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reaperman 10 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Accident Forgiveness

I ran up a $4,000 bill with like a week of TPU time bc I didn’t realize that they kept running after the attached CPU turned off (unlike GPU offerings).

GCP also waived the whole thing - even refunding the $4k they had already pulled from my payment method.

spencerchubb 10 months ago [–]

That's brutal, and if you're anything like me, probably learned a lesson very thoroughly for the future!

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