Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Curly · Jul-01-17 8:49AM

Is it a scam that Photobucket is telling everyone that it will cost $400/year to post on 3rd party site? Looking into it...........

Ernie · Jul-01-17 8:57AM

Been seeing it on other forums. Has not happened to me yet.

Curly · Jul-01-17 9:03AM

Sounds a little fishy to me that they would try to pull a stunt like this........no one is going to pay $400. I'm betting that they got hacked and it is ransomware related...........

captmikestarrett · Jul-01-17 12:01PM

Seems to be all over the interwebs.. that change in terms and the email scam from supposedly "them" that sends you to a look alike site and gets your log in info. From there they hijack you into paying money.

Capt Mike

T. · Jul-01-17 1:16PM

Not a scam. Pay up or just host your pics you use on forums elsewhere.

Curly · Jul-02-17 6:56AM

found a temporary fix..........was able to upload this pic...........

hookup · Jul-02-17 11:56AM

I had no problems loading pix on forums this morning, but their new terms & conditions says no third party hosting

Only problem was wading through all the advertisement pop ups

Bryan · Jul-03-17 5:19AM

I've used photobucket to host hundreds of pics for the last 10 years. All gone

Just switched to a site called postimg.org. It's much faster than photobucket and isn't completely overrun with ads, so maybe this was a good thing.

Ernie · Jul-03-17 6:21AM

So far, I am still in. Luckily, I have all of my pictures saved (by date) on my PC and external drive.

But will try postimg.org if it's faster.....

Bryan · Jul-03-17 9:02AM

I still have all my pictures saved in other locations too, but every one I've ever posted is now just a broken link. Really bugs me cause I like to go back and look at old reports sometimes.

Ernie · Jul-03-17 2:45PM

Bryan wrote:
Really bugs me cause I like to go back and look at old reports sometimes.

Agreed....they got real greedy and no advance notice.

hookup · Jul-05-17 4:22PM

My pix are still up on FB, RS, and here

http://www.pacemakerfishing.com/forum/v … hp?id=7814

But 3rd party hosting is in their new rules so expect them to be down soon. Oh well, I have everything saved but have used PB for so long it'll be a shame for them to get greedy. That's how companies go under

KnightAngler · Jul-07-17 8:14AM

I've always felt uneasy about photobucket due to the ridiculous amount of ads. Highly recommend http://imgur.com/upload

It's a very trusted and efficient image hosting website.

Ernie · Jul-31-17 7:54AM

KnightAngler wrote:
Highly recommend http://imgur.com/upload

Just tried to use it but can't figure out how to take picture form there to this forum.

Uploading is easy as pie....

Curly · Jul-31-17 9:01AM

vgy.me is what I am using now and it is easy.

Ernie · Jul-31-17 10:51AM

Thanks...just figured it out. It was stupidly simple!

John's snakie from last night!

Aches n Pains · Aug-07-17 2:04PM

I decided to just dump Photobucket and go to Flikr (a Yahoo offering). Seems to be free, unlimited storage and works with the standard formatting. No one knows where Yahoo will end up but I thought I'd take a chance. This is my girl, Ginger, as she appeared in the Reston Times.

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Pacemaker Fishing Forum

#1 Jul-01-17 8:49AM

Photobucket Scam?

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#11 Jul-03-17 2:45PM

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#12 Jul-05-17 4:22PM

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#13 Jul-07-17 8:14AM

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#14 Jul-31-17 7:54AM

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