I recently signup with alibaba cloud…
I recently signup with alibaba cloud and choose a basic server (1 vCPU, 2 GB, smallest HDD, 10mbps) and choose pay as your go (just for some tests), I don't know if it is normal that alibaba cloud charges Pre-authorization every week, I mean in my billing management console it only says $0.95USD, I know they still charge for using the hard drive, but it's a minimum, and read in their faqs they charges $1.00USD to verify is your credit card, its ok, but cmmon, more than $50 USD in less a month? First day of signup receive this: Sep/09/2019 Pre-authorization hold in the amount of: 10.0 USD (it's not 1.00 USD like they said in their faqs), We will release and then reinitiate the pre-authorization hold to your PayPal account after a set period of time on a recurring basis. then this: Sep/20/2019 Pre-authorization hold in the amount of: 15.0 USD and another $10 USD same day, whats wrong?? ask for help, still didn't respond. and a new one..Oct 1, 2019 Pre-authorization hold in the amount of: 15.0 USD There are $50.00usd on Pre-authorization charges in less than a month, even I had stopped my instance, does anyone knows if AWS do the same?? this wasn't the best experience, nobody answers my ticket since 12 days ago, have to cancel my subscription on paypal, not recommended, If you like to receive alerts of charges to your credit card every week and nobody answers you, this is the right company.