Photobucket ruined some loads of useful old forum threads - Page 2

John. · 09-09-17, 05:10 PM

I paid about £35 to increase my storage level as I was almost max'd out.....that was in March I think, storage is now at 40%.
I like taking pictures and putting them on CA but it is a shame there are less pictures overall now.

sinbin5t · 09-09-17, 05:13 PM

Don't half like the shots of TUE, proper nice original car

moonwatcher · 09-09-17, 07:13 PM

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Originally Posted by John.

I paid about £35 to increase my storage level as I was almost max'd out.....that was in March I think, storage is now at 40%.
I like taking pictures and putting them on CA but it is a shame there are less pictures overall now.

I considered upgrading but they want $399 pa so they can shove it

audi80fan · 09-09-17, 08:50 PM

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Originally Posted by John.

Here's a couple of B3's to cheer you up.

mmm tasty!

David Small · 09-09-17, 10:03 PM

Ben sussed this one out and I am gradually getting all my photos back. All you need to to do is add "~original" to the end of the URL of each photo. The photos from the 10th anniversary and Audi's in the Park were all successfully uploaded using this method

audi80fan · 10-09-17, 08:43 AM

Thats a decent tip.. for now! Until they suss the loophole.

But it's usually threads from a few years ago, and most people are unlikely to update the pics so you can guarantee the threads with info you might want just have that stupid picture. So much valuable info lost. Photobucket just basically hijacked thousands of valuable forum threads and information.

They could have at least changed their policy (effective from 01.01.2017 onwards for example) so that all new photos would be under this new policy and therefore you'd need to pay. They should have honoured the original agreement and supported legacy files that were already used.

Very bad move and extremely bad PR in my opinion.

09-09-17, 10:03 PM	#15
David Small David Small - Mr 80k Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 7,205	Ben sussed this one out and I am gradually getting all my photos back. All you need to to do is add "~original" to the end of the URL of each photo. The photos from the 10th anniversary and Audi's in the Park were all successfully uploaded using this method __________________ David Small - Member 283 - C4 A6 2.0 - AKA "The 100 Facelift" - LY3D Tornado Red NSU 1200C Automatik - L31F Iberian Red

10-09-17, 08:43 AM	#16
audi80fan Senior Member Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,157	Thats a decent tip.. for now! Until they suss the loophole. But it's usually threads from a few years ago, and most people are unlikely to update the pics so you can guarantee the threads with info you might want just have that stupid picture. So much valuable info lost. Photobucket just basically hijacked thousands of valuable forum threads and information. They could have at least changed their policy (effective from 01.01.2017 onwards for example) so that all new photos would be under this new policy and therefore you'd need to pay. They should have honoured the original agreement and supported legacy files that were already used. Very bad move and extremely bad PR in my opinion. Last edited by audi80fan; 10-09-17 at 08:49 AM.

09-09-17, 05:10 PM	#11
John. 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Scottish Borders. Posts: 7,520	I paid about £35 to increase my storage level as I was almost max'd out.....that was in March I think, storage is now at 40%. I like taking pictures and putting them on CA but it is a shame there are less pictures overall now.

09-09-17, 05:13 PM	#12
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	Don't half like the shots of TUE, proper nice original car