is it gone? the site is down and i'm seeing "rumors" on other lists saying that it's no more???

damn... all my pics... gone

 

Didn't you keep a backup?

I don't think photopoint would go down without telling its users. My guess is that they had a major crash.

 

photopoint was my backup... i have 5GB of pics that i've accumulated and i was making space in my hd and thought it was okay on photopoint... and now it's been down for a day and then i saw this on another board:


Date: Saturday, 14 July 2001, at 7:26 a.m.

It doesn't look good!!From the Imaging
Resource site.

"UPDATED 2001-07-13 18:56ET: During the
course of the day, we've seen rumors (and we'd
stress that word) attributed to PhotoPoint
company officials stating that the situation is in
the hands of lawyers, and that the site may
switch ownership, or may not come back at all.
We have however spoken to an anonymous
source close to the company who has told us
that PhotoPoint's San Francisco office will be
closing entirely, but the Pantellic office in Nova
Scotia will remain in business. Because the
servers themselves are managed by Pantellic,
we expect them to be back up shortly as per the
voicemail we mentioned previously. What this
means overall for PhotoPoint's photo-sharing
and photofinishing services, however, remains
unknown."

 

I know they started charging for their service. That's when I cancelled my membership, but I didn't hear anything about them totalling shutting down.

 

my buddy said they are out of business...he has since verified this...they collected all of the money from people paying for their service and they flew the coop...

It sucks, but it's the truth!

 

DOH! Bummer. I know how it feels to lose years worth of data..
I've been burning backups of my photos on rewritables as a backup.

 

**** dude! That's just wrong

 

Now I don't feel bad about uploading lots of **** back when it was free.

 

he said he used the service enough to warrant spending the 20 bucks and then he found out they are out...they might have filed chapter 11, but they did claim lots of cash just before they bowed out...

anyway, he filed for a chargeback on his CC

 

Those *******. I paid my dues and there ******* gone. I am so mad right now. IF they come back up I am gonna E-mail the **** out of them.

 

if you paid by credit card, just dispute the charge...get the last laugh...they are the ones that have your money right now


[Modified by typer98, 11:57 PM 7/16/2001]

 

Im not sure if its true, but I really was hoping somone hacked the **** outta them for charging

 

Sounds more like a class action suit.. Sounds like you didn't get your money's worth.. But then again. If their bankrupt, I guess you'll never see your money back.

 

LOL

 

Damn...and I just upgraded my membership as well...guess its time to call AMEX and reverse charges...now to find all the damn pics that were uploaded there...

 

Your typical .COM take the money and goooooooooooooooo..

 

If they filed for protection, you can't sue them, and certainly not for what they are charging for service. Waste of time, chalk it up to experience, and move on. I too paid for their service: $9.00, which isn't bad at all. Though one or two of those pics, I can't replace. The rest I have on CD.

 

Fly-by-night .com's like that eat big weiner. Take the money and dash! Trust no one. Especially on the web!

 

apparently, they ARE STILL IN BUSINESS...their site is back up

some bad info all over the place

 

then why am i still scared?

what is the best way to download everything offsite?

 

Yeah, I was going to say I was just there