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| May 2, 2002
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Posted on 05/02/2002 6:22:50 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin; abner; Snow Bunny; BeforeISleep; Registered; Uncle Sausage; Merovingian; Billie...
Comments overhaerd from a loyal PhotoPoint customer: "Why, yes!
As a matter of fact, I **do** use PhotoPoint to host my online images.
Why do you ask?"
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posted on
05/02/2002 7:43:16 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: RonDog
LOL. That's just how I think they feel about us!
"Dear Photopoint: Yes, I'll have another!"
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posted on
05/02/2002 7:46:20 PM PDT
by
Howlin
To: RonDog
Thank you, I feel much better now! ROTFL&L!
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posted on
05/02/2002 7:50:26 PM PDT
by
firewalk
To: RonDog
ROTFL.....Good one RonDog.
To: jackbill
Imagine, paying to have someone use their storage to store your pictures. Un-American. They charged people for storage, people paid, then they went out of business. Their customers were stiffed and now they have to pay again for a CD of their own pictures.
To: RonDog
Whoops!
overhaerd SHOULD have been overheard
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posted on
05/02/2002 7:56:29 PM PDT
by
RonDog
To: Howlin
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!
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posted on
05/02/2002 8:17:51 PM PDT
by
KLT
To: Howlin
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.
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posted on
05/02/2002 8:24:24 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: jackbill
These dirtbags asked me to pay for the space. I did and then they closed shop. A mini Enron in the making.
Foll me once shame on me, These sh*theads aren't getting another dime from me.
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posted on
05/02/2002 8:29:03 PM PDT
by
Cacique
To: Howlin
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.
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posted on
05/02/2002 11:07:07 PM PDT
by
supercat
To: Howlin
To: Howlin
I fart in Photopoint's general direction!
To: Howlin
They have to be joking.
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posted on
05/03/2002 5:14:55 AM PDT
by
Sungirl
To: Howlin
There's a wealth of information about this stuff at Hotwire's(Wired Magazine)
Webmonkey in the how-to library. Here is a direct link to
FTPing with CuteFTP, you need CuteFTP or something similar to upload your files to your ISP's server. I've found this to be much more dependable than PhotoPoint. Not that I've ever actually used PhotoPoint, but I've sure seen their logo enough times when their customers files won't load into a page.
And visit your ISP's homepage for info on how to activate your FREE personal web space. You'll be glad you did.
P.S. Hotwire's got the best HTML Cheatsheet!
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posted on
05/03/2002 7:23:01 AM PDT
by
Musket
To: Howlin
Wellll...IF you don't buy them back...does that mean THEY own them?
To: Howlin
I would think that you have enough users here to start a class-action lawsuit.
To: Howlin
BTW, I love the nearly $10 dollar shipping and handling charge. Hehehe. This people could write the book on how to scam people.
To: 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!Plain and simple, they were ripping you off
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posted on
05/03/2002 8:49:31 AM PDT
by
Kaslin
To: Kaslin
What really upsets me, is that I hear the owner of Photopoint is a FloriDUH Freeper....Now what's up with that?
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posted on
05/03/2002 8:59:22 AM PDT
by
KLT
To: KLT
Where'd you here that?
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