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RackNerd "Forever Free" tier charged me $99 in 48 hours

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steveipw

Member OP

#1

Day 0: Sign up for RackNerd "Forever Free." Card required for "verification."

Day 1: $1 hold appears. Fine. Terms say "may convert to subscription if limits exceeded."

Day 2: $99 annual charge hits. No email alert. Dashboard shows "Pro Lite activated" - never clicked this.

Cancellation path:

  • "Manage plan" buried under Billing > Advanced > Legacy Tools
  • "Downgrade" button errors out
  • Chat bot loops to FAQ
  • Human chat: "Your account is ineligible for downgrade due to promotional status"

Chargeback timeline:

  • Filed with bank: 10 minutes
  • RackNerd responded with 47-page PDF of "terms accepted"
  • Won anyway: 12 days

For that money you get:

  • 1x shared vCPU
  • 512MB RAM
  • 20GB HDD (not SSD)
  • No backups

PSA: Screenshot every step. Their terms change based on which subdomain you load.

Medium post with full doc

zfs send | zfs receive. repeat.
RAJ

Member

#2

Guys any leads on which panel they use for billing? Custom or off shelf?

Margins on that $99 must be wild if theyre doing volume recieved thier last funding round

Wonder if anyone white-labels this stack

your margin is my opportunity
PA

Member

#3

🍿 im here for this
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arjundirect

Member

#4

Basically I signed up for same thing last month and please help I didn't screenshot anything

Basically I thought the $1 was just verification like student accounts do and basically now I'm scared to check my statement

Ma'am if anyone has template for dispute letter basically that would help me so much sorry for long post

MA

Member

#5

Edge this whole problem by never giving origin to these pops

I cache hit on GreenCloudVPS free tier instead, it's 12 now vs RackNerd at 340

Miss on their "verification" story though, obvious origin pain

Pop your card details to fewer places brother

AL

Member

#6

Legacy Tools? That downgrade path sounds intentional

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