Londonbus1
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Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064 
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 30, 2017 9:47:56 GMT
Jan van Riebeeck, the founder of Cape Town, South Africa, arrived there April 6, 1652 aboard the ship Dromedaris which is featured on this 1 pence rose carmine & gray black pair (Scott 49; 1940). Steve, I am certain your ships are beautiful but all I can see is....no, not a frog............ but a dial !!!!! The list is growing, we have already had the 'stop' sign this week and now this........  All good fun.  |
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tomiseksj
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Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 30, 2017 11:36:22 GMT
Londonbus1 , You'll see from Anping 's post that my images are being held for an annual ransom of $399US. Hopefully they will see the madness of their way but I'm not holding my breath. 
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Londonbus1
Moderator
Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 30, 2017 17:44:00 GMT
Londonbus1 , You'll see from Anping 's post that my images are being held for an annual ransom of $399US. Hopefully they will see the madness of their way but I'm not holding my breath. Funny thing was, I posted my image of 'the dial' via PB !! |
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tomiseksj
Moderator
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jun 30, 2017 17:57:51 GMT
Not everyone has had their links impacted thus far. I've only seen those of mine and jamesw having been blocked. Perhaps it is a function of the number of 3rd party links in an account. I had 1700+ PB images linked to posts on this forum (although I've been able to replace slightly more than 200 of them so far). Even if PB reverses its ransomware-like policy, I'll not rely on them going forward. |
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Londonbus1
Moderator
Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jun 30, 2017 21:02:51 GMT
Not everyone has had their links impacted thus far. I've only seen those of mine and jamesw having been blocked. Perhaps it is a function of the number of 3rd party links in an account. I had 1700+ PB images linked to posts on this forum (although I've been able to replace slightly more than 200 of them so far). Even if PB reverses its ransomware-like policy, I'll not rely on them going forward. I have about 3,000 images linked to this and other forums, some of them multiple times. I would never be able to replace them, never. Is a disaster looming. It was supposed to be a good weekend of finishing the Newsletter article and selling some stamps. The Mood changes........ |
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Post by jamesw on Jul 1, 2017 1:14:49 GMT
Well I didn't even notice I'd been blocked. I see they (Photobucket) have changed their terms. They read that 'Each individual Member gets one free account that provides 2 GB of free storage...'
I've got just over 626mb, or 31.42%, so I don't know where they get off blocking my images.
I'll deal with this another time.
It's Friday night of a long weekend here in Canada (Happy Canada Day 150 everybody!), so I could care less right now.
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alanl
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Abbotsford, B.C., CANADA.
Posts: 1,670
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Post by alanl on Jul 1, 2017 23:38:33 GMT
I have more than 1500 pics that I have
linked and they have not blocked mine.
I have not posted a pic for a few days,
do I dare post another?
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tomiseksj
Moderator
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 2, 2017 0:16:05 GMT
I'd recommend that you either delay further posting until we can determine if the new PB policy will remain in effect or find another host for your images. I've switched for the time being to PostImage based on an earlier recommendation from @falshung and will later explore PostmasterGS 's suggestion to find a webhosting service. So far I've transitioned 670 of my blocked images to PostImage, restoring them in posts going back to June of last year, and likely have another 1,000 or so to complete the restoration. With luck, Photobucket execs will rescind the policy decision after the holiday or perhaps establish a more reasonable price for the linking service. |
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tomiseksj
Moderator
Woodbridge, Virginia, USA
Posts: 6,385
What I collect: Worldwide stamps/covers, Cinderellas, Ohio Prepaid Sales Tax Receipts, U.S. WWII Ration ephemera
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Post by tomiseksj on Jul 2, 2017 1:01:43 GMT
It is still possible to see images that have been blocked (at least for now). Right click on the "100% dial" and select the "Open image in a new tab" option.
Regarding why others may not yet have been blocked, like the dial says, 100% of the images I have on PB are linked to other sites.
Perhaps if I had a smaller percentage of linked images I may have been spared this ordeal.
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Londonbus1
Moderator
Cinderella Stamp Club Member 3059
Posts: 5,064
What I collect: Wonderland; 1912 Jubilee International Stamp Exhibition, London ('Ideal' Stamp, ephemera); French Cinderellas with an emphasis on Poster Stamps; Israel and Palestine Cinderellas ; Jewish National Fund Stamps, Labels and Tags; London 2010, A Festival of Stamps (anything); South Africa 1937 Coronation issue of KGVI, singles or bi-lingual pairs.
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Post by Londonbus1 on Jul 2, 2017 9:22:02 GMT
It is still possible to see images that have been blocked (at least for now). Right click on the "100% dial" and select the "Open image in a new tab" option. Regarding why others may not yet have been blocked, like the dial says, 100% of the images I have on PB are linked to other sites. Perhaps if I had a smaller percentage of linked images I may have been spared this ordeal. I think it's random or some other reason. I have far more pictures linked to other sites and yet my account is OK....for now. Like I said in the 'Ships on Stamps' thread, I am really not sure how I can ever replace them if or when I have to. |
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Anping
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Posts: 533
What I collect: Hong Kong, Aden & States & odd stuff I like.
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Post by Anping on Jul 2, 2017 10:10:01 GMT
Like I said in the 'Ships on Stamps' thread, I am really not sure how I can ever replace them if or when I have to. If you don't have the originals on your PC (or elsewhere), then you can download each of your libraries piecemeal from Photobucket. These will then appear on your PC as one zip file per library. |
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angore
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What I collect: WW, focus on British Empire
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Post by angore on Jul 2, 2017 10:42:29 GMT
It would be interesting if photobucket could allow usage on websites if the website owner pays rather than the image owner. Many owners will balk but some forums may be willing since a lot of prior content is now blocked.
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Jerry B
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Marietta, Georgia USA
Posts: 1,485
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Post by Jerry B on Jul 3, 2017 9:03:33 GMT
Hi Anyone's thoughts of putting one's images on a Cloud site such as BOX. A free account gets 10G of storage with a maximum file size of 250M. For more storage there are set plans: BOX Storage Fees
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