<![CDATA[not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it?]]>not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/640b50fb-ffb2-42ee-a6e5-5ce68e5a7aef/not-to-imply-no-one-ever-spectacularly-fucked-up-their-accounting-software-the-old-fashioned-way-but-amazon-suddenly-billing-customers-over-a-billion-dollars-apiece-for-routine-s3-usage-certainly-does-have-a-certain...-vibe-doesn-t-itRSS for NodeSat, 08 Aug 2026 12:54:02 GMTFri, 17 Jul 2026 12:42:51 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:26:47 GMT]]>@theorangetheme @takeonrules @0xabad1dea funny coming from such a shit bag, Scott Adams that lived in that kind of privilege.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/atraidez/statuses/116936016395085006https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/atraidez/statuses/116936016395085006Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:26:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:39:28 GMT]]>@mycotropic @0xabad1dea

Be careful. The reason I will never willingly use FedEx is that I had FedEx send a debt collector after me. A package shipped from me (and paid by the recipient, with a pre-paid return sticker) had the billing information printed in too pale ink for their automated system to read, so they tracked it as paid-by-sender. After they collected the package, I got sent a bill. After multiple rounds of my telling them that the seller had a corporate account with them and it was supposed to be charged to that account, they sent the bill to a collection agency.

I had to threaten the agency with criminal charges for demanding money with menaces to get the issue resolved.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116935594345107501https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/david_chisnall/statuses/116935594345107501Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:39:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:18 GMT]]>@takeonrules @0xabad1dea That sounded so familiar, so I looked it up! It was a Dilbert strip. Someone says something like "we'll target the lazy rich".

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116935581948037568https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/ap/users/115702352497105111/statuses/116935581948037568Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:36:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:35:30 GMT]]>@takeonrules @0xabad1dea a friend used to work at a caravan retailer with that business model.

They offered a full refund after 5 years of ownership. It was very rare anyone actually claimed it.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/jetlagjen/statuses/01KXR4M53J7BN2G6QJW3ZJ55HChttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://gts.phillipsuk.org/users/jetlagjen/statuses/01KXR4M53J7BN2G6QJW3ZJ55HCFri, 17 Jul 2026 13:35:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:22:41 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea reminds me of a cartoon of charging a billion dollars for something and offering a billion dollar rebate, with the clear business model of "it only takes one person to not fill out the rebate"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/takeonrules/statuses/116935528411613896https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dice.camp/users/takeonrules/statuses/116935528411613896Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:22:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:12:24 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116935487964972372https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/da_667/statuses/116935487964972372Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:12:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:10:35 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea @catsalad
It was a mistake? Damn, I already paid it. There goes $114 billion down the drain.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/116935480816825882https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/FritzAdalis/statuses/116935480816825882Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:10:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:01:08 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

I have a growing pile of FedEx envelopes in my table which I believe are asking me to pay for some tariff or other. I recycle them, unopened, regularly.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116935443652689005https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/mycotropic/statuses/116935443652689005Fri, 17 Jul 2026 13:01:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:52:19 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea it's kind of more honest than their usual billing practices

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116935408943454289https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/whitequark/statuses/116935408943454289Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:52:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:51:26 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea I suspect someone would have caught this in the "Bad Old days" of pen and paper.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aadeacon/statuses/116935405506380931https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/aadeacon/statuses/116935405506380931Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:51:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:48:29 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea there's certainly some sloppy processing going on somewhere.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116935393922134508https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://avatastic.uk/users/avatastic/statuses/116935393922134508Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:48:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:47:38 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea

vibe billing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274828376666520/statuses/116935390541398144https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/ap/users/116274828376666520/statuses/116935390541398144Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:47:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to not to imply no-one ever spectacularly fucked up their accounting software the old-fashioned way, but Amazon suddenly billing customers over a billion dollars apiece for routine S3 usage certainly does have a certain... vibe, doesn't it? on Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:45:21 GMT]]>@0xabad1dea suddenly i am glad about losing my previous job, which included divining why our AWS bills kept going up

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116935381579321385https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ratsnakegames/statuses/116935381579321385Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:45:21 GMT