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Interesting....

Couple of days ago I ordered a dedicated VPS with OVHcloud. (You may have seen my VPS provider KYC rant)

OVH was the third provider I signed up to that day who asked for payment information during account creation and before ordering anything. When I selected the machine and configuration OVH billed the provided card only to return the amount moments later while sending me a KYC email. Since they were the third provider causing me headache BEFORE entering a business relation, I left it at that.

Yesterday I received an (probably automated) email from one of their account managers welcoming me to OVHcloud and asking if I needed any help. I replied by telling them that we didn't get off on a good food with payments being bounced and their - imo - over the top KYC requirement and that I hence have selected a different provider (the latter not being true, didn't have time yesterday)

Now, while I was checking my emails over my morning coffee I found three emails from OVHcloud, received in the last three hours. Confirming the setup of the machine and the KYC notification on my account page is gone and they've billed the provided card again.

Thought I'd share.

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Sacred Peak 3mo ago

are you saying they billed you after you cancelled the setup?

TheGrinder 3mo ago

No. I'm saying that they bounced the first order and payment to then ask for KYC which I didn't provide. With the bounce I considered the order as cancelled. When I saw that email from their account manager I informed him that I'm no longer interested because of their ott KYC only to now find the order as executed with KYC warning gone.

But yes, I wasn't going to further pursue this. Thing is, I didn't order a server for 1 month. So this is paid now into 2026

Sacred Peak 3mo ago

and they charged you money anyway?

Ankh- Morpok 3mo ago

Interesting

NoStrFromObject 3mo ago

i dont understand this renting server business and concepts of the internet ever since it went commercial. dont you already pay at some place for being connected and thus being part of the internet? this is all so wrong. its 2025. when will you finally all do #NDN #NamedDataNetworking ?