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Re:Ask HN: Anyone hosting their site on servers in their gar... by fierarul on Monday August 02, 2010 @10:26AM (#1567706)
It's not just annoying it's counterproductive. In my head setup fees trigger warning bells on two areas:

1. The company is so un-automated that it actually needs considerable human intervention to prepare a server and doesn't actually bother to include this basic operation into their total cost (they sell servers after all).

2. It's a trick to squeeze at least the 150 euro from you. Because if I find out in the first months that their service is sub-par I can just cancel my subscription but I'm not getting my 150 euro back.

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Re:Ask HN: Anyone hosting their site on servers in their gar... by moe on Monday August 02, 2010 @11:54AM (#1567949)
As lsc explained the setup fee is not normally for human labor but part of the hosts cost calculation.

Serious hosts will give you free trials (before you pay the setup fee) any time, unless you ask for special hardware that they themselves have to buy first.

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