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« Reply #250 on: November 30, 2011, 22:35 »
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Knockin' On Heaven's Door - Bob Dylan (LIVE@1976)


« Reply #251 on: November 30, 2011, 22:37 »
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1979SUCKS?  Seriously?  Sigh.

Gotta hand it to you, Sean.  You tried talking to them about their silly messages...too bad they didn't listen.  Thanks for trying. 

« Reply #252 on: November 30, 2011, 22:39 »
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I really have to open Twitter acc just for iStok a
Tell me how?!

Just open an account (easy process) and then search for @istock.  Click follow.  The end.

« Reply #253 on: November 30, 2011, 22:42 »
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They removed 1979SUCKS finally.

reckless

« Reply #254 on: November 30, 2011, 22:45 »
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1979SUCKS?  Seriously?  Sigh.


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« Reply #255 on: November 30, 2011, 22:47 »
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They removed 1979SUCKS finally.
At least it is off the page.  I'm wondering if the buyers are able to piggy-back these discount codes -- 10% off of $50 or more of credits is coupon code JAY2011, good for one week from today; and then 15% off of any purchase beginning tomorrow and good until December 7 is coupon code 1979SUCKS.  That is some heavy-duty discounting, if they are able to use both of them. 

« Reply #256 on: November 30, 2011, 22:47 »
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I really have to open Twitter acc just for iStok a
Tell me how?!

Just open an account (easy process) and then search for @istock.  Click follow.  The end.

THNX
maybe Ill try. But as I see Ill be biggest troll for them.
Only I know that there is another Lobo guy who filters and band followers or redirect them to other nonusefull posts...

Can you gimme Hellman & Friedman or GreddyImages tweet address to  ;D
« Last Edit: November 30, 2011, 22:59 by Suljo »

« Reply #257 on: November 30, 2011, 23:03 »
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@GettyImages

Don't know about H&F.  Did a search and came up with two employees and four posts about their latest acquisition for $3.9 billion.  As if I wasn't already mad enough..........

http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20111130/articles/111139979

« Reply #258 on: November 30, 2011, 23:30 »
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This looks like to me as a beginning of the end for IStock. Whatever credibility they had left it went down the drain. It's hard to admit but one of the best micro stock site in the world will go belly up simply because their greed, unprofessional behavior and total lack of respect for those who actually make money for them ... hard working contributors. No matter what those bozo's say I honestly believe this is a hack job ... and it will happen again and again and again.     

« Reply #259 on: November 30, 2011, 23:53 »
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well it is back on line and nothing fixed so  it was a major crash of some sort ... I am so past anything they do surprising me - or should I say fail to do? - they behave like my local phone and broadband company - incompetent - the only difference being one is a monopoly with no competition and the other has some very serious competition - go figure.

« Reply #260 on: December 01, 2011, 00:13 »
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Meanwhile on the Istock Help forum:

http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=337695&page=1

JJRD says:
At this time, it would be fair to look at this as a positive moment.

Yes, some contributor related issues remain ; we are looking to stabilize the website from a client perspective right now, and most members of the technology team are hard at work making sure the platform is stable for the NA night and the beginning of the European day.

In the name of iStockphoto's management, I want to express our willingness at offering everybody involved with iStockphoto a stable platform to license and or share digital media, and we do apologize for the difficult phase that we are going through.

Rest assured that our only goal is to take this business to its next level, solve everything related to legacy technological issues while remaining the undisputed leader of the industry.


dcdp asks:
(...) Additionally, the buyers have been offered a 15% discount on credits purchased because of this outage as a short term apology for their difficulties. I suspect this will be worn by the contributors who have not only suffered from an ongoing inability to manage their own portfolio, upload images, and maintain their portfolio, but now have been unable to sell anything because, in the case of exclusive contributors, their sole distributor is off line. What will iStock do to recompense contributors?

JJRD replies:
Let's focus on clients at this stage, come on - the site just came back.

----------------

Okay, apparently, they have not fixed anything and we're not getting anything as compensation.

« Reply #261 on: December 01, 2011, 00:17 »
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Oh noo
iSmacks are back grrrrrrr.....
Saga is gonna to be wild...

KB

« Reply #262 on: December 01, 2011, 00:46 »
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JJRD says:
At this time, it would be fair to look at this as a positive moment.

I don't know what kind of stuff he's on, but I'd sure like some.  ;)

« Reply #263 on: December 01, 2011, 01:09 »
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dcdp asks:
(...) Additionally, the buyers have been offered a 15% discount on credits purchased because of this outage as a short term apology for their difficulties. I suspect this will be worn by the contributors who have not only suffered from an ongoing inability to manage their own portfolio, upload images, and maintain their portfolio, but now have been unable to sell anything because, in the case of exclusive contributors, their sole distributor is off line. What will iStock do to recompense contributors?

JJRD replies:
Let's focus on clients at this stage, come on - the site just came back.



So no reassurance that we aren't going to pay for this AGAIN? Thus far I have been staying mute and biding my time over this IS circus routine. But this may just be the last straw for me.

rubyroo

« Reply #264 on: December 01, 2011, 01:54 »
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Oh I see what I've been doing wrong now.  I've been focusing on the fact that contributors just lost a load of earnings.  I should have been focusing on clients.

I guess they can't see any connection between contributors losing earnings, and clients being unable to purchase images to meet their deadlines.

Apparently we're entirely separate entites that have no impact on each other.

I feel so stupid now.

(*)
« Last Edit: December 01, 2011, 02:05 by rubyroo »

« Reply #265 on: December 01, 2011, 04:26 »
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JJRD says:
At this time, it would be fair to look at this as a positive moment.

I don't know what kind of stuff he's on, but I'd sure like some.  ;)
I think what he actually meant is it might have been way way worse and they are really happy to be able at least to bring it back live  ;D

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #266 on: December 01, 2011, 08:48 »
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JJRD says:
At this time, it would be fair to look at this as a positive moment.

I don't know what kind of stuff he's on, but I'd sure like some.  ;)
I think what he actually meant is it might have been way way worse and they are really happy to be able at least to bring it back live  ;D

So rather than positive, it's neutral. We were down, now we're back.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #267 on: December 01, 2011, 08:53 »
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Thank goodness, they've kept the omnious phrase 'cutting edge' out of there.  :D

dbvirago

« Reply #268 on: December 01, 2011, 09:19 »
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How will we know how sales are affected? The My Uploads page still doesn't show any sales since 11/1.

Forget testing and all that other SOP nonsense, if you roll out new code and it doesn't work, just roll it back. It's simple. Oh wait, I guess that implies that you made a mistake.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #269 on: December 01, 2011, 09:24 »
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How will we know how sales are affected? The My Uploads page still doesn't show any sales since 11/1.
Your balance should have been rising, presumably in real time. I've had $$ added this morning (i.e. since the outage).
Yesterday I checked my BS and it recorded a sale for yesterday. Obviously it would be impractical to go through all your files like that.
So you can know your balance, but not the number of downloads. And you may get a few cents or dollars extra for the few days everyone's RC rate was showing at base.

dbvirago

« Reply #270 on: December 01, 2011, 09:27 »
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I was hoping that wasn't the case. If it is, then November was my worst month at Istock since September, 2006

helix7

« Reply #271 on: December 01, 2011, 09:30 »
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It's also people not wanting to commit to a large subscription when they already have a pile of credits that can only be spent on istock; or their company will only deal with istock  as that's what management has approved. It's down the track a bit when firms and designers are considering what to do when their pile of credits runs out that istock will get hit.

Well isn't that yet another misconception? That the only alternative to istock is a subscription?

And I don't buy the "my company only lets me source images from istock" idea. I worked for a company like that, and I changed their minds pretty easily. Every company wants to save money and cut spending. Present the right argument and it's hard to ignore the benefits of shopping elsewhere.

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #272 on: December 01, 2011, 09:31 »
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I was hoping that wasn't the case. If it is, then November was my worst month at Istock since September, 2006
I've seen a few people on iStock's November forum saying the same.
While Nov '11 was worse for me than every Nov since '08 (Nov '08 my BME), it's nothing like my WME, as it took me a while to build up steam. It's in my top three months of 2011.
I wonder if some people's balances have not been going up in real time.
If they haven't been, what confidence is there that even the increasing balances I've noticed on my account are accurate?
 :( >:( ???
« Last Edit: December 01, 2011, 09:34 by ShadySue »

ShadySue

  • There is a crack in everything
« Reply #273 on: December 01, 2011, 09:35 »
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It's also people not wanting to commit to a large subscription when they already have a pile of credits that can only be spent on istock; or their company will only deal with istock  as that's what management has approved. It's down the track a bit when firms and designers are considering what to do when their pile of credits runs out that istock will get hit.
Well isn't that yet another misconception? That the only alternative to istock is a subscription?
"while they already have a pile of iStock credits"

helix7

« Reply #274 on: December 01, 2011, 09:56 »
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Well isn't that yet another misconception? That the only alternative to istock is a subscription?
"while they already have a pile of iStock credits"

Yeah, I get that. No one wants to leave a bunch of credit behind. But in situations like this, I'm surprised that people won't look at another agency even while a deadline looms. In one twitter post, someone claimed to have lost a client because of last night's downtime. I think that person could have salvaged the client relationship by going to another site and finding a suitable alternative to the image they wanted from istock. If it was a non-exclusive image, they could have found the exact same image elsewhere.

You don't lose your credits when you shop somewhere else. You can always go back to istock when the site is back up. I think some people either don't know that or don't know that there are alternatives out there at all. 


 

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