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After more than two months of begging for my money (which had to be by wire transfer), more than six weeks after Fotolia emptied my account and posted a "Credit conversion receipt" for wire transfer in my records, after having my account blocked when I said it was clear they hadn't paid when they said they had, finally my $800+ is in my bank and my account with Fotolia is closed.

In the end, it only took notification that I would be registering a formal complaint of internet fraud against them with New York FBI to get everything cleared up double-quick.

What a lovely company it is. Thankfully I don't need to have anything more to do with it.

I got out of there over a year ago after concluding they weren't a totally honest, reputable company. 

Now that you mention it - sure it will, and I'm actually wondering if it's already in there, in some weasel-wording I didn't fully understand.

I wonder if those sorts of clauses are actually enforceable, or just an attempt to intimidate.

i'm not surprised.
despite moving a large amount of money microstock agencies are basically still fly by night amateurish web sites.

for instance, how many of them have a proper legal department or at least a real in-house lawyer working there full-time ?

I'm glad you are free from Fotolia.

Stockcube, check it out, their minimum payout for bank transfers is $500 and they charge $50 for that.

It's not obvious at all. Most people wouldn't post it here. They would take the cash and shut up, or never say anything in the first place and do without the money.
My name, btw, is Paul Cowan.

So why not withdraw to your paypal account and transfer to bank from there?  Like I said, it's free....

I cannot have a paypal incoming cash account because of rules from the US financial regulators. I live in Qatar and Paypal is a bit iffy about the arab world

What the bloody hell is that supposed to mean, Im in the same age group as well and I can still spill my seeds, tisk, tisk, tisk.

It's funny, I thought my writing style was so distinctive that most people would have a pretty good idea of my identity.

BTW, this was only the latest of a number of problems I've have getting money from Fotolia.

Well, I hope you don't have to resort to threats of legal action to get your 13% commission.

Well, I simply wouldn't trust them after they spent two months stonewalling me over the payment of more than $700, even to the extent of creating a false document claiming it had been paid to me. When I eventually demanded that they attend to the matter they immediately blocked my account and when, after that, I told them that I would be making a formal complaint to the FBI in 48 hours, they instantly paid up.

I don't deal with companies that do that to me.

And it wasn't the first time, either. In a previous round I also had to wait several months and was treated with appalling arrogance by The Chad whose observations included the assertion that he was only paying me my commissions out of the goodness of his heart because they didn't have to send money to people without Paypal. He also told me that if I didn't like the way they were treating me I could always leave. (I do have all the documents to support what I am saying).

Those who can get Paypal payments seem to get by OK but goodness help anybody who needs paying by bank transfer (for which you not only get insults and delays, you have to pay them $50 for the "service").

I really do not like Fotolia and am glad to be out of it.