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Messages - drawntobewild
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« on: February 14, 2011, 20:39 »
I just dropped my exclusivity. My sales have tanked over the last few months and I just haven't seen the income that I used to on iStock. Plus I don't know if you're following the whole credit card fraud thing but I lost a bit of money from that as well. Then I go on the forums to voice my opinion and try and get some answers to what happened and they ban me from the forums and my sitemails. What a mess, I don't know what's going on over there but it's not the same place it was 3 or 4 years ago.
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« on: February 11, 2011, 21:30 »
This whole fraud thing was bad enough but to me what makes it worse is after trying to voice your opinion on the forum, they sic their bulldog after you and ban you from the forums and sitemail. It's been over a week and every email I send to contributor relations goes unanswered. It's almost as if they want contributors to leave. I know for me my decision has been made already.
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« on: February 09, 2011, 21:32 »
Oh and I had no warnings what so ever
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« on: February 09, 2011, 21:12 »
I'm still going to have to disagree with the group. Yes this Lobo character is totally out of control but iStock still condones it by letting him do what he wants. I've sent several emails to contributor relations and had a nice twitter chat with who ever runs their twitter and no one has reached out to me or rectified my ban. iStock is as much to blame as Lobo(tomy)
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« on: February 09, 2011, 10:01 »
Day 4 of my ban from the iStock forums and sitemail...just sayin'
I think you're supposed to send a grovelling SM promising to be good in future.
I dont have SM so I cant grovel (not that i would) I did email contributor relations but did the exact opposite of grovel so I'm thinking I'm out for a while. Meanwhile the thread goes on with no response from the powers that be over there.
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« on: February 08, 2011, 21:35 »
Day 4 of my ban from the iStock forums and sitemail...just sayin'
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« on: February 08, 2011, 14:15 »
Yes it is unfortunate that this maniac is the "Face" of iStock and the anonymous tweeter is behind the scenes
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« on: February 08, 2011, 12:08 »
It's probably Lobo that does Twitter too, when he's not monitoring the forums. 
I was thinking the same thing but this person did seem like a decent individual
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« on: February 08, 2011, 09:46 »
I sent emails to every one I know over there (no sitemails, still banned) over the weekend and havent heard a peep from anyone. No responses. I also had a chat with who ever does the iStock twitter account and they said this in regards to people getting banned:
"But it's happened before when things get heated. Not a ban, just a cool down period."
I replied: "...it seems more like censorship where I'm sitting"
Haven't heard back since
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« on: February 07, 2011, 17:08 »
I fear if Lobo persists like this, things might become quite unsustainable for him.
I dream of that day.
LOL, wow you guys must have some sordid history!
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« on: February 07, 2011, 17:07 »
Why not put your personal website address on your iStock profile and make sure your personal email address is on the home page? Or you can put your business phone and fax numbers on your iStock profile. [/quote] Oh, I do. Just seems like iStock's sitemal is some people's preferred way of contacting me for some weird reason
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« on: February 07, 2011, 15:23 »
You guys have been banned from the forums for a couple of months??? What .? It's so funny, I've been away for months and the one time I come back to voice my opinion I get banned. I emailed support and replied to the email Lobo sent me and still haven't heard back (surprise, surprise). Since my ability to sitemail has been cutoff is it possible to still receive sitemail? I've gotten a lot of emails from potential clients that way
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« on: February 07, 2011, 12:59 »
Oh don't get me wrong, I'm pissed with Lobo as well and am sure there are a ton of great people over at iStock. Like you I was bumped by Lobo(tomy) just because he felt like it and am waiting to see what iStock's official response is as well. For all we know they may not even be aware of what's going on. Although I did email everyone over there that I knew and still havent heard from any of them. I guess it comes down to our word against his at this point. lad to have you on my side. Anyone who can quote Buzz Lightyear is OK in my book!
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« on: February 07, 2011, 12:14 »
Hey Kurt,
Sorry but I'm going to have to disagree with you. I work for a pretty large company and I know that if I not only started bullying fellow employees or some of our vendors but did it in a public forum as well I wouldn't last very long here. As far as I'm concerned, if iStock allows Lobo to continue treating people in this fashion, they are justifying his actions and should be seen in the same light as him.
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« on: February 07, 2011, 09:40 »
Right, but istock has no obligation to provide a public forum in which to voice those concerns and opinions.
You're entitled to your opinion, and to express that opinion. istock doesn't have to make it any easier for you to do so.
You're absolutely right. Then why have the Forums at all??? Why give the illusion that you care about what your suppliers want and/or don't want?
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« on: February 06, 2011, 20:56 »
I think an issue a lot of us aren't voicing is that the people getting banned are CONTRIBUTORS to their site. Artists and photographers who made the company what it is today. I have been with iStock for several years and made them and myself a lot of money. I understand it is their site, but we arent just a bunch of ranting quacks, we have a vested interest in what happens and have concerns when money is stolen from us. When we get vague answers that dont add up we have every right to be angry and voice our concerns and opinions.
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« on: February 05, 2011, 14:06 »
All I did was make some jokes (which people liked and thanked me for the comic relief at a time when everyone was so stressed out) and commiserated with the contributors. But it was a long-standing grudge that Lobo had against me. He told me as much via sitemail right before the banning.
Yeah I think thats what finally did me in, apparently this Lobo character doesnt have a sense of humor.
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« on: February 05, 2011, 01:14 »
Like I said I havent been involved with the site in a while but coming back to it and seeing whats been going on just seems like a bunch of bullies running the school yard now and just totally turned me off.
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« on: February 05, 2011, 00:50 »
Yep, I was banned as well, I'm surprised the thread in question wasn't locked days ago. As much as it bothered me to be banned, there were no real answers coming from anyone in authority anyway. Like a lot of you I lost interest in iStock a while back and just let them do their things and collected the diminishing money every month. I just now started getting more involved and was disgusted by the way things were handled with their recent debacle. I'm spending my time in exile researching my other options and the consequences of dropping my crown and signing up with some of the other micro stock sites...
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