Also $30/year for a cheap virtual server from a pretty major provider is nice. I'll probably pick one up just for some network testing purposes.

That cheap $30/year server turns to $200+ per year after the 1st. Go for vultr at $2.5/month. It has been good thus far.

I closed my VULTR account after getting this email from them

----- Dear Vultr Customer,

Including pending charges, your account is carrying a $5.94 balance.

In order to cover your current balance and your estimated monthly costs, our billing system will automatically deposit $275.00 from your payment method on file in 24 hours.

You were $5.94 in debt, so they decided to take $275? Bit extreme...

How could you carry a balance there anyway? Was considering using Vultr at one point.

I don't know either, I bought a vps, left it there for a year and kind of forgot about it

Saw the email and scrambled as fast as possible to contact their support and close all my accounts.

How much was the VPS you purchased?

Anyone looking for a cheap VPS should review this discussion:

Show HN: VPS Comparison – Automated tests to compare VPS by yourself | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14245538

Vultr has like half the specs and different locations if I recall correctly.