Re: [cobalt-users] Memory pricing

[Carrie Bartkowiak <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>]

Wow - I can't believe the answers in this thread. I think that either 
most of the people who answered own their RaQs and have never 
bothered looking at lease prices/terms, or else they just found a 
great NOC from the start and never bothered looking elsewhere.

I'm sure that his NOC did NOT make a 'mistake' when saying it would 
be an extra 90 per month - take a good look around at many of the 
places offering dedicated server rentals. With the majority of them, 
if you do not upgrade the RAM immediately when ordering, they will 
charge you a monthly fee to upgrade it. I know, it's ridiculous and 
stupid because you end up paying for that RAM over and over again 
every two months or so, but that's what they're doing. 
Again, one of the reasons I got into hosting - the hosts just screwed 
you any way they could, even if it was horribly apparent and 
overboard. This behavior is not restricted to just hosts, I've 
found... the NOCs do it too.

I have two suggestions:
1. Find a new NOC that will not charge you outrageous fees like a 
monthly price for RAM. You need one that will charge you one time for 
an upgrade (total price of RAM and labor to install it), or the 
second option...
2. Find a NOC that will allow *you* to purchase quality RAM proven to 
work in the RaQs and send it to them to install in your box. They can 
still charge a fee for the labor to install it, but since they didn't 
buy the RAM, then they have no right to charge you a monthly fee.

BTW, a Micron stick of PC133 RAM 256MB is running about $69 USD here 
retail, a bit lower on the wholesale end (like on Ebay or the 
computer trade shows).  No idea what that translates to in pounds, 
and truly no clue on what "VAT" is (other than something you put 
brewing ale into...)

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CarrieB