Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 Back to the old pricing for non- commercial use. REMIUM 3rd Party Hosting for Personal Use Perfect for forum enthusiasts, bloggers, and personal website owners Store up to 300,000 Photos Unlimited 3rd Party Hosting (Non-commercial)* Unlimited Forum Embedding Unlimited Sharing $99.99 BILLED ANNUALLY EQUIVALENT TO 27¢/DAY Tri-Circle-D and BradyBzLyn...Mo 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
h2odivers...Ray 952 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 36 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Back to the old pricing for non- commercial use. REMIUM 3rd Party Hosting for Personal Use Perfect for forum enthusiasts, bloggers, and personal website owners Store up to 300,000 Photos Unlimited 3rd Party Hosting (Non-commercial)* Unlimited Forum Embedding Unlimited Sharing $99.99 BILLED ANNUALLY EQUIVALENT TO 27¢/DAY Have they said anything about the free hosting? I haven’t been able to use photobucket for a while Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, h2odivers...Ray said: Have they said anything about the free hosting? I haven’t been able to use photobucket for a while I really doubt "free" will return. I've always paid for the extra storage and I personally think Photobucket is much easier to use than the other sites. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 This sounds like good news. I bet photobucket permanently lost customers over their attempted money grab. Dummies. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Specularius 102 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I will never use PhotoBucket....ever. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I'm still a fan of Google Photos. Free, and I really don't think it's difficult to use. Yes, to post to the forum you need to add 5 characters to the end of each link. That takes me about 3 seconds for each picture I post, so it might add a total of 1 minute to a trip report post. If you have an Android phone it's a no-brainer, as it's so seamless. I never used PB previously, but if I had I wouldn't go back. That's like going back to a job that treated you like crap, and hoping it won't happen again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 42 minutes ago, DaveInTN said: I'm still a fan of Google Photos. Free, and I really don't think it's difficult to use. Yes, to post to the forum you need to add 5 characters to the end of each link. That takes me about 3 seconds for each picture I post, so it might add a total of 1 minute to a trip report post. If you have an Android phone it's a no-brainer, as it's so seamless. I never used PB previously, but if I had I wouldn't go back. That's like going back to a job that treated you like crap, and hoping it won't happen again. I agree about photobucket. I don't like what they have become. I once accidentally clicked on someone's photobucket photo when I was not logged on to the PB site, and I was barraged by pop up ads, some of which looked like virus carriers. What a crappy way to do business. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tri-Circle-D said: I agree about photobucket. I don't like what they have become. Can't disagree, but for those of us who had the plus 100 account at least our TR pics will not disappear at the end of the year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DaveInTN 3,247 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 5 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Can't disagree, but for those of us who had the plus 100 account at least our TR pics will not disappear at the end of the year. That is the outcome of this whole fiasco that is the saddest to me. It's not just this forum....browse through any forum on whole dadgum internet and you constantly see that annoying "Upgrade to 3rd Party Hosting" message where pictures used to reside. Traditional forums were already losing clicks and contributors to social media, in particular Facebook. Photobucket's greed then dug the grave a little deeper. This backpedaling probably can't undo that damage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 19 minutes ago, Grumpy and Grandma said: Can't disagree, but for those of us who had the plus 100 account at least our TR pics will not disappear at the end of the year. I am grateful for that. All of my photos are on there, and I really didn't want to pay their ransom. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 It's too bad they weren't smart enough to separate, commercial and non commercial to start with. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mouseketab.....Carol 1,261 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said: I am grateful for that. All of my photos are on there, and I really didn't want to pay their ransom. TCD When they first pulled this stunt, I started backing up/deleting everything off of there, so most of my photos links are trashed. I don't think I will go back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 4 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said: I am grateful for that. All of my photos are on there, and I really didn't want to pay their ransom. TCD When your current plan expires you will need to switch to Premium ($99) it will not happen automatically Quote Link to post Share on other sites
keith_h 420 Posted January 22, 2018 Report Share Posted January 22, 2018 I only used PB to host photos I would link to in posts. I'm not going to pay for that privilege when there are so many other free photo hosting sites. I think PB made a big mistake when they started shaking down websites and will never get the revenue back. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 I am glad that I took Carol's and supergeek's advise a while ago and started putting my photos on Google. I do use imgur for the forums and I have been yelled at when I have a brain freeze and put the images straight on the server. (I am then made to go and take them off because I am the "bad girl") I really dislike all the ads on photobucket, it turns me right off. There are too too many. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 20 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said: I am grateful for that. All of my photos are on there, and I really didn't want to pay their ransom. TCD Do you mean your TR/forum postings, or all of your digital photos? I have my TR photos on Imgur. A lot of other photos are on Facebook. But I keep all of my photos on my SD cards, buy a new one when they get full, plus they are saved onto my PC, and then backed up onto an external HD. When we left home because of Irma, the external HD went into a Pelican case stored under a mattress, and the SD cards went with me. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 5 hours ago, Travisma said: Do you mean your TR/forum postings, or all of your digital photos? No- just photos I've posted on-line. But we are talking about thousands of photos TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Travisma 1,317 Posted January 23, 2018 Report Share Posted January 23, 2018 16 minutes ago, Tri-Circle-D said: No- just photos I've posted on-line. But we are talking about thousands of photos TCD I sure don't have thousands for the forum, maybe 100... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tri-Circle-D 2,059 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 The PB folks are still playing tricks. I received this email from them today: We would like to offer a tailored plan for users just like you - our Premium plan for $99.99 / year. The Premium plan will provide 3rd party hosting for non-commercial use on your forums, blogs, and personal websites*. Additionally, you will be able to store up to 300,000 photos. We are working on some exciting changes for 2018. This is our exclusive introductory price and this offer will expire in 7 days. As far as I know, I have some time left on my prior agreement with them, but they are pushing me to renew within 7 days, or I don't get this special deal. And you see that asterisk? There was no footnote clarifying what that means. Jerks. TCD Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AuburnJen 770 Posted January 24, 2018 Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 (in my best church lady voice) Isn't that special! (carboncostume.com) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Grumpy and Grandma 739 Posted January 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Tri-Circle-D said: The PB folks are still playing tricks. I received this email from them today: We would like to offer a tailored plan for users just like you - our Premium plan for $99.99 / year. The Premium plan will provide 3rd party hosting for non-commercial use on your forums, blogs, and personal websites*. Additionally, you will be able to store up to 300,000 photos. We are working on some exciting changes for 2018. This is our exclusive introductory price and this offer will expire in 7 days. As far as I know, I have some time left on my prior agreement with them, but they are pushing me to renew within 7 days, or I don't get this special deal. And you see that asterisk? There was no footnote clarifying what that means. Jerks. TCD And I have an "e" mail from customer support saying all I need to do is switch prior to my July, 17th expiration date. I currently have the plus account. You will need to switch to the Premium plan when your current subscription expires. This will ensure that you will get uninterrupted 3rd Party hosting since your subscription renews in July. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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