Quote from: hali on December 28, 2008, 16:25
am i crazy or what, tell me?

i been through 3 boxes of colour hp cartridges printing at best photo glossy premium plus paper and i got at best 15 gallery prints of 8 by 10.

the box says 150 prints. my black is still good, but the colour cartridge
is empty after print # 10,11,... 15 at best.

if i print the isolated shots with white copyspaces, i could get to as high as 20..25  8.5 by 11 prints, hopefully.
but my full colour images ? 10 prints.

is there a printer expert here with a way to show me how i can get more prints with less wastage. i feel i am polluting the environment by buying printers instead of colour cartridges, as it cost less to get a new printer than a new cartridge.

help much appreciated.

Purchase a dye Sub if you have a lot of colour content do print. What you are talking about is one of my biggest bug bears with manufacturers of ink jet printers. The printers are sold for next to nothing but all the big money is made on the consumables.

Quote from: kaycee on December 28, 2008, 13:20
No problem here. This morning I asked for closing my account and for my payout.
In the next few hours my pictures were gone in my account,my login gone and already have my payout message from paypal.
The only thing is the little tumbs are still visible but it always take time to remove those things.
So thanks Zymmetrical for the quick respons to my request. 

Doncha just love a good PR machine when it's started up 

I'm not sure how I can do this without giving away the cake.  All I will say for now is I was retaliated against for some information I gave in a previous post.  I'm sorry I can't be more specific right now.
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Who you are is glaringly obvious and if this is your attempt at remaining incognito by continually drawing attention to yourself in every which way possible I'd really go back to the drawing board if I were you.
And "IF" this is the same person who PM'd me yesterday in a state of abject terror I trust you'll understand why I haven't bothered replying. It's not a new ID you need mister it's a shrink 

Try doing a quick exchange rate on $500 to UK Stg using Paypal and then compare that exchange rate on www.xe.com. We're not just talking a few measly cents either side of the daily rate, we're talking about double figure rip-off's!!

I swear to God there's some muppet in PP rubbing his hands together with glee everytime I do a banktransfer. It's daylight robbery and no matter what spin you put on it, they are probably the most dishonest bunch of crooks I've ever had the misfortune to deal with.

This surge in sales coincided with the outing of its former CEO and his subesequent replacement. But like everything else about MS, consistency is a distant dream for this new pretender.

www.vectorstock.com are not bad. Quite a few sales there already.

Quote from: WarrenPrice on December 05, 2008, 15:39
How many of your friends know that you sell pictures for thirty cents?  It certainly doesn't make one proud to be a "professional," does it?

I have no difficulty whatsoever selling pictures of chickens or good looking women for 30c. Multiply that by 100+ and that's when I start to smile. I sometimes can't quite believe the crap that people purchase from me and yes I'm a pro in case you're wondering.

Were I an f.m.c.g. (fast moving consumer goods) producer or organic farmer the margins are almost identical and in some cases more compared to the product I produce. What's more I only have to make it once so maybe you might rethink whether or not MS offers such a raw deal as you are suggesting.

Quote from: photoshow on December 05, 2008, 00:59

Iriz, you are no more here then an anonymous shill. Why not come out from behind your cloak and show us you are who and what you claim to be?

There was no compulison in my response to Fotolia. My response to Fotolia was measured against direct experiance and history with Oleg and Chad but I suspect strongly that you know this already.

I am not an FT employee and I do not know Oleg or Chad personally if that's what you are implying.

Regardless, you knew full well the consequences of speaking out against FT in the way you did and now having looked at your latest commentary above it only adds weight to the decision that was made.

FT was perfectly within their rights to ban you. And by virtue of the fact that you've garnered a certain amount of respect on various forums one would have thought you'd be a lot more temperate in your language and try and set an example.

The reality is, younger photographers will tend to look up to the best sellers but if you start behaving like a bar room drunk just because you've got a point of view you can expect some serious consequences if you go about things the way you have.

It's an unfortunate truth that contributors do listen to people like yourself, Yuri, Andrez and many others at the top of their game but that doesn't necessarily make you or them right. Unfortunately however, some star struck contributors have a difficulty making that distinction and when you start rallying the troops, the "sheep syndrome" can kick-in and that's when your self-righteousness becomes dangerous.

Now I suggest you have a good long think about that last paragraph before you start playing the victim here. It'll take a lot of guts on your part to stand down here but it would be even worse if you were to start taking others with you out of some misplaced sense of loyalty.

Quote from: RT on December 04, 2008, 23:00
I've just been sent this, it was posted by Chad Bridwell on the Yahoo micropayment forum:

"Hello Everyone,

Would any of you continue to do business with a grocery store, restaurant, beauty salon, airline, etc who continued to call you names and use derogatory language against you publicly?
No logical person would do this. Why should Fotolia be any different? What
Bobby Deal has done over the years is appalling and Fotolia has been
very  tolerant until now. Calling us F**kers, *insult removed*, and Rapists, is
not professional and we do not have to tolerate this any longer.
After giving him many warnings we decided close his account.
Chad Bridwell
Director of US Operations
Fotolia.com"

Clearly there is a history involved here that goes way beyond the issue of recent changes.

If what has been quoted above is correct and if someone referred to me or my business using that sort of vocabulary I would kick their account from here to the other side of Mars and then sue their sorry ass for libel.

Count yourself lucky that the only thing you've lost is your account!!

Quote from: jsnover on December 04, 2008, 21:22
If they had gotten a worse black eye over the introduction of subs, would they have pulled the current stunt?

No, they probably wouldn't and your comment only echoes what others have said on here already. Bobby is simply not going to get the support he is seeking and if you look at the numbers signing the petition - which is a futile exercise IMO - there is no significant numbers coming out in unity for this one man crusade against the autocrats.

What's more, I think it's rather selfish to try and drum up support for what amounts to a rash decision on the part of one contributor. Looking at the issue and the comments made one might reasonably conclude there was impulse involved here. Now the whole debate seems to have turned into a face saving exercise with the "isn't it awful fraternity" trying to be seen to say all the right things because one of our own has been injured or fallen on his own sword more to the point.

Ppl let's have a big reality check here. It would be nice - in an ideal world - if we were guaranteed a fair deal and afforded the same rights as any union member or employee working off minimum wage. But we are not!

The internet still reminds me of the lawlessness that existed in the 18th century where any gun toting lunatic could take a pot shot at you from a distance and get away with it. Grant it, there have been great improvements but when push comes to shove, will any of the big contribs actually get behind Photoshow online in an act of solidarity or support? I doubt it! And for very good reason. There's too much money involved.

The furor surrounding this latest move by FT will die down very quickly purely because it's not a big enough issue to keep alive or risk large chunks of revenue fighting. Yes, FT have changed the ranking without consulting their contributors and they too took a risk in doing so, but it was a well calculated risk. Were we entitled to be consulted? Of course not! Why should we? MS contributors have no rights or entitlement in this arena unless it's a big enough issue for them to vote with their feet. This IMHO was not one of those issues.

Photoshow, you took a risk and you lost. For you to have succeeded in your protest you'd need a lot more clout than just a personal phone number. Were we unionized we would be obliged to come out in support of you but you already know the answer to that. Yes you can request an audit and put your foot down in public forums like this but I wish you well. There are just too many ready and able to fill your shoes and that is the unfortunate reality here; you are dispensable and that unfortunately is the very harsh reality for most of us.

Quote from: jsnover on December 03, 2008, 23:52
Calling things by their true names and shining the light of publicity upon shameful practices is generally helpful in reining in unsavory behavior.

I totally disagree. There are very few MS sites that seem to handle adverse commentary well and fotolia is definitely not one of them. DT is another in case you 're interested. The guy who runs that has an ego as fragile as a Canon sensor and you 'll get banned just for spelling his name wrong.
Fotolia have sent out a very clear message by dumping Photoshow and it's desgined to intimidate.
We don't give a crap who you are "if you speak out against us we will punish you" is the message. Interesting.

Quote from: rjmiz on June 10, 2008, 14:39
"I predicted well! I got mine today aslo! Am I a genius or what?"

I vote that you are a genius. I believe it was your post RIGHT HERE that prompted FT to finally fork over all the money the owed us.
I think it was a wonderful thing you did for all of us, and for that I wish to extend my gratitude to you.

There will always be a place in my heart for you and the wonderful miracle you performed for all of us here on MSG.
Thank you from the bottom of my pocket book.

Cranky MIZ
The voice of reason

painful to read miz' comments this thread. It's almost like he's still alive really

Quote from: Nemo1024 on September 26, 2008, 23:38
I just had my first ale at StockXpert,

Good for you, I must order a Budweiser next time I'm there

Quote from: j2k on October 08, 2008, 19:37
Jalap,
I don't believe your choice of words is intentional, but since the original poster has just passed away, maybe you could reedit your post?

Also seeing one of Miz'es topics getting new posts is a bit strange. Perhaps they should get locked?

Yeah I'd definitely agree it is strange it's almost like talking to ghosts now in a weird sorta way but not in a bad way.

Quote from: PaulieWalnuts on October 07, 2008, 11:38
You have an image on both micros and a free site and you sound surprised that they used the free one (?)

LOL!!