I can't write what I wish would happen to these Photopoint people, but I sure as heck am thinking it and strongly too.All may yet be well. We have been through this drill before.I asked my agent how many I had there and he said about 1700 pictures.
I am ao angry and I feel badly for you too and everyone on here that thought they were dealing with good business people.
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More news on the PhotoPoint situation! [Free Republic mentioned!!]
Posted on 07/16/2001 09:53:36 PDT by RonDog
One of the BEST sources of information is FReeper HKDragon2
(aka Michael R. Tomkins, at The Imaging Resource)See their BREAKING NEWS page, but, as a courtesy to HKDragon2, please do NOT post the "full text" of his articles here on FR.
He has requested that we only post PARTIAL QUOTES, and include a link back to his website, i.e.:Tuesday, December 18, 2001More on the PhotoPoint situation!
13:28 ET - Site still down for a fourth day as reader emails continue to flood in...We told you yesterday about a major outage ongoing at online photofinisher PhotoPoint.com, and whilst we've yet to elicit any comment from our contacts at the company, some reader emails do shed more light on the situation. One such email came from Andrew Murphy, who provided info and photos from the offices of Pantellic Software Inc. (the company behind the PhotoPoint service) last July when the... (More)
Shutter falls on PhotoPoint siteDec 17, 2001 5:48 PM PT
Shutter falls on PhotoPoint siteOnline photo site PhotoPoint has been unavailable for days, wreaking havoc with thousands of customers who store pictures on the popular site.
The company began referring some 1.25 million current and former customers to partner EZ Prints for printing and other services in a Dec. 7 e-mail message. The note said the shutdown was due to technical difficulties, but it left unanswered the bigger question of when, if ever, customers would be able to access their PhotoPoint files.
Executives at PhotoPoint and parent Pantellic Software, which acquired the service this summer, could not immediately be reached for comment. Web sites for both companies were unavailable Monday. A published company phone number listed as the contact for both companies had been disconnected. --Evan Hansen, Special to ZDNet News