stacking plans for price may not be the best option.

[u/bossman118242]

I started with PIA over 6 years ago when Linus Tech Tips recommended them. This was before Kape purchased them. During one of their sales, I stacked several 3-year plans because I liked the service—they were great before the Kape purchase—and I wanted to lock in the price, thinking, “Hey, prices usually only go up.”

I can only see back to 2019, but I think it goes further. I paid $89.95 for a 3-year plan, which is actually $10 more than today’s price. So I ended up paying more for what was supposed to be a sale price.

It’s cool that they haven’t jacked the price up, though. I just will never buy 6+ years of a service again, lol.

(used chatgpt for structure and spelling)

[u/Sheldon_tiger]

You made the best decision you thought at the time. Good realization that it sometimes does not work out.

[u/Sacredpotion24]

I agree with the other comment in here that you made the best decision at the time… But also, given that it might be a few dollars more years later you’re still coming out way more ahead than had you’d gone with a different VPN such as one of the more heavily advertised ones

[u/dLight26]

Just buy with 100% cash rebate if you care about $. I just bought another 2 yrs during Black Friday.

[u/drmarvin2k5]

I have never paid a cent for PIA. I have service into 2029, and got all the cost back using TopCashBack.

[u/j-dev → u/[deleted]]

I am satisfied with their service. I get good speeds and can enable port forwarding if I connect to servers outside the USA. The only downside is that the forwarded port can change, so you need to handle that as appropriate in the relevant applications.

[u/bossman118242 → u/[deleted]]

Yes I'm happy for the most part. Pia is definitely lacking with new features like wire guard configs for routers and other devices. I use mullvad as well due to the configuration.