Yup, pricing should not be full rate.
It is almost like they intend to find customers who will just abuse the hardware for a couple months and quit (spammers, spam bots, etc.)
Last year this time they did their “reloaded” event so this must be the same thing done much more poorly.
It is almost like someone else entirely is in charge of marketing.
Server Hosting Tips via ovh seems to have waived setup fees on 2013 models.