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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 16, 2011 9:56:40 GMT
A update to this from a friend of mine.
It seem e-mail are now coming back as not able to delivered them to the person. The phone number is going on to a answer machine, but calls are not being returned.
It has been reported that they were moving the server from Wakefield to London and it was suppose to be done by Monday.
The bit i don't understand is, he contacted Kingston Communications, who say they have no record of Fotopic, Snappy Design Limited or Any Web Group.
I know i tried is site yesterday and i got a message up from Virgin, saying there was no such web site of that name. Looking on Facebook, some people are talking about see a solicitor.
Hope this help the many people on here who have lost their stuff.
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 16, 2011 9:59:18 GMT
A update to this from a friend of mine. It seem e-mail are now coming back as not able to delivered them to the person. The phone number is going on to a answer machine, but calls are not being returned. It has been reported that they were moving the server from Wakefield to London and it was suppose to be done by Monday. The bit i don't understand is, he contacted Kingston Communications, who say they have no record of Fotopic, Snappy Design Limited or Any Web Group. I know i tried is site yesterday and i got a message up from Virgin, saying there was no such web site of that name. Looking on Facebook, some people are talking about see a solicitor. Hope this help the many people on here who have lost their stuff. l The problem is everyone is guessing and reading into it what they like Depending who you listen to the servers were moved two years ago!! So who is right? |
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Post by manorak on Mar 16, 2011 10:07:31 GMT
I dont want a solicitor as i only bought space and not bought or sold anything. I want my gallery back. Ive even e-mailed watchdog.
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 16, 2011 10:22:37 GMT
I dont want a solicitor as i only bought space and not bought or sold anything. I want my gallery back. Ive even e-mailed watchdog. So to get this right you uploaded your photos to Fotopic then deleted them off your hard drive? |
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 16, 2011 12:36:42 GMT
Maltaboy, i agree with you, people are guessing and reading into what they can. But on the other hand people are trying to share as much information as they can, to try and help out other people.
I does not bother me if it comes back or not as i have not got a account with them, i only you proboard or photobucket, but a lot of my friends have, so any news either good or bad is useful.
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 16, 2011 12:55:17 GMT
Maltaboy, i agree with you, people are guessing and reading into what they can. But on the other hand people are trying to share as much information as they can, to try and help out other people. I does not bother me if it comes back or not as i have not got a account with them, i only you proboard or photobucket, but a lot of my friends have, so any news either good or bad is useful. But people trying share as much info as possible isn't good. So far Fotopic is in liquidation but is also moving servers to the servers having crashed. How can it be all 3. All that is happening is confusion is been caused. |
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Post by manorak on Mar 16, 2011 13:20:42 GMT
Not everything.
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Post by mayneway on Mar 16, 2011 13:53:17 GMT
Maltaboy, i agree with you, people are guessing and reading into what they can. But on the other hand people are trying to share as much information as they can, to try and help out other people. I does not bother me if it comes back or not as i have not got a account with them, i only you proboard or photobucket, but a lot of my friends have, so any news either good or bad is useful. But people trying share as much info as possible isn't good. So far Fotopic is in liquidation but is also moving servers to the servers having crashed. How can it be all 3. All that is happening is confusion is been caused. But any information is better than none. Its not as frustrating knowing that its effecting lots of people and not just me. As ive said previously if Fotopic are simply having difficuties then they must somehow be able to post a message so everyone knows whats going on. Its the poorest of poor customer service not to keep subscribers informed as to whats going on, and to be honest from some of the people ive spoken to if they do come back online, a free extension to there quota as an appology wont be enough! |
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Post by mayneway on Mar 16, 2011 13:56:49 GMT
A update to this from a friend of mine. It seem e-mail are now coming back as not able to delivered them to the person. The phone number is going on to a answer machine, but calls are not being returned. It has been reported that they were moving the server from Wakefield to London and it was suppose to be done by Monday. The bit i don't understand is, he contacted Kingston Communications, who say they have no record of Fotopic, Snappy Design Limited or Any Web Group. I know i tried is site yesterday and i got a message up from Virgin, saying there was no such web site of that name. Looking on Facebook, some people are talking about see a solicitor. Hope this help the many people on here who have lost their stuff. The Any Web website does exsist but since Fotopic went down the contact us page of the Any Web website has been removed. According to Joel Rowbottom who created Fotopic, the servers and alot of the other eqipment was moved down south in 2009, this is what apparently led to the down time then, and again if they were simply moving servers, wouldn't they have informed gallery owners that there may be some reliability issues while this happened! |
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Post by maltaboy on Mar 16, 2011 14:07:07 GMT
A update to this from a friend of mine. It seem e-mail are now coming back as not able to delivered them to the person. The phone number is going on to a answer machine, but calls are not being returned. It has been reported that they were moving the server from Wakefield to London and it was suppose to be done by Monday. The bit i don't understand is, he contacted Kingston Communications, who say they have no record of Fotopic, Snappy Design Limited or Any Web Group. I know i tried is site yesterday and i got a message up from Virgin, saying there was no such web site of that name. Looking on Facebook, some people are talking about see a solicitor. Hope this help the many people on here who have lost their stuff. The Any Web website does exsist but since Fotopic went down the contact us page of the Any Web website has been removed. According to Joel Rowbottom who created Fotopic, the servers and alot of the other eqipment was moved down south in 2009, this is what apparently led to the down time then, and again if they were simply moving servers, wouldn't they have informed gallery owners that there may be some reliability issues while this happened! No no no no no no no...when the previous problems happened no information was ever sent to users until well after the event happened. Eventually those who had premium accounts had an extension added to the expiry date. Theres only so many times you can say its poor customer service the owners not contacting anyone. We know its poor cumstomer service no one is disagreeing with you but theres only so many times I can reiterate its not different from previous times. THEY SIMPLY MAKE NO CONTACT WITH MEMBERS. Everything thats been posted here and on many other groups is no different to last time. Administration, liquidation, crashed servers, moving servers. This helps no one. Everyone is guessing, taking things from wiki as they did last time without checking dates, facts etc. |
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Post by mayneway on Mar 16, 2011 14:23:51 GMT
The Any Web website does exsist but since Fotopic went down the contact us page of the Any Web website has been removed. According to Joel Rowbottom who created Fotopic, the servers and alot of the other eqipment was moved down south in 2009, this is what apparently led to the down time then, and again if they were simply moving servers, wouldn't they have informed gallery owners that there may be some reliability issues while this happened! No no no no no no no...when the previous problems happened no information was ever sent to users until well after the event happened. Eventually those who had premium accounts had an extension added to the expiry date. Theres only so many times you can say its poor customer service the owners not contacting anyone. We know its poor cumstomer service no one is disagreeing with you but theres only so many times I can reiterate its not different from previous times. THEY SIMPLY MAKE NO CONTACT WITH MEMBERS. Everything thats been posted here and on many other groups is no different to last time. Administration, liquidation, crashed servers, moving servers. This helps no one. Everyone is guessing, taking things from wiki as they did last time without checking dates, facts etc. Well all we can do is wait and see but as time goes on im very doubtful it will come back, which is a shame becuase over the years ive aquired some great images and made some good friends. Its great Joel is busy creating a similar site, but i think alot of people will be put off joining another site as it could easily happen again. |
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Post by metromadman on Mar 16, 2011 15:51:05 GMT
But people trying share as much info as possible isn't good. So far Fotopic is in liquidation but is also moving servers to the servers having crashed. How can it be all 3. All that is happening is confusion is been caused. But any information is better than none. It isn't information though, its rumors! We are just going to have to sit and wait for information. |
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Post by steve2006 on Mar 16, 2011 17:04:54 GMT
Wikipedia says; Joel is now at the final stages of launching a new photo hosting package which will probably (I know little detail) be significantly different from Fotopic in some functionality as it takes account of the way people network nowadays which has changed significantly from when Fotopic was launched. This site is www.pikfu.com, something to which there has been a lot of reference in recent discussions. It is now being launched in something of a hurry to fill the void and will only have limited functionality to start with. Joel knows no more than we do so there's no point in keep asking him! Even if he really does and isn't telling, asking once more isn't going to make a difference. |
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Post by barrycygnetbus on Mar 16, 2011 19:38:27 GMT
This is the same Joel who is helping out on the Facebook Fotopic forum at the moment. The difference is on that site people want information and as much as they can get and must say a lot of people are helping.
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Post by manorak on Mar 16, 2011 20:51:43 GMT
Ive sent off an invite join pikfu. I also hope that the founders of fotopic buys it back and transferrs all the data.
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