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Zee
Anzahl der Beiträge : 923 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-12
| Subject: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:24 am | |
| Hi guys, I'm having problems with Photobucket. I received an email from them today saying that my account doesn't support 3rd party hosting (i thought that was the whole point of Photobucket?) and that i need to upgrade to a Plus 500 Plan. This will apparently restore my posted images (yes, they've removed them ) and make Photobucket ad free. Now if it was a quid or 2 per month i wouldn't really mind but if you click the link on the email they want $399.99 each year! Yeah, right... Anyone encountered this? Is it a scam or are Photobucket holding people to ransom? Any ideas what to do next? I don't want all my pix to vanish from my posts but there's no way i'm paying that... | |
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0fflabeluse
Anzahl der Beiträge : 174 Anmeldedatum : 2015-01-08
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:32 am | |
| Doesn't seem unlikely, as photobucket used some rather tight bandwidth limits for 3rd party hosting of pictures in the past, and if you browed some rather busy forums and were missing a couple of pictures, you could bet they hosted on PB. There's an entry in the FAQ, saying that 3rd party hosting is disabled.
Personally I'd vote with my feet and use another provider for hosting pictures. They are numerous and offering the same or more for less. Optionally you can go even as far as deleting your account to make your point clear, but that's more a personal thing. Downside is that either a lot of your pictures will no longer available, or you're in for a lot of thread editing to restore the content, if that is possible at all (and if you've been using their services for a long time and you're hosting all over the net, it'll be a hefty amount of work...) | |
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jeannomiller Admin
Anzahl der Beiträge : 3532 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-22 Ort : Germany
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:36 am | |
| Did you click that link? I hope not
If you did and if you're using windows I would recommend to look for viruses etc.
No idea as I use Linux but there are so many attacks at the moment ...
Just a recommendation. _________________ So long.
Jeannomiller
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jeannomiller Admin
Anzahl der Beiträge : 3532 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-22 Ort : Germany
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 3:07 pm | |
| http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1943046&postcount=127 _________________ So long.
Jeannomiller
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joeschmoe Premium Member
Anzahl der Beiträge : 2162 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-24 Ort : Laguna Seca
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 4:38 pm | |
| Bummer, so long Photobucket! | |
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Zee
Anzahl der Beiträge : 923 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-12
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:05 pm | |
| So it looks like Photobucket are wanting my hard earned cash after all Has anyone used any alternative sites for posting images that they can recommend? | |
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rickoshea
Anzahl der Beiträge : 548 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-08 Ort : Overlooking the thames & F***ing miles away from Ney's Home!!
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 2:09 am | |
| I have used servimg.com since the beginning of time. My pics have never been removed/deleted & they have always been free | |
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Zee
Anzahl der Beiträge : 923 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-12
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:44 am | |
| - rickoshea wrote:
- I have used servimg.com since the beginning of time.
My pics have never been removed/deleted & they have always been free Cheers Rick, i'll give it a try Edit: Works a treat, cheers mate! | |
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Nuppiz
Anzahl der Beiträge : 23 Anmeldedatum : 2016-03-11
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:30 am | |
| Imgur and Tinypic are good alternatives as well. | |
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Zee
Anzahl der Beiträge : 923 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-12
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:48 am | |
| - Nuppiz wrote:
- Imgur and Tinypic are good alternatives as well.
Thanks Nuppiz, I'll keep those in mind just in case | |
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0fflabeluse
Anzahl der Beiträge : 174 Anmeldedatum : 2015-01-08
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 2:00 pm | |
| ImageShack isn't completely free, IIRC, but reasonable. Currently, I'm satisfied with PicLoad | |
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GeeDee Premium Member
Anzahl der Beiträge : 4040 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-23 Alter : 75 Ort : 1 hour from Croft and enough distance from Rick & Ney
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 3:40 pm | |
| I simply use the function on the bar above where you write your posts (Host An Image). Simple to use and no charge. You can drag and drop your pictures or point it to where the picture is on your hard drive. Really easy and probably saves time to. | |
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Pete Conway
Anzahl der Beiträge : 179 Anmeldedatum : 2013-05-05
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 5:10 pm | |
| Just trying one GeeDee... it looks easy enough, but with me anything can go wrong! anyway if I uploaded correctly it's John 'Plastic' Pearson Modsports XK120 Yea! I've never likes having to set up an account with a third party to host an image for me to upload... | |
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Zee
Anzahl der Beiträge : 923 Anmeldedatum : 2010-07-12
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:28 pm | |
| - GeeDee wrote:
- I simply use the function on the bar above where you write your posts (Host An Image). Simple to use and no charge. You can drag and drop your pictures or point it to where the picture is on your hard drive. Really easy and probably saves time to.
I didn't even know you could do that! | |
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freeracer
Anzahl der Beiträge : 744 Anmeldedatum : 2015-08-20
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sat Jul 01, 2017 11:17 pm | |
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jeannomiller Admin
Anzahl der Beiträge : 3532 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-22 Ort : Germany
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sun Jul 02, 2017 5:34 am | |
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photobucket
As of June 30, 2017, Photobucket now requires $399 a year to allow linking of images to 3rd parties such as a forum. This change in policy happened with no warning.
So - at least - no virus - but this deal for sure will kill photobucket. _________________ So long.
Jeannomiller
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joeschmoe Premium Member
Anzahl der Beiträge : 2162 Anmeldedatum : 2010-06-24 Ort : Laguna Seca
| Subject: Re: Problems with Photobucket... Sun Jul 02, 2017 12:08 pm | |
| Yeah, I'm going to spend $399 a year to host 36MB worth of sim piccies, d/l'ed my "bucket" this morning....... This probably will kill them.........Sounds like the wrong person got promoted........ | |
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