Re: [OT] - RANT - was Re: [CR]RE Photopoint

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In-Reply-To: <B6F5AEA1.846A%stevens@veloworks.com>
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Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2001 09:41:27 -0500
To: "Steven L. Sheffield" <stevens@veloworks.com>, Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
From: <db@home-work.com>
Subject: Re: [OT] - RANT - was Re: [CR]RE Photopoint


I agree with Steve on this. Although it stinks to have a service present itself as free and then begin to charge for its service, I'm sure that was PhotoPoint's business strategy from the beginning - draw people in by offering it for for free and charge them at some future point once PPoint had proven its worth. I agree its the ol' bait and switch, and if on principle, that makes some of you need to post your photos somewhere else, so be it. Personally, not having my own webpage makes PPoint worth the buck a month.

-Dan Borden in wet, cold Boston, MA


>Why do people have a problem paying for a service that's they're using?
>
>Photopoint is a business. How do you expect them to stay in business if no
>one pays for the services they're offering?
>
>You've used it for free for months now ... and the $19.95 per year they're
>planning to gives you 12 free prints of some of the photos you have stored.
>
>There is a less expensive option of $9.95 per year, which does not include
>the 12 free prints ... that's less than $0.83 per month. Is it going to
>kill anyone to cough up a measly $0.83 per month to continue using a service
>that has been beneficial to all of us?
>
>
>
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>
>Steven L. Sheffield
>stevens at veloworks dot com
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