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« Reply #100 on: September 20, 2010, 14:44 »
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Nope but in pause u came to piss in this pool  ;)


« Reply #101 on: September 20, 2010, 14:48 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

Maybe you should have bitched and not been such a compliant little doggie? Now they hold all the cards (because you gave yours away). Remind us what % of your microstock income you'll be losing for your loyalty? That Gold canister you've been striving for isn't going to mean much now is it?

« Reply #102 on: September 20, 2010, 15:07 »
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Many people are annoymous for very good reason, it allows them to speak their mind without repercussion for other parts of their lives.
Personally I don't mind anonymity if the quality of posting makes up for it. But what I really dislike is an anonymous one prying into the port of a known poster to find "bad" pictures, then post those here and give unsolicited critique or worse, ridicule those images. That's what happened to MichaelDB and it's not done.

SNP

  • Canadian Photographer
« Reply #103 on: September 20, 2010, 15:16 »
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Perhaps Michael shouldn't have done it to someone else then...

« Reply #104 on: September 20, 2010, 15:26 »
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Yup just a nobody.  At least no one knows that for sure.  Unlike you and your big mouth and little portfolio with no sales to back it up.
Not done. Or is this the true iStock spirit?  ::)

« Reply #105 on: September 20, 2010, 15:40 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

Maybe you should have bitched and not been such a compliant little doggie? Now they hold all the cards (because you gave yours away). Remind us what % of your microstock income you'll be losing for your loyalty? That Gold canister you've been striving for isn't going to mean much now is it?

I won't lose anything.  In fact, I may actually gain the next level :) Maybe you shouldn't have been so compliant either. 

« Reply #106 on: September 20, 2010, 16:43 »
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I won't lose anything.  In fact, I may actually gain the next level :)

Really? With fewer than 10K sales in over 4 years you aren't going up any levels. You're miles away from 40K RC's. You'll never get that 35% the Gold canister would have secured for you. It'll be snatched from your grasp by your greedy master just before you get there. 

Why aren't you mad as hell about it and bitterly regretting ever going exclusive? Istock have done you up like a kipper. Now they're laughing behind their hands at the carefully-designed predicament they have created for you __ and yet you still offer them your unyielding loyalty and support. How much more humiliation will you allow Istock to heap upon you before you wake up out of your cult-like stupor?

donding

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« Reply #107 on: September 20, 2010, 16:48 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

I think you really need to show some respect. Some here don't have huge portfolio's. Some do. We are all contributor's and are all effected by this. Some more than others. It's the whole principal of the thing that gets everyone angry. If you were sitting with a small portfolio today and knew that your income wouldn't grow much because of the cuts then you would be upset with that just as you are upset with your end of it now. It's the principal of it all rather it's the big contributors or the small. We all make up the microstock industry.

« Reply #108 on: September 20, 2010, 16:57 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

Maybe you should have bitched and not been such a compliant little doggie? Now they hold all the cards (because you gave yours away). Remind us what % of your microstock income you'll be losing for your loyalty? That Gold canister you've been striving for isn't going to mean much now is it?

I won't lose anything.  In fact, I may actually gain the next level :) Maybe you shouldn't have been so compliant either. 

Please , but please

So , why are you writing obvious lies , if your sales are 4 times up u still want make nothing , actually you are down like most of us.

This is childish

« Reply #109 on: September 20, 2010, 17:37 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

Maybe you should have bitched and not been such a compliant little doggie? Now they hold all the cards (because you gave yours away). Remind us what % of your microstock income you'll be losing for your loyalty? That Gold canister you've been striving for isn't going to mean much now is it?

I won't lose anything.  In fact, I may actually gain the next level :) Maybe you shouldn't have been so compliant either. 

Please , but please

So , why are you writing obvious lies , if your sales are 4 times up u still want make nothing , actually you are down like most of us.

This is childish

who are you to say what I make? year over year I'm up.  Every month is pretty constant with the previous, and i have no issues with my sales.  The 'summer slowdown' isn't that bad for me, and whatever you want to believe you can. 

WHy do I need to have more respect? I have plenty of respect for a lot of people in this forum, especially those that deserve it.  its obvious that 0 dls over there doesn't have any for anyone else.  I clearly haven't attacked dgilder for his decision to remove his portfolio.  While I may not agree with it, I have been, I blieve, respectful about disagreeing. 

Childish is making assumptions that you don't know anything about.  So believe what you want, but don't tell me to have more respect. 

« Reply #110 on: September 20, 2010, 18:01 »
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So, we are ending in bashing each other. This is getting more desperate every day.

lisafx

« Reply #111 on: September 20, 2010, 18:02 »
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So, we are ending in bashing each other. This is getting more desperate every day.

+1

« Reply #112 on: September 20, 2010, 18:10 »
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So, we are ending in bashing each other. This is getting more desperate every day.


+1

« Reply #113 on: September 20, 2010, 18:26 »
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Thank you everyone for your support :)
Made me feel great, thank you :)

Ichiro,
come on now! Let's put an end to this.
Obviously I'm not doing this for me. I've got a crappy port, poor sales and I make no money.
So why bother?
Because this is not about me.  
This is about all of us, about being fair and trying my very best to stop IStock's 15% commission from spreading around.
I can't work harder Ichiro. That's not an option.
I submit both vectors and photos. To climb back to 20% I need to reach the following targets : 1.400.000 credits for photos and 75.000 credits for vectors.
They're plain impossible.
I stopped uploading.
I will delete my port well before the change takes place.
I will not sell a single file for anything less than 20%.

Meanwhile I will keep on complaining, making as much noise as I possibly can. Here, and everywhere.
Unfortunately for you, there's nothing you can do to stop me.

IStock's deal is rotten. No matter how you look at it, independent or exclusive.
It's rotten and instead of obsessing about my sales, you should join us and try to stop it.
Save IStock from going down.

« Reply #114 on: September 20, 2010, 18:29 »
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So, we are ending in bashing each other. This is getting more desperate every day.
+1

+3 Well, human nature is that when something goes wrong, blame somebody. If you don't have access to the actual person who did the wrong, grab the person closest to you and blame him/her. It's Getty/IS that has done the wrong, but since none of us have access to blame them anymore (people being banned from the forums, posts being deleted) some people think turning on each is the smart move. NOT!

« Reply #115 on: September 20, 2010, 18:33 »
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Just a week here, but probably because there wasn't really a reason to do it.

You as well? Unbelievable.

Don't be surprised if your week turns into 10 days or two weeks. That sort of happens

« Reply #116 on: September 20, 2010, 18:34 »
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Save IStock from going down.
Why? Jump! Jump!  :P

« Reply #117 on: September 20, 2010, 18:50 »
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let me remind you that i didn't bitch about 20% or whatever.  and instead of bitching i kept working at it

Maybe you should have bitched and not been such a compliant little doggie? Now they hold all the cards (because you gave yours away). Remind us what % of your microstock income you'll be losing for your loyalty? That Gold canister you've been striving for isn't going to mean much now is it?

I won't lose anything.  In fact, I may actually gain the next level :) Maybe you shouldn't have been so compliant either. 

Please , but please

So , why are you writing obvious lies , if your sales are 4 times up u still want make nothing , actually you are down like most of us.

This is childish

who are you to say what I make? year over year I'm up.  Every month is pretty constant with the previous, and i have no issues with my sales.  The 'summer slowdown' isn't that bad for me, and whatever you want to believe you can. 

WHy do I need to have more respect? I have plenty of respect for a lot of people in this forum, especially those that deserve it.  its obvious that 0 dls over there doesn't have any for anyone else.  I clearly haven't attacked dgilder for his decision to remove his portfolio.  While I may not agree with it, I have been, I blieve, respectful about disagreeing. 

Childish is making assumptions that you don't know anything about.  So believe what you want, but don't tell me to have more respect. 


Ichiro,  m8 , you know I have nothing against u or nobody , but how can u say u are not loosing nothing , and that u might actually go up ?

What are u saying , that u had  less than 10 000 dl in so many years and now you wont be affected or your part is going to stay the same ?

Its not assumption , its a fact , you will be downgraded , and for same % you'll have to work much much harder then now ,  and only contributors know
how many hours we invested in our work with only one goal , and then they lift the bar in a second and u have to jump like u never thought its possible
to stay at the same level.

Man , somewhere deep inside u know most people here are right , please don't try to trash them with empty theories and impossible endings.


If u really believe what u say , hats down m8 , you are are hard worker and u deserve to come where u headed to , but it certainly wont be easier , not for u,
not for me , probably not for anybody.

« Reply #118 on: September 20, 2010, 18:52 »
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Just a week here, but probably because there wasn't really a reason to do it.

You as well? Unbelievable.

Don't be surprised if your week turns into 10 days or two weeks. That sort of happens

I'm fairly certain mine is permanent. :D

« Reply #119 on: September 20, 2010, 19:41 »
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Just a week here, but probably because there wasn't really a reason to do it.


You as well? Unbelievable.


Yep making a reference to this thread, I just said it was ridiculous to tell sean he wasn't up to par, at least that's the only post that Lobo deleted as far as I can tell.  This is the thread:  http://www.istockphoto.com/forum_messages.php?threadid=256872&page=1


What?? I said the same thing in the exclusive forum and haven't heard anything. Maybe because it was in the main forum, but it's still the most ridiculous claim I've heard JJ make in my (long) time on iStock.

SNP

  • Canadian Photographer
« Reply #120 on: September 20, 2010, 19:52 »
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referring to the +1,2 and +3 up there....with the exception of Lisa, who is usually respectful and kind in here....the others who high-fived over contributor bashing.....you are regularly some of the worst perpetrators in here! there is so much disrespect in these forums that it's no wonder the small contingent represented here are the same people being banned form other sites.

some big wigs come here to talk freely, and many like me, in the middle ground...come here to read all perspectives as part of an approach to better understanding the entire industry....but I so often get annoyed with the garbage, bullsh*t and complaining in here that it ceases to be helpful.

ichiro - I don't know why you are wasting your breath. it's a playground. the problem with the meanest kid on the playground, is that he'll/she'll stoop lower than someone reasonable, so in terms of arguing, they'll always seem to win with insults that shut people down. in reality, those people are either insecure or just plain jerks. either way, it doesn't really affect my bottom line.

Pixel-Pizzazz

« Reply #121 on: September 20, 2010, 22:28 »
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referring to the +1,2 and +3 up there....with the exception of Lisa, who is usually respectful and kind in here....the others who high-fived over contributor bashing.....you are regularly some of the worst perpetrators in here! there is so much disrespect in these forums that it's no wonder the small contingent represented here are the same people being banned form other sites.

some big wigs come here to talk freely, and many like me, in the middle ground...come here to read all perspectives as part of an approach to better understanding the entire industry....but I so often get annoyed with the garbage, bullsh*t and complaining in here that it ceases to be helpful.

ichiro - I don't know why you are wasting your breath. it's a playground. the problem with the meanest kid on the playground, is that he'll/she'll stoop lower than someone reasonable, so in terms of arguing, they'll always seem to win with insults that shut people down. in reality, those people are either insecure or just plain jerks. either way, it doesn't really affect my bottom line.

The 'high-fiving' you mention is actually others indicating what a shame it is that it has come to this.  Any decent writers workshop would probably tell you that imagined transgressions make for good fiction, but since this topic is about real events would you also mind backing up the 'wild speculations', you have noted, with some citations based on fact, so I won't be forced to write that off as self-published drivel?


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+4 (sorry, I must have been a moth in a previous life...I just can't seem to resist dimely lit flames or yarn or even the business side of a really heavy swatter).
ETA: speculations not accusations
« Last Edit: September 20, 2010, 22:47 by Pixel-Pizzazz »

SNP

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« Reply #122 on: September 20, 2010, 22:42 »
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thank you for making my point for me.

Pixel-Pizzazz

« Reply #123 on: September 20, 2010, 23:08 »
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thank you for making my point for me.
anything to help out a fellow player

« Reply #124 on: September 20, 2010, 23:49 »
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I so often get annoyed with the garbage, bullsh*t and complaining in here that it ceases to be helpful.

Which begs the question: Why do you keep coming back then? Not just to read, but to post?


 

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