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Photopoint.com trying to milk users out of more money!!! LATEST NEWS FROM PHOTOPOINT.COM
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| 02.13.02
| Registered
Posted on 02/13/2002 8:39:35 AM PST by Registered
After nothing but silence from Photopoint, the below form is now available on the Photopoint.com website. Check it out!!
Updated: Tue Feb 12 10:57:30 AST 2002 PhotoPoint.com is currently offline. Please check back here (www.photopoint.com) for further developments. I would like to assure people that their photos have not been lost, and are safe. However, due to the bandwidth, hardware, and labour costs, we are unable to put the site online.
Please take a moment to answer this survey. Only surveys with valid PhotoPoint username/password will be considered. Your first submission is the only one that will be taken into account. Please answer honestly, so we can do what is best for the membership. This information will be useful in determining how best to move forward in allowing people to possibly get their photos back and/or have their photos online again. We are looking at various options for finding PhotoPoint members a new home. Thank you for your feedback.
If PhotoPoint is not able to come back online, I would be interested in getting a CD-ROM of my Photos, for $24.95 plus shipping: Yes No If PhotoPoint is able to come back online, I would be willing to pay $5.95 per month for the service: Yes No eBay photo hosting, or the ability to host photos pointed to by third party web sites is: Not important to me, and I would still be interested in the service. Essential to me, and I would not subscribe unless this were available. Please notify me via email if you are able to offer any of the above services: Use the email address of my account, as above Use a different email address:
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posted on
02/13/2002 8:39:36 AM PST
by
Registered
(Registered@aol.com)
To: Registered
So, is this all your fault?
To: Registered
What is up with this? They milked me for 20bucks, then went offline....what a bunch of arses!
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posted on
02/13/2002 8:49:45 AM PST
by
KLT
To: michigander
Nope, just another dotcom fatality!
To: michigander
One word....WEBSHOTS
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posted on
02/13/2002 8:54:21 AM PST
by
Neenah
To: Registered
auction photo bump
To: LoneGOPinCT
If enough of their users agree to buy a CD of their photos at $24.95 IF Photopoint is unable to get back online, I predict they will not be able to get back online.
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posted on
02/13/2002 9:03:56 AM PST
by
philetus
To: Neenah
But Webshots won't allow linking anymore, right?
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posted on
02/13/2002 9:08:52 AM PST
by
SoDak
To: SoDak; Registered
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posted on
02/13/2002 9:10:15 AM PST
by
abner
To: SoDak
"But Webshots won't allow linking anymore, right? " Link to your own website. Go to a free hosting site like Netfirms or a dozen others. Your ISP may even provide you with a 'Personal Page' like AT&T does. Upload any images you want and link to them all day long.
To: Registered
They got my $20.00. and have captured all my photos. I should not have to pay to possibly??? get the photos back. The company executives should be placed in jail. They are trying to extort money without any guarantees.
To: *tech_index
To: Registered
Why in the world would anyone pay to "get their photos back"? Surely nobody is stupid enough to keep the only copy of their photos on somebody else's website. Are they?
To: Hank Rearden
Surely nobody is stupid enough to keep the only copy of their photos on somebody else's website. Are they? Are they?
Are they?
Are they?
Hello... ?
To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Link to your own website. Go to a free hosting site like Netfirms or a dozen others. Your ISP may even provide you with a 'Personal Page' like AT&T does. Upload any images you want and link to them all day long.Absolutely correct. This IS the easiest solution. The only rejoinder is to consider your alotted disk space on the free site (some of them are pretty restrictive). In other words, your pics cannot reside there permanently, but must be swapped out before storage capacity is exceeded.
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posted on
02/13/2002 11:35:34 AM PST
by
lafroste
To: lafroste
"The only rejoinder is to consider your alotted disk space on the free site " Good point. However, Netfirms gives you something like 15 Mb of storage and there are others that give you up to 25 Mb. I have about 40 good pics on my hosting service (free) that I link to occasionally and I'm only using less than 2 Mb currently.
There is no doubt that you need to read the fine print to see what their limit is and also if they even allow linking. Some don't.
I had to try out 3 or 4 before I found one with no adds and really fast servers with 20 Mb of storage.
To: Publius6961
Nah - nah - nah... But for those needing a place that offers FREE off-site web-hosting for photos...here's one that's still alive: http://www.photogra.com/index.cfm?p=home&d=1 Even imagestation won't let you link anymore.
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posted on
02/13/2002 12:39:38 PM PST
by
baclava
To: Registered
I want my photos back, but they aren't going to get $25 from me. They already took $30. GIVE ME BACK MY PHOTOS!
To: Registered
It's called doing business. Maybe you've heard of it...
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posted on
02/13/2002 12:46:38 PM PST
by
Bush2000
To: Bush2000
No, they haven't been doing business in any way, shape or form.
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