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Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by kmfrk »

Note: the longer the sale goes on, the more the discount decreases. (It decreases 1% every hour counting down from 100%).

I didn't notice that yesterday, and it's worth keeping in mind when reading this submission.

In my case, it might actually have had the effect of discouraging me from considering the offer, because the price went up since I last checked. Does anyone else feel the same way, or is this a discount model that you would recommend keeping in mind for another occasion?

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by rm999 »

Are they a stable company that will exist in a year or two? They sometimes give away one year plans for free (go to slickdeals and search for crashplan), which makes me wonder if they are desperate to sign up new customers.

For something important like backup I don't want to start using a product that may fold in the near-term future.

edit: it seems the free deals are for people who want to switch from carbonite, but they work for anyone. So I guess it's not exactly what I thought: https://www.crashplan.com/carboniteswitcher/

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by yoda_sl »

rm999 wrote: post #4

Are they a stable company that will exist in a year or two? They sometimes give away one year plans for free (go to slickdeals and search for crashplan), which makes me wonder if they are desperate to sign up new customers. For something important like backup I don't want to start using a product that may fold in the near-term future. edit: it seems the free deals are for people who want to switch from carbonite, but…

I hope they will still be there... They are not just a random company. I have been using it at my previous work company (strongly suggested by our IT group) and have been really happy with it to the point that 2 years ago I purchased for their Black Friday offers a 3 years plan...

Since then I had one bad HD crash and I was happy to be able to restore from CrashPlan... After a little bit over a day of syncing the restore was complete and I lost only around the last 10 minutes of my work which is not bad at all.

So happy customer here for over 2 years now, and I have already extended my subscription by one more year at regular price.

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by yoda_sl »

yoda_sl wrote: post #5
rm999 wrote: post #4

Are they a stable company that will exist in a year or two? They sometimes give away one year plans for free (go to slickdeals and search for crashplan), which makes me wonder if they are desperate to sign up new customers. For something important like backup I don't want to start using a product that may fold in the near-term future. edit: it seems the free deals are for people who want to switch from carbonite, but…

I hope they will still be there... They are not just a random company. I have been using it at my previous work company (strongly suggested by our IT group) and have been really happy with it to the point that 2 years ago I purchased for their Black Friday offers a 3 years plan... Since then I had one bad HD crash and I was happy to be able to restore from CrashPlan... After a little bit over a day of syncing the res…

I forgot to mention that a few big corporation like Apple, Google and a few others use their enterprise solution (aka CrashPlan backup solution hosted directly in house by the IT group)... So they definitely did strike some deals with big names.

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by rm999 »

yoda_sl wrote: post #5
rm999 wrote: post #4

Are they a stable company that will exist in a year or two? They sometimes give away one year plans for free (go to slickdeals and search for crashplan), which makes me wonder if they are desperate to sign up new customers. For something important like backup I don't want to start using a product that may fold in the near-term future. edit: it seems the free deals are for people who want to switch from carbonite, but…

I hope they will still be there... They are not just a random company. I have been using it at my previous work company (strongly suggested by our IT group) and have been really happy with it to the point that 2 years ago I purchased for their Black Friday offers a 3 years plan... Since then I had one bad HD crash and I was happy to be able to restore from CrashPlan... After a little bit over a day of syncing the res…

Thanks for the feedback, that's what I wanted to hear!

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by brainstew »

kmfrk wrote: post #2

Note: the longer the sale goes on, the more the discount decreases. (It decreases 1% every hour counting down from 100%). I didn't notice that yesterday, and it's worth keeping in mind when reading this submission. In my case, it might actually have had the effect of discouraging me from considering the offer, because the price went up since I last checked. Does anyone else feel the same way, or is this a discount mo…

80% off is still a pretty good deal.

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by Timothee »

I feel that discounts that don't apply to existing customers must be risky: I already have a Crashplan account and am not pleased that people who show up "after me" get to pay only a fifth of what I'm paying currently.

Re: CrashPlan Big sale

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Post by barrkel »

Timothee wrote: post #9

I feel that discounts that don't apply to existing customers must be risky: I already have a Crashplan account and am not pleased that people who show up "after me" get to pay only a fifth of what I'm paying currently.

Hmmm. I just re-upped my 3 year subscription that had 3 months remaining to a new 4 year subscription. New customers only get a discount on one year's service, the way I read it.
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