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« Reply #125 on: April 10, 2011, 02:53 »
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I still don't understand why buyers can't use other sites to buy from non-exclusives and use istock to buy from exclusives.  Is it really too difficult to use 2 sites?  A lot of non-exclusives either don't have their portfolio on istock or only have a small part of it there.  Buyers might find what they want on another site.  They can still use istock to look at the exclusive collection.  Wont that work for all of us?


« Reply #126 on: April 10, 2011, 05:36 »
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As a buyer you dont care about all this exclusive/non exclusive stuff. You dont look at the names of the photographers, you very often dont realize they are real, single artist putting up their files for sale. When I started buying I more or less assumed it was all produced by the stock agency itself, just like a software product.

Sourcing images is a tedious task and you anyway have no time. The deadline is looming and you just need to get your work done. So for stock you go to your one stop shop for images, just like you would buy all your music from the itunes store and not shop around the internet to see if the song is a little cheaper on Amazon or other outlets.

When you go shopping on the internet how many times are you interested in the story behind the product?

 
« Last Edit: April 10, 2011, 06:03 by cobalt »

lagereek

« Reply #127 on: April 10, 2011, 07:15 »
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Ok, so after being inspired by this thread yesterday, I got brave and called up 3 local production houses to tell them about istock and their poor treatment of contributors.  The response I got was quite mixed.  Company 1: Thank you for letting us know.  We actually do use istock for a lot of our stock needs and I will certainly pass this information along to other producers that we work with.  Company 2: They didn't care about what I had to say, treated me like a telemarketer, etc... not that I entirely blame them as this was an unsolicited call.  Company 3: Yes we are aware of the issues with istock and have slowly tapered off our use of them.  We typically try other stock sites first to see if we can find the subject we need.

I'd suggest using your time to go out and shoot rather than harassing design companies.  You sound like a real jerk.

Yeah, I sanction that!!  maybe he hasnt even got a camera, just mouth?
« Last Edit: April 10, 2011, 07:17 by lagereek »

« Reply #128 on: April 10, 2011, 08:07 »
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Ok, so after being inspired by this thread yesterday, I got brave and called up 3 local production houses to tell them about istock and their poor treatment of contributors.  The response I got was quite mixed.  Company 1: Thank you for letting us know.  We actually do use istock for a lot of our stock needs and I will certainly pass this information along to other producers that we work with.  Company 2: They didn't care about what I had to say, treated me like a telemarketer, etc... not that I entirely blame them as this was an unsolicited call.  Company 3: Yes we are aware of the issues with istock and have slowly tapered off our use of them.  We typically try other stock sites first to see if we can find the subject we need.

I'd suggest using your time to go out and shoot rather than harassing design companies.  You sound like a real jerk.

Yeah, I sanction that!!  maybe he hasnt even got a camera, just mouth?

Now there's a big surprise.  ::)

jbarber873

« Reply #129 on: April 10, 2011, 11:38 »
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Ok, so after being inspired by this thread yesterday, I got brave and called up 3 local production houses to tell them about istock and their poor treatment of contributors.  The response I got was quite mixed.  Company 1: Thank you for letting us know.  We actually do use istock for a lot of our stock needs and I will certainly pass this information along to other producers that we work with.  Company 2: They didn't care about what I had to say, treated me like a telemarketer, etc... not that I entirely blame them as this was an unsolicited call.  Company 3: Yes we are aware of the issues with istock and have slowly tapered off our use of them.  We typically try other stock sites first to see if we can find the subject we need.

I'd suggest using your time to go out and shoot rather than harassing design companies.  You sound like a real jerk.

Yeah, I sanction that!!  maybe he hasnt even got a camera, just mouth?

 Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!

« Reply #130 on: April 10, 2011, 12:56 »
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" Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!"

Help, help, I'm being repressed!
Shut up you!

« Reply #131 on: April 10, 2011, 13:49 »
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Bloody peasant :D

grp_photo

« Reply #132 on: April 10, 2011, 14:24 »
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snip
Totally agree about the abusive spouse thing.  I wonder if psychologists will one day coin a term for this type of Stockholm Syndrome thing where the abused party tries to protect their abuser in an effort to help themselves feel more in control of the abusive situation.

Now that's funny!
that's indeed excellent :-)

jbarber873

« Reply #133 on: April 10, 2011, 14:58 »
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" Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!"

Help, help, I'm being repressed!
Shut up you!

 Yes master, I will obey your command.

« Reply #134 on: April 10, 2011, 15:32 »
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Fechez la vache!

« Reply #135 on: April 10, 2011, 15:40 »
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And note that at least one of them  was already a hater about four or five years ago, way before  thinkstock, changes in royalties and new macrostock agency contributors. That really makes me wonder.

(And the other, for not contributing nor buying at istock spents looooooots of time there, always the first to notice and report here anything, big or tiny, that happens --More food for thought)

LOL. Clearly you've spent a lot of time thinking about it and following this person around. Why does it matter to you so much?

Not a single second. Note that not everyone spends his/her whole life in the forums, here or at the "enemy" , in a watching and snitching perpetual mission. Some people has a life. And is easy to remember correctly facts that for being absurd or ludicrous remain easily in mind. I. e, when youy had the opinion that photographers defending rises in prices -to 1, 2, 3 dollars--  where greedy people. 

« Reply #136 on: April 10, 2011, 16:15 »
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And note that at least one of them  was already a hater about four or five years ago, way before  thinkstock, changes in royalties and new macrostock agency contributors. That really makes me wonder.

(And the other, for not contributing nor buying at istock spents looooooots of time there, always the first to notice and report here anything, big or tiny, that happens --More food for thought)

LOL. Clearly you've spent a lot of time thinking about it and following this person around. Why does it matter to you so much?

Not a single second. Note that not everyone spends his/her whole life in the forums, here or at the "enemy" , in a watching and snitching perpetual mission. Some people has a life. And is easy to remember correctly facts that for being absurd or ludicrous remain easily in mind. I. e, when youy had the opinion that photographers defending rises in prices -to 1, 2, 3 dollars--  where greedy people. 

Obviously you've spent more than a single second. You've read my posts and responded to them. That takes much more than a single second.

Also, you don't remember facts correctly, and I've already proven that several times in the past. And you are also wrong about my "opinion" that photographers are greedy people. I never said that. Not once. Nor did I ever complain when prices were at 1, 2, & 3 dollars. LOL. IN FACT, not one single thing *you've* said was a "fact" was correct. You are clearly deranged, because you appear to live in some kind of fantasy world where you make things up about me. :D

« Reply #137 on: April 10, 2011, 17:16 »
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" Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!"

Help, help, I'm being repressed!
Shut up you!

Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

« Reply #138 on: April 10, 2011, 17:30 »
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" Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!"

Help, help, I'm being repressed!
Shut up you!

Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.

Sounds like a Monty Python movie.  ???

« Reply #139 on: April 10, 2011, 18:02 »
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"watery tart". Love this!

SNP

  • Canadian Photographer
« Reply #140 on: April 10, 2011, 21:15 »
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" Or, to put it another way- Get back to work you peasant!"

Help, help, I'm being repressed!
Shut up you!

Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you.


"if I went 'round sayin' I was Emperor, just because some moistened bint lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!"

« Reply #141 on: April 10, 2011, 22:20 »
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Fechez la vache!

What are ya goin' ta do with the cow? Never mind, I don't wanna know  ;D


« Reply #142 on: April 11, 2011, 00:08 »
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@ all. I'm impressed with your knowledge of Monty Python. I never really knew how big it was outside of the UK.

My favourite is from the Life of Brian, when Brian addresses the crowd in an attempt to persuade them that he's not the Messiah.

Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me, you don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!

The Crowd (in unison): Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!

The Crowd (in unison): Yes, we are all different!

Man in Crowd: I'm not.

SNP

  • Canadian Photographer
« Reply #143 on: April 11, 2011, 00:14 »
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Life of Brian and The Holy Grail are both great, but the Monty Python movie we always watched growing up was The Meaning of Life. I grew up thinking "just one thin wafer" was my father's original joke. I know "every sperm is sacred" by heart...lol. Monty Python has a big presence and following in Canada, maybe it's a throwback to our imperialist roots  ;)
« Last Edit: April 11, 2011, 00:16 by SNP »

« Reply #144 on: April 11, 2011, 01:00 »
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I had to ship a case of wine to Eric Idle once.  I was so pissed off, we were in Chapter 11, many of my coworkers were stiffed wages and none of our suppliers had been paid, this celebrity signs a contract and I had to ship him a freaking crate of expensive wine.  I was so pissed off I almost sent some $8 per bottle domestic crap.  Not that this is much of a story (but someone brought up Monty Python) but those idiots remind me of the fat management at Istock.  The $1100 bucks I spent on wine could have paid someones wages who actually worked for it but got screwed.  Oh well, money doesn't make us happy does it?  Sure can make us angry though.

« Reply #145 on: April 11, 2011, 06:36 »
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@ all. I'm impressed with your knowledge of Monty Python. I never really knew how big it was outside of the UK.

My favourite is from the Life of Brian, when Brian addresses the crowd in an attempt to persuade them that he's not the Messiah.

Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me, you don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!

The Crowd (in unison): Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!

The Crowd (in unison): Yes, we are all different!

Man in Crowd: I'm not.

Too funny!


 

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