[Howlin]

I don't know about YOU guys, but I'll be ordering MINE today..........NOT!

Imagine, paying to get my OWN pictures back!!!!

[Howlin]

FYI.

[IVote2]

I can't fathom this, but some people didn't save a copy of their photos. This is probably the only way they have of getting them back.

(I burn CDs.) :0)

[firewalk]

I also had an account with them. They can keep the CD.

[Snow Bunny]

ROTFLMAO

A BIG NOT is right Howlin !!!!!!

[jackbill]

Imagine, paying to get my OWN pictures back!!!!

Imagine, paying to have someone use their storage to store your pictures. Un-American.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

Flatline bump

[Musket]

Every internet account comes with 5 to 20 megs of free storage and will give you a URL for it all. Why not use that?

[KLT]

Hey Howlin...I paid my $19.95, because they wouldn't let me access my pictures which originally they let me post for free....so as soon as I paid...the website went down...What's up with these lunatics!

[Cacique]

At least you got an e-mail. They never contacted me about my photos. Luckily I was wise enought to back up all my photos on CD's anyway.

If you haven't invested in a CD burner, I highly recomend you do so now. They're not gonna get any cheaper than they are.

[supercat]

My guess is that they're providing this option just in case anyone had any material which they'd uploaded to the site and of which they had no other copy. I don't think anyone is planning on making any real money here, since few people have been unfortunate enough to have the only copy of their pictures on Photopoint. I don't know how many customers photopoint had, but I wouldn't be surprised if the number of customers taking them up on the offer is between 1 and 100. I don't know how much it costs to run those oodles-of-gigs servers, but if 100 people accept Photopoint's offer, that's $3500; if only 10 people do, that's $350.

Presumably, anyone who does accept Photopoint's offer will prefer payment of $35 to the irretrievable loss of the pictures. While it's possible if not likely that the third-party handling the CD mailing will turn some profit, I think this action is motivated more by a desire to avoid totally hosing anyone who was relying on having their pictures stored than a desire to make big money.

[Constitution Day]

I fart in Photopoint's general direction!

[Sungirl]

They have to be joking.

[antivenom]

Wellll...IF you don't buy them back...does that mean THEY own them?

[Registered]

BTW, I love the nearly $10 dollar shipping and handling charge. Hehehe. This people could write the book on how to scam people.