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It's not like you have a fixed-rate mortgage on that apartment. You don't expect your landlord to let you rent at below-market rates do you? I guess what I'm s
by cosgroveb 15y ago
It's not like you have a fixed-rate mortgage on that apartment. You don't expect your landlord to let you rent at below-market rates do you?
I guess what I'm saying is if you want to lock in a low rent you need to negotiate for a longer lease.
- trustfundbaby 15y agoLinode has never reduced how much I pay for my vps either, so I don't understand where you get the idea that I'm angling for them to lower my rent. All I'm saying is that some token of appreciation would be great and lock in my loyalty. I pay for a garage ... a free month of that maybe?
- cosgroveb 15y agoYou were complaining about them raising your rent (not about them not throwing in things to please). The cost of everything goes up over time. Get over it. Also your rent over the last four years was lowered by a little thing called inflation.
- trustfundbaby 15y agoThe cost of everything goes up over time. -------------------------- Except server costs and bandwidth, apparently ;)
- mey 15y agoOr house prices (oh wait that has direct relevance to rental unit costs)
- yummyfajitas 15y agoRental prices didn't go up much during the bubble, and they are not coming down much while it is bursting. No reason they should - after all, price to buy incorporates the speculative value of a house while price to rent does not.
- seabee 15y agoThe cost of disk space and memory decreases over time as technology progresses. Property cost usually does not. Certain building materials do not (sometimes it gets more expensive). Labour certainly doesn't. If you're going to compare apples to oranges, you can't start complaining that apples should have more vitamin C. Linode can afford to give away these loyalty bonuses. Your landlord probably can't.