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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512  
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I deleted all my photos from PB - wat a horrible experience, all those ads all over the screen, very annoying.
Then I deleted my account, think I am / will not be the only one ...  Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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29th Jul 2017 2:04pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324 
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I read an article about this yesterday. Apparently, Photobucket are a relatively small company (under 50 employees) and their biggest overhead is server storage space, the majority of which is used by people with free accounts. They've got around 100 million users and even if they only retained 1% of those on their new pricing structure, not only would they make about $400m in revenue but they'd also vastly reduce their biggest cost. Can't see them being too worried. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia Last edited by LandRoverAnorak on 29th Jul 2017 5:29pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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29th Jul 2017 4:04pm |
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| VeeTee Member Since: 06 Mar 2011 Location: Somewhere Posts: 1512
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I get that, but would not it be better to, lets say, retain 100 users at $10 than 1 at $400? Cheers, Vincent
1959 Polynorm 1/4 Ton Trailer, Olive Drab Green (sold) 1970 M416 Military Trailer (Camping Trailer Conversion), Epsom Green (sold) 1975 Series III 88 V6, Light Green (sadly sold) 1996 Defender 110 CSW 300 Tdi, Epsom Green (sold) 2000 Freelander 1 TD4 3-drs, Silver (sold) 2006 Freelander 1 TD4 5-drs Facelift Automatic, Tonga Green (sold) MySite |
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29th Jul 2017 5:00pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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They've clearly decided not. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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29th Jul 2017 5:29pm |
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| flydive Member Since: 27 Aug 2015 Location: Lugano Posts: 290  
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One of the problems is that even customers with a paying account have been hit. For me is not a problem, only had 10 pictures on it and linked to a couple of threads so easy to solve. My pictures still visible for the time being. The biggest issue is for people that have a lot of pictures linked, in multiple threads, it makes it impossible to remember all the threads. How do you replace the linked pictures in a long thread if you cannot see them? And even worse, people that have pictures linked to adds on ebay and others, now the pictures are not visible anymore and I understand that the adds cannot be altered if there has been a bid. |
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29th Jul 2017 5:32pm |
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| leeds Member Since: 28 Dec 2009 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 8582
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Well I am a bit peed off. I did a report on our club forum about one of our trips. That thread has had 86,000 views but it is completely ruined now. It was photograph heavy as it recalled an 8 month trip.
I wonder how many useful threads have been ruined now? Brendan |
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3rd Aug 2017 7:39pm |
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| bankz5152 Member Since: 02 Feb 2017 Location: South London/North Kent Posts: 2173 
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My 28 page build thread ruined on LZ
 and countless guides as well
I would have hapily paid up to around $100 per year to keep it going, but not $400 thats just a  take. More off that there was zero warning! |
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3rd Aug 2017 7:51pm |
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| ian series 1 Member Since: 17 Nov 2014 Location: south Posts: 3127 
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I wonder how many useful threads have been ruined now? Brendan[/quote] Pretty much every thread on every forum around the world! Most threads are now worthless without the photos, it is such a shame that this has happened. As a non user of said site, what becomes of photo bucket now? Do people pay up and still use it, or avoid it? 80" 80" 86" 88" 90" Wanted, Forward Control Anything considered. |
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3rd Aug 2017 8:08pm |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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See my post second from top of this page. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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3rd Aug 2017 9:11pm |
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| Zagato Site Supporter Member Since: 08 Jan 2011 Location: Billingshurst West Sussex Posts: 5013
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Possible temporary solution for the tech savvy if your pics are still with Photobucket!
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/...fnflicjjgj Er don,t ask me how to do the fix  |
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21st Aug 2017 8:22am |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110 
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Sorry if this was mentioned earlier in the thread but is it $400 for the whole forum gallery? 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW 1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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21st Aug 2017 8:53am |
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| LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11324
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It's $400 for each personal account, for one year. Darren
110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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21st Aug 2017 11:31am |
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| Kit Member Since: 12 Feb 2016 Location: Shropshire Posts: 1110
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So the photos we host via this forum could all be hosted for $400 per year?
Is this forums gallery still with photobucket? 1993 200 Tdi 90 CSW 1956 Series 1 Hard-top 1958 Series 1 Soft-top |
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21st Aug 2017 11:45am |
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| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17443 
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This forum's gallery is integral to the forum and is nothing whatsoever to do with Photobucket.
If the photos in this forum were to be hosted on PB, then every forum member who has one or more photo on this forum would have to pay Photobucket $400 per annum.  |
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21st Aug 2017 12:08pm |
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