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I certainly hope they reconsider this policy as I won't pay that steep fee for 3rd party hosting! If my TR photos start disappearing here it will take a lot of work from another photo hosting site with the links to my photos in the TRs. I can imagine so much more for some here like Cheryl who have thousands!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I certainly hope they reconsider this policy as I won't pay that steep fee for 3rd party hosting! If my TR photos start disappearing here it will take a lot of work from another photo hosting site with the links to my photos in the TRs. I can imagine so much more for some here like Cheryl who have thousands!
I'm more fortunate than others in that I'm covered by the policy that says my photos are good until the end of 2018... except I will need to renew my membership at some point (June 2018), so that's the point at which I will have some very difficult decisions to make. Hopefully by then, there may be some options - either the price structure from Photobucket may have changed (we can but hope!) or maybe people will have found another site that works.
I'm more fortunate than others in that I'm covered by the policy that says my photos are good until the end of 2018... except I will need to renew my membership at some point (June 2018), so that's the point at which I will have some very difficult decisions to make. Hopefully by then, there may be some options - either the price structure from Photobucket may have changed (we can but hope!) or maybe people will have found another site that works.
I'd prefer to stay with PB as it will be less of a headache then going with other site. Hope they have more options in the future that are affordable!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I remember using it many, many years ago when I was originally picking a photo storage system (which I reckon was at least 2007, that's how long I've been with Photobucket ) and I found Photobucket easier to use, which is why I went with it. If I remember right, Flickr has random names for its photos, so you had to copy the URL for each one individually, whereas with Photobucket, once you knew what the URL was a particular album, it remained the same for that album, so all you had to change was the number of the photo, which was much simpler.
I seem to remember someone, maybe you, mentioned that Photobucket was easier when I first went in search of a photo sharing site. When I was researching, it appeared that you needed to set up a Yahoo email account to get a Flickr account. Not sure if that is correct.
I just hope they offer something affordable and should depend also on how much photo storage you desire. Tier pricing with options with or without 3rd party hosting. But that would make sense!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Today, I emailed Photobucket regarding this new and ridiculous policy of theirs. I can see charging for 3rd party hosting but not the rate at which you can get it, which is only their top tier plan of P500.
I was polite about what I said. I explained that if you were to subscribe to this plan that you should be able to pay by the month and not annually. They do offer it on a monthly basis but is $39.99 a month so you get two months free with the annual one.
I also mentioned they should offer plans that are affordable for 3rd party hosting and making these separate plans. The other thing I said is I have hundreds of photos on some travel sites (like this, but didn't mention PP) that I have used the IMG link for. I told them I have put many hours into my trip reports with the inclusion of this photo hosting and would hate to lose them without paying such a high subscription rate. I said that you don't want to lose your customers (paid and unpaid) with this new policy change.
I'm willing to pay a fee but hopefully not that much. I hope I don't have to suck it up as I don't want to have to go to another photo hosting site as it would take so much work with my previous TRs.
That's about the extent of it. I will let you know what (and if) their response to this is. Hoping for the best!
I think the more of us that contact them could be beneficial.
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
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Today, I emailed Photobucket regarding this new and ridiculous policy of theirs. I can see charging for 3rd party hosting but not the rate at which you can get it, which is only their top tier plan of P500.
Exactly this - with monthly bandwidth limits for those third-party files.
Exactly this - with monthly bandwidth limits for those third-party files.
Something like this:
2GB/month: $2/month, or $20/year
5GB/month: $3/month, or $30/year
10GB/month: $5/month, or $50/year
Unlimited GB/month: $10/month or $100/year
Looks good and you should be running that company and not some idiots in the hierarchy who have no clue about anything, which probably this decision was made to go from nothing to $400 per year!
I didn't mention to them the size of photo storage that one currently has on the site but thought of this afterwards, which makes sense. I know it's just a general plan but would work for me.
Thanks for the input as this whole thing just bothers me so much, when I think of the amount of photos I have on here. It won't be as bad for me as others like Cheryl and Cam as well as others who have so many photos shared on PP via 3rd party. We've put a lot of hard work into this and don't want to lose these by having to give into their demands at such an astronomical price!
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October 6, 2017-Enjoying an amazing dinner at Victoria & Albert's with PP's Dot and Drew
My TR from my most recent trip is now underway. Includes: Universal Studios Florida, Disney World and Sea World Orlando Trifecta TR -Updated December 10th! TR is now COMPLETED!
I just found this thread and I have not gotten an email from Photobucket and I need to go check my old posts.
If anyone finds a new way please let me know not that i am sadly not going to be going to disney for a few years. I need to add my picture back to my signature since I had two accounts here somehow and merged them together. lol!
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If my TR photos start disappearing here it will take a lot of work from another photo hosting site with the links to my photos in the TRs. 
I can imagine so much more for some here like Cheryl who have thousands! 
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) and I found Photobucket easier to use, which is why I went with it. If I remember right, Flickr has random names for its photos, so you had to copy the URL for each one individually, whereas with Photobucket, once you knew what the URL was a particular album, it remained the same for that album, so all you had to change was the number of the photo, which was much simpler.
. I just got the email today. 
It won't be as bad for me as others like Cheryl and Cam as well as others who have so many photos shared on PP via 3rd party. We've put a lot of hard work into this and don't want to lose these by having to give into their demands at such an astronomical price! 
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