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Old 07-09-2004 | 06:12 PM
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Default FAO Everyone... Please read and consider this...

What do you think of the possibility of running PassionFord without pictures from now on? And by "Without pictures" i mean;

NO Pictures
NO Signatures
NO Avatars


Well... if you dont fancy it much.. read on.....















Id just like you to consider the forum's appearance like this and then ask yourself why, if you enjoy the pics and siggys and your a heavy user of PHOTOBUCKET, you havent donated to Alex yet?

We have all used and enjoyed photobucket as our uploader for over 12months now and have started to take it for granted, but what if, one morning we wake up and its gone?

These services dont last forever if they arent paid for you know guys.. why not Donate a measly $5 as asked? That converts to about £2.70p i think and for that you recieve:


Bandwidth restrictions lifted
Increase max image size to 500 Kb
Disk space limitation lifted
FTP access via ftp.photobucket.com
Addverts removed from your album


Now come on guys, those features alone are worth $5 surely? Let alone the fact that Alex will recieve some cash for his hard labour to help sustain his heavily abused service

Rant Over...
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:16 PM
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sound fair
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:16 PM
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You know it never occured to me Stu Shall have to donate then
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:17 PM
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very good point Stu... and one it's all to easy to overlook... and yes that includes me..
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:17 PM
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Yep what Stu says
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:18 PM
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Old 07-09-2004 | 06:22 PM
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I donated..................... but only because I got a message saying I had to!

Should have before really
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:24 PM
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How do you donate?
Might be a stupid question
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:27 PM
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I aint donated cause i use my own space.

As do quite a few others, so tough to police and please everyone.

Personally don't care either way.
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:30 PM
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I use PHBucket for everything! I've made my donation as I only think it's right!
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:33 PM
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Why not just use your own host or install apache on your/another computer.

Why does everybody use photobucket?
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by cliff6732000
How do you donate?
Might be a stupid question
http://photobucket.com/donate.php
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:41 PM
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didnt think ov it either

good point stu will donate now
Old 07-09-2004 | 06:56 PM
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fair point, both me and kaz use it so will do
Old 07-09-2004 | 07:00 PM
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I know all about having your bandwidth murdered by someone!

Donations are a cool idea to show appreciation!
Old 07-09-2004 | 07:01 PM
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use my own ftp
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Old 07-09-2004 | 07:15 PM
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only fair

so will do this weekend

Old 07-09-2004 | 07:18 PM
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$10/£5.79 on its way via Paypal....
Old 07-09-2004 | 07:21 PM
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did'nt think about that stu

I will defo donate when i get paid
Old 07-09-2004 | 07:24 PM
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will donate tonight , maybe it could be linked with the pf donation then when we all renew our pf membership photobucket gets a donation also, as youv'e said we all use it and pf wouldnt be the same without it
Old 07-09-2004 | 07:47 PM
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only fair

top site if you ask me
Old 07-09-2004 | 08:18 PM
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Just do what I do...

1. stay in one friday night
2. start uploading some holiday or car show pictures
3. start drinking heavily
4. start reminising over the photos whilst thinking how good photobucket is
5. continue drinking very heavily
6. Get drunk and so therefore over emotional and impulsive
7. Get blown totally away by photobuckets FREE service
8. Start clicking widly on the photobucket paypal button, donating money, pledging gifts and thinking what internal organs I don't need

I have done this a few times as well

BUT it is a very good service so I would have donated by now even it I wasn't a raging unstable alcoholic
Old 07-09-2004 | 08:37 PM
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Stu

Thanks for pointing this out, theres a few web services that get taken for granted.

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Just donated a few dollars
Old 07-09-2004 | 08:50 PM
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Donated a few times now
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Originally Posted by tockwell
Why not just use your own host or install apache on your/another computer.

Why does everybody use photobucket?
Try it yourself and sample its fantastic ease of use, its photoalbum type layout and its tools for rescaling etc not to mention its security, then tell me you would rather piss about with FTP and webspace?
Old 07-09-2004 | 09:18 PM
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Totally understand mate and was actually going to donate anyway

$10 dollar it is
Old 07-09-2004 | 09:23 PM
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would like to donate BUT i cant dont have a card will donate when im old anothe
Old 07-09-2004 | 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
Originally Posted by tockwell
Why not just use your own host or install apache on your/another computer.

Why does everybody use photobucket?
Try it yourself and sample its fantastic ease of use, its photoalbum type layout and its tools for rescaling etc not to mention its security, then tell me you would rather piss about with FTP and webspace?
I just use my own server here. When I take a new picture of my car I just copy it from my digital camera onto my server (just a maped drive so simple drag and drop) into a directy labeled with the current date in a YYYYMMDD format so when you sort by name they end up in date order and then just simply use that URL in my post, don't have to mess around FTPing or anything just simple drag and drop!
Old 08-09-2004 | 08:01 AM
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A good system indeed, but certainly not for everyone

I could obviously use the PF server, but i find Photobucket easier too
Old 08-09-2004 | 08:08 AM
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I'm paid up already
Old 08-09-2004 | 09:09 AM
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Just paid


Stu do you accept paypal?
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Serving 120 million pictures per day
they have $10 of my money
Old 08-09-2004 | 12:40 PM
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Top work so far guys

Franco,
Afraid not, sorry.
Old 08-09-2004 | 01:13 PM
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Done well worth the money in my opinion
Old 08-09-2004 | 01:14 PM
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Default Re: FAO Everyone... Please read and consider this...

Originally Posted by Stu @ M Developments
NO Pictures
The Mens Room would become such a dull place, we would have to revert to ASCII-porn.



Will donate too even though i mostly use my own server.

/Andreas
Old 08-09-2004 | 01:16 PM
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Stu @ M Developments, i'll donate when i get home as im not on my computer and i dont have much time on this computer, how do i go about donating, could you pm me please with details please

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Theres some details in my link a few posts up pal
Old 08-09-2004 | 01:50 PM
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consider the donation done stuuuuuu

sorry to change the subject, but mercury's pic has me in stiches whenever i see it aroflmao



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