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.