512Gb free online storage - scam?

[tek-monkey]

Seems a bit too good to be true: http://www.beecloud.eu/index.html

EDIT: they are a livedrive reseller, but way cheaper than livedrive. Odd.

 

[shoes]

Well I tried it with a hotmail account I NEVER use (i created it for this one thing one time). It certainly hasn't been used for any online storage service.

There is already a BeeCloud Account with this email address. Please contact support if you need help.

:/

 

[tek-monkey]

It appears to piggyback livedrive, ever used them?

 

[wmrcomputers]

its livedrive that im a reseller of tek. stop losing me business. lol

Basically, as a reseller it costs 40 quid monthly and you get to create an unlimited number of standard backup accounts. i do crazy deals to get people interested, then charge £1 monthly or £10 yearly thereafter. This is how it can be sold at a cheaper rate than livedrive themselves charge.

 

[wmrcomputers]

The are total idiots though for giving away accounts with 512 GB and only charging if you need more.

I've seen re-sellers like this before. They don't realise that most people would never need more than 512GB and as they make very little, they go bust as they don't cover their own costs. At that point you're backup account is deleted and you are left to either find another reseller or subscribe with livedrive directly... either way you're entire backup has to be uploaded all over again (which if you have a lot of data can take weeks or even months)

There have been similar cases on ebay. Sellers sold their accounts at 99p a year, and 3 months later people were signing up via myself as they had been let down.