of that person to state "We do not have contracts with you". That do be a massive red flag.

kenjing789 · 7:25AM

@Mainfrezzer said:
Are you sure it was a promotion? i cant find any such thing from them apart from bandwidth.

Now, i assume you didnt respond within time and they, as they said in the email, force-migrated you that way?

The old posts do mention arizona, the most recent one doesnt. You cant even order them.

That said, its still hilarious of that person to state "We do not have contracts with you". That do be a massive red flag.

Its seem that OP apply for double bandwidth but @lnx apply double storage instead.
So this is on @lnx end and i think he should honor the promotion (or not)

kenjing789 · 7:26AM

Proof : https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4078274/#Comment_4078274

@simwiki

rpqu · 7:28AM

@Mainfrezzer said:
Are you sure it was a promotion? i cant find any such thing from them apart from bandwidth.

It's discretionary. Not listed on the LET deal.

@lnx said:

@tenpera said:
@lnx , any chance for more disk space if annual purchasing?

Send me a message with what you are looking for and I will see if it can be done.

rpqu · 7:29AM

@kenjing789 said:
Proof : https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/comment/4078274/#Comment_4078274

@simwiki

Wow, two scoops

Mainfrezzer · 7:29AM

@rpqu said:

@Mainfrezzer said:
Are you sure it was a promotion? i cant find any such thing from them apart from bandwidth.

It's discretionary. Not listed on the LET deal.

@lnx said:

@tenpera said:
@lnx , any chance for more disk space if annual purchasing?

Send me a message with what you are looking for and I will see if it can be done.

OHHHHHH!!!

PingKing · 8:07AM

@ScreenReader said:

provider can change price anytime they want as long as they honor your already-paid service

Plenty of providers offer recurring discounts early on. Sure, they can pull them later, and people have every right to call them out so future buyers know what they're getting into. Definitely hurts buyer confidence. Though from what we're seeing now, that's not even the real issue here...

VpsVictor · 8:58AM

$9.60 a year difference and pages of drama, LET never changes. tbh if a promo price isn't written on the offer page i'd always assume it ends at the next renewal

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