ups , the payed me today 

The only numbers I know is that it took them half a year to pay me last time with all kind of excuses , like we didn't saw you in our list , then we thought we payed you cause you requested payout long ago , etc.


Now we are on the same track again , two months , not replaying to my e-mails , forum posts etc.

Quote from: Lizard on February 02, 2010, 22:39

I just signed , I have to say I like isyndica

I think an option to also manually set what images are uploaded where would be more than helpful , and make things easier.

You can do this actually - when you select an image/channel combination, a small pop up on the lower right of your screen will ask you if you want to mark the image as
Uploaded to Agency/Accepted by agency/Rejected by agency

Hope this helps

Yes I know now , was just using it for short when I wrote that , didn't saw that option in pop up window at first

It would be great for me that they have the option to see filename in syndicate page and to sort images by filenames , but it great tool in general and I think ill use it from now on

Quote from: madelaide on February 01, 2010, 18:39

Actually I think they say a % of credits. Observe that all our accounting there is in credits, which only become $ when we ask for a payout.  Not that I agree with this, but I think they have their wording correct.

I am not sure I agree with that.

Fotolia can charge a buyer whatever they want, and report a sale as an arbitrary number of "credits" to the contributor, but is there actually any fixed ratio between buyer dollars and credits? The ratio is apparently whatever Fotolia decides it is, on a given day, for a given buyer.   If that's the case, they're not committing to any set commission as a percentage of the sale.  They're just paying whatever they choose to pay.

I think you are right , in case when that credit for buyers and our credit are not valued the same , the % they pay us has no meaning whatsoever.  What is that credit now , they are not paying the % of the image price
but % of something they invented. Whats next , 100$ credits for buyers and we get % of number 1 again ?

I wonder if that's even legal , maybe it is  , but definitely its not nor ethical nor moral.

They are not even aswering to mine , for months

This topic seems to have become an issue about U.S. politics (and should probably be moved as such to the ranting forums).  Well, let me tell you what the U.S. has done for most of you.  We have saved your butts from two World Wars.  Most of you would be living under a flag from Nazi Germany or the Land of the Rising Sun if it wasn't for the U.S.

You bitch and moan about the U.S. all the time, yet they are the ones that "keep the peace" around the world.  They could have conquered the world ten times over already, yet they are content with their small slice of the world over the pond.

This doesn't belong here , but if provocations are allowed then the answer has to come

what are you talking about , USA always cared only about its ass. First you declared war to Japan after Pearl Harbor, and than Germany and Italy declared war to you because of that , but the fact is
that USA  avoided to declare war to directly to Germany at the same time they did to Japan. So you never entered the war before Axis declare it to you and that's a fact.  Again those conflict with Japan was for pure economical reasons , and by the way the backbone of your navy was destroyed in a single attack.

Second , if it wasn't for Soviet Union Hitler would have taken Europe without any problem , then got stronger and take it on you so you had no choice but to enter the war to save only your own asses.
If the Soviet union joined him as he planned , you would be also speaking German now and that's another  historical fact you cant avoid.

Again your bravery erupted few days before Japanese would declare defeat to the Soviet Union , so you started a nice genocide against pure civilians with atomic weapons only to avoid Eastern part of
the world falling in hand of Communists and protecting only your own interests. 

World peace , haha , yes sure , so you have to be thankful to the rest of the world as much as they have to be to you and no one owns you nothing.


And since you obviously like jokes lets me also throw one:


Yo know how US proved the existence of mass destruction weapons to UN  ?
Well ,luckily they kept the bill.


Big kiss

Quote from: GeoPappas on May 29, 2009, 18:12

..First, as you are fully aware, the Internet was created by the United States under the supervision of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Al Gore.  There would be no such thing as the Internet if it weren't for good old Al.  Since the U.S. created the Internet, it is only fair that it reaps the rewards from any commerce done over the Internet. 

I don't think Al Gore would of got very far without the invention of Alexander Graham Bell.  Perhaps the Scottish should reap the rewards of the telecom industry

Ever heard of Tesla , with your logic about rewards based on his patents  somebody would own something to this part of the world big time , probably for every single button that was pushed in the world today , and that would not be all

Notarized copies... Funny how different countries work.  I have a bank account in UK and, as a non-UK resident, I was able to apply not to pay taxes on investments. All I had to do was fill in a form, sign that I was telling the truth, etc, etc.  I guess the fact that my address was not in UK also counted, but then this is not much for a proof.

Geez, what other sites are based in USA?  I hope that doesn't happen in FT, although my account is in FT US (not of my choice).  I'm not in SS, so I haven't been affected... yet!

Quote from: Lizard on May 27, 2009, 19:48

Also , if we, that provide free images to SS , (cause we are not payed for the upload) have to pay taxes to US where SS is based , with same logic SS would have to pay part of its income that came from our images to our governments the same way as we do ?

SS pays their taxes in USA, where they operate. The fact that many buyers and members are from other countries is irrelevant, they are not operating in these countries directly.  It is the buyer who accesses a US website, he is purchasing abroad.  

SS is US based and we are not , so "our income" can be legally treated by US government only as "SS expenses" cause in this story only SS and US contributors are under their jurisdiction and rest of us are certainly not.

We can have legal obligations only to our governments ,and I see no reason why should we provide anything.If we don't pay our taxes we will legally answer to our government.

If a American seller wants to sell a shirt manufactured in China  , he will pay the Chinese manufacturer , import the shirt and sell it on US ground to whoever.

US can charge him the import tax , income tax , whatever , but they have nothing to do with that manufacturer in China , for his income he is responsible only to China laws, and does not have to provide nothing to US , especially not to pay US any taxes on his income.

Oh , nice , Im in doubt , to leave Croatia or close the my SS account.

but why would you need to carry on the tripod. i usually carry on the fragile and important equipment (camera, lenses, film, mem cards,flashmeter, etc) . tripod is not going to be damaged by handling, and should better be in your cargo. in some countries you may be disallowed too, as this can be considered a likely weapon, considering that even a camping knife is disallowed in certain countries. this could delay your flight, why cause it a hassle for nothing. some security won't take no for an answer, and remember you're in foreign soil.
my experience is the lest hassle you cause airport security , or any foreign security , the better and more enjoyable your trip will be. Dubai especially. Be aware of religious protocol, eg. don't point a camera at women with hijabs, don't look at them,nor wish them,just move aside to let them pass UNNOTICED,etc...  even if Dubai is supposed to be the most "liberal" in that area.
P.S.
and brush up on your Arabic (shukran, essalamalaykum/alyka/alyki, la,mashallah,etc..). it'll go a long way.

Perseus , sorry about my English , obviously I wasn't clear enough.
I wasn't thinking about taking the tripod with me in the plane , only camera and lenses , and leave the tripod in the cargo that will go bellow.



So I guess  that's OK ?

Anyway I will stay at my friends house  , he plays some sport professionally there for a year now  so he already warned me about "protocols" in Dubai and even promised my mother
that he will be responsible for me  .

 

Thats why I use 2 monitors , my old Samsung is good enough to have my tools on it

Congratulations Lizard!!  So happy to hear this has finally been resolved for you.

What are your future plans for Crestock?  Will you be uploading there again or have you quit them for good?

Good question Lisa, I still dont know what to do.  I think I'm will just quit uploading there for now , and I hope there will be no problems in future.
If it happens again I'm gone for sure.   

Maybe its time for a quick update about this matter.

My Crestock agony is now lasting over 5 months , they claimed few weeks ago that their moneybookers  problem is resolved and they will pay
first people who requested their payment first.

It seems they "forgot" and skipped  me again like in december when they were paying just "small fees", now
they made few payments , but still not a trace of those 600$ that they own me now , and apparently they have no valid reason not to do it.

Lars is ignoring my forum posts (as you can see at their forum) , he is also not responding my e-mails to him ,and he just pretends like I don't exist.

I'm not an expert , but it seems to me that with the practice they are using , they are walking on that other side of the law.