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what happens if you already paid more? :-) (Is that your favorite question?
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Woopy?? I always thought it was "Whoopeee!"
Other than that my only question is what do do with my four invites (I have two Pro accts)
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What happens if you already paid more?
Anyone who paid $41.77 for their pro account will get:
1) Double what they paid for, and
2) 2 free pro accounts to give away
väcäpinta - I think you're supposed to give them to your friends ;)
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*begs* You could always pass one of those invites on to me!
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I had Pipes order my pro account for me last October with her credit card (I sent her the money which was easier at the time.. the international money order thing confused me) so that counts right? It wasn't a true gift account so I just wanted to know if that means I'll be treated the same as "anyone who paid 41.77 for a pro account"?
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This is indeed wonderful news George!
Small question though:
If I have given away an account, who gets the benefits? Giver or reciever?
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Anyone who currently has a Pro Account that was paid for (by anyone) will get the double-up and the free giveaways.
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Thanks George for clarifying that.
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(if anyone didn't get that, that was me tossing my hat into the air)
*happily hops away to finally convince some fellow photographers to join*
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That is so hawt, George. Thanks a bunch!!
Question: How do I sponsor someone for free? When I try to sponsor them, Flickr tells me it'll cost $25.
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this is the COOLEST! I already know one person I will give a pro account to...just have to think who the other will be. Hmmm...
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Great news!
Question: When can we who paid $41.77 for one year get the double-up and the free giveaways?
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it's all happening over the next couple of hours - you'll be sent an email when it does.
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thanks - this is great... :o)
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quas - Sorry... Is that a joke? (How do I sponsor someone for free?)
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AWESOME. I LOVE FLICKR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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What exactly are the Invites?
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Flickr, you make me so happy.
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"2 invites for 1 year Pro accounts to be given to anybody you want to give them to (that is, anybody except people who've already got a paid Flickr account, and/or yourself)."
I paid for 2 years Pro account but only receive 2 invites, but if I understand correctly from above paragraph I should be getting 4? ;)
Thanks "The Flickreenies". ;)
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Flickr is my hero. I've already sent my 2 free gifts to a couple of friends. So, 2 years for myself + 2 years for my friends, for $41.77 = $10.44 per year, essentially! What an awesome deal.
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I paid for 2 years Pro account but only receive 2 invites, but if I understand correctly from above paragraph I should be getting 4?
Nice try, but no. Two per person.
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Sorry... Is that a joke? (How do I sponsor someone for free?)
What can I say...I guess I'm just delirious with joy. :)
Fine, then. How do I give someone a pro account for free? And don't bother answering, because I just saw the message on the front page. Thanks!
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hehehe, it's good enough, thanks George.
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thanks for the gifts. you guys are the bomb!
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No... Thank YOU!!!
:)
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Hey, George--I think that Quas tried to use one of his free invites to sponsor a user via the "Sponsor this user" link. He naturally got dunned for $25.
The e-mail that Bees mentioned should have its own, special procedure for using the invites, right? So that Quas could go through the special procedure to "sponsor" his user for free?
P.S.--No, thank you.
P.P.S.--Apparently, judging from the blog post's ruler, pro users start off at six inches and go up from there. That's a really nice benefit. ;-)
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Just got the email--you guys ROCK!! Thanks for doubling the length (and capacity) of my Pro subscription! And the additional free accounts to give away is amazing.
I'm all excited now. :) :)
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wooohoo, I play guitar and measure snow!
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the gift accounts are a wonderful idea - I'm loving that even more than the free year of pro-ness.
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Rockin' good news. You all are the best! I could not believe my email so I ran here. I had to check it out b/c I thought someone was playing a joke. I see it's serious! Thanks again.
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setre, LOL!
Your joke plays guitar and measures snow, too.
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BUG IN GIFT E-MAIL [EDIT: OR OUTLOOK 2002]
When I opened the gift e-mail in Outlook 2002, I got the following:
Warning: Failed opening '/var/www/html/www.flickr.com/
templates_c//%%E2^E22^E224FD44%
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What should I do?
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quas - OK - I get it now! You'll only see a specific link that reads "Click here to give [NAME] one of your free gifts" if the person is eligible.
If you see a "Sponsor This Person" link, it means they probably already have a pro account that's been paid for (but can be topped up with cash.) Make sense?
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Hmm! I thought Matt might have been posting some incredibly abstruse joke, but I got the same thing.
Addendum: I'm using an old-school text-based unix mailreader.
Addendum2: George, I can E-mail you the full message with headers, if you like.
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Never mind, George. I was trying to sponsor someone before you fixed up my account. I was just being impatient. It worked fine as soon as I got upgraded. :)
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Matt - just go to your Flickr home page and follow the gift link!
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Thanks, sa ku ra, I'm good to go now.
T a k--you're giving me way too much credit! By the way, I'm thinking of marketing licensed Flickr tinfoil hats and ski masks. You want in?
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Yep - Good advice sa ku ra :)
It looks like some of the emails that were sent out will give the error that Matt reports above, thanks to bit of scripty weirdness. (That's the technical term.) But, visiting your home page will provide you with the link you need to start giving things away :)
Don't worry - everyone's accounts are fine! It's just the link in *some* of the emails that got corrupted.
Sorry about that!
T a K - It's fine - we've seen it too :)
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Matt: thanks for the offer, and I mean no disrespect, but we all gotta look out for ourselves, know what I mean? You don't think I make my gear with just any tin foil, do you?
George: Ah yes, scripty weirdness. As a fellow developer, I know exactly what that is. Not dissimilar, I believe, to the pointy clicky strangeness that I had to deal with, at our software demo last week. *shakes fist*
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hands up if you got a mail that wasn't all messed up?
(subject line "A present from Flickr HQ to say thank you!")
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mine was in fine working order.
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*puts hand up*
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For pioneers that got converted to pro accounts do we get the doubling up?
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Excellent George! Thanks a ton. Quick question though, has the file size cap been increased from the 5MB yet? My DSLR is consistently producing files over 5MB in size now and that limit is hindering my uploads! :-)
Thanks a ton!
-Grey
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my mail works pretty darn good
my gift giving works wonderfully
My extended acounnt works fantabalously
in fact i am feeling surrounded by an auro of flickr fantabalousity right now
and i'd like to say thank you for your choice of gifts. I was a bit worried you'd be handing out red cars, and i really only want a pink car. So this is much better than a free car that isn't the colour of my choice.
/me grabs all the Flickreenies and smooshes them
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mine was fine
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THIS IS AWESOME!
I LOVE THIS COMPANY!
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For pioneers that got converted to pro accounts do we get the doubling up?
No. Paid accounts only.
Has the file size cap been increased from the 5MB yet?
No, not yet. We're not sure what the cap will become either, just so you know.
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This is great! Thanks Flickr Team!
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If I may make a suggestion, I would like to see 10 MB for Pro Users if possible. I know it's asking a lot, but it would be very useful not to have to worry about the file size. Gotta fill up my 2GB per month somehow :-)
Thanks again George and to all the great folks at flickr.
-Grey
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as i was spending my time on Flickr today, i realized just how much i enjoyed it... and then somehow it gets better.
fantastic job guys! i love this place.
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yay, more flickr all around!
to clarify one thing - if i previously bought a pro account for myself, and also previously purchased a gift pro account for someone else, i get my 2 invites and the person i gifted gets the other 2 invites? shouldn't i get those instead? me! me! me!
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Thanks Flickr (and Yahoo!) this is
  
better than hoodies.
Now I can say thank you to the person who sponsored my Pro account who does not have one himself.
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Great :D Right timing ;-) Just openend my last free set ;-)
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Hi - great news for me - very happy thanks!
Just one question - how do I give away my free one year pro accounts?? Cannot find a link to it...
Thanks
Bx
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an excellent gift, very much appreciated!
(though its made me feel a touch guilty for ranting about the whole flickhoo thing, but i guess i'm just easily bought)
as always, flickr rules!
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DUH! Sorry - found it!
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squeee ! oohh, ahhh this is head spinningly great news ! *feels faint* all i want to know now is... what about the licorice ?!
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excellent :) thanks flickr. seriously. x
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I'm offering one of my freebies in a competition of sorts on my blog.
ibanda.blogs.com/panchromatica/2005/04/free_flickr_acc.html
I hope that is OK
Apart from that query I'm really happy 'cos my ISP has just doubled my broadband connection speed for free too!
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I'm delighted! I gave one to my daughter and will give another one to a friend. I had subscribed for two years, and end up with four years! Thanks flickr!
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Woohoo! Those that sprung for the 2 years really get rewarded! I now have two years and still love it! The gifts of pro are the bomb too!
Thanks flickr. f. l. i. ck. r. FlIcKr!
(Btw my mail message was incorruptable!)
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A brilliant move flickr and Yahoo people - and thanks.
Heh...I was on the verge of upgrading to pro. And I will.
But not just yet.
Nice place you have here - keep up the good work!
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One question - is ther an expiration date in the two giveaway accounts? I mean, how long do I have before I have to decide who gets one? It's so hard to pick sides, you know.
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Fine print: You have until July 1st, 2005 to give these gifts away or they will expire.
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So, for those of us who are paid SBC Yahoo members, will we get pro accounts? Just wondering since a self-professed cheap b*st*rd. :)
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/raises hand
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I would appreciate an invite if anyone has one to give. Thanks in Advance.
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Judith -
if i previously bought a pro account for myself, and also previously purchased a gift pro account for someone else, i get my 2 invites and the person i gifted gets the other 2 invites?
Yep, that's the way it works. Anyone who has a paid pro account gets the freebies to give away.
shouldn't i get those instead?
Well... no. But there's nothing stopping you from personally accosting the recipient of your gift and telling them who you want invited ;)
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"We've got a present for you to say thanks for supporting us in beta..." - so does this mean that flickr is no longer Beta, and that we now all Alpha males or females?
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Just want to say I love the Flickreenies! It's not every day you get a kind company that wants to please its users!
Thanks
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McG of H - No, we're still in beta.
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Hey pro guys, got no friends!??
Invite me!
Invite me!
Please invite me ..!
check out my images and assess if you think i have the potential to better myself though photography! ...
in the mean time ... thanks for the double upload limit for freebies flickr... top stuff!
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If there's any chance whatsoever that you just don't know to whom to send the invite, I might (very shyly) offer my-humble-self as the receiver.
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Hey Adam !
Touché!
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Thanks you guys...I guess for us who got in on the ground floor, we can say "I knew you when...". Congrats.
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I'm having some trouble using my gifts. /account/gifts says I have 2 to give away, but if I go to a contact's page (/people/asabass for example), I don't see a link to give them a gift.
Oh I see it now -- it's on their photos page, not on their profile page. The search form on /account/gifts takes you to the profile page, but since there isn't any link to use the gift there, that is confusing.
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Still looking for an invite I would really appreciate one. Thanks in advance.
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Somebody please sponsor Lenny Montana! I'd do it myself if I had any left.
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Good recommendation, quas! Done.
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Woo hoo! That's great.
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I'm still looking for an invite if anyone would be so kind :)
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Cool... I like having two extra gift-accounts for just $49.90 minus $41.77.
I immediately gave one away.
Until just now, when I discovered the new pricing scheme, I was in the understanding I had 3 presents... including 2 GB upload and 2 years.
I can count, thank you very much. 3-2=1.
It would have been more honest to communicate your new scheme in the mail, instead of me having discover it later on. Not so perfect customer policy, guys and girls.
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Quas - Lotsa lurve! ...
as you say ... wooo & hooo ...
I will not let thee down .. !
as for curiouskiwi .Hey!..;)) x x x
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Just wanted to say thanks to the Flickr Folks for treating us customers right. In a world where a cell phone costs me $200 more than the next guy because I'm ALREADY a customer, it's nice to see that someone still values customer loyalty.
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Carst, I'm sorry but I just don't understand what you're upset about. What did you discover later on that wasn't in the email?
You got the same thing that I got: an extra year, two pro accounts to give to your friends, 2 GB uploads, and the warm feeling that the support that you gave Flickr early on is appreciated. (Well, maybe you didn't get that last one.)
When we ponied up our $41.77, we were agreeing that that was for a year's service. Flickr was under absolutely no moral, ethical or legal pressure to give us anything more than what we agreed on when we signed up. As jcroft pointed out, the cell phone industry is a perfect example of making you stick to your agreements.
Flickr did the right thing. And I for one love them even more for it.
By the way, carst, it seems like your math is wrong. You paid $41.77, and you got two years (now worth $49.90, but would have originally cost you $83.54) plus 2 one-year gift accounts (also worth $49.90). So how is Flickr the bad guy in this?
People will always complain....
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Flickr, you measure snow in heaps. Thanks for all the goodness.
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Absolutely agreed with you Mr.Jennings ..
Flickr have acted in an unprecedentedly fantastical way today as far as customer support goes ..
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Hey George, I just thought I'd mention that I was a little bit confused by the line "you'll see a note on your home page telling you what to do" in the official gift email. I wrongly assumed that would mean my photos page, but it's actually plain www.flickr.com. I reckon most people would go straight to their photos page when visiting flickr rather than using www.flickr.com as a starting point. I reckon you should have a small note about it on each pro users photos page just in case others have the same trouble finding it. Then again, maybe I'm just stoopid...
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Minutes later... Maybe I am a bit stoopid, it's not that hard to figure out to click the Home button really, but still not as obvious as me & a few others thought it'd be. Anyway, my other question is will the standard 3 sets for free accounts be doubled along with everything else?
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Thanks guys, you rock!
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@MrJennings:
People will always complain....
Can we have a civilised discussion please?
When I lower my overall pricing scheme, I do not package this as a discount to some of my customers, only to have them discover later on prices were lowered anyway.
It's pure business logic.
I just wondered if I am the only one noticing this.
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carst, look at it this way: flickr is under no obligation to reduce the price for what we've already paid for. I paid $42 for one year, and most businesses would expect me to just put up with the fact that they're selling the same thing cheaper now.
if I were to renew at the cheaper price I'd have paid $67 for two years. as it is I've paid $42. you may think of that as "only fair", but it's certainly not standard behaviour.
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I bought a Sony Playstation 2 for £200 2 years ago. They're now about £75.
Sony's customer service stinks! Anyone have their email so that I can demand that they refund me the difference?
Oh. Wait. But that'd be a stupid thing to do...
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Sony's customer service stinks!
you've clearly had the pleasure of speaking to their "helpline" staff.
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Any plans on something like Early Adopter accounts? Like LiveJournal? :D
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My gift link isn't clickable! Is it because I use Firefox?
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Carst-
I agree with you that what Flickr has done is "only fair" -- it's the fact that most business wouldn't have treated us early adopters fairly that makes Flickr unique.
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GNE pioneers not getting the free upgrade? Bah humbug indeed! :(
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I paid $41.77 for my pro account. Based on current prices (I'll grant the assumption), that should have gotten me 1.67 years of service. Now, I've gotten 2 instead. That's a bonus.
I've also gotten two accounts that I've given away. That's a bonus (or two).
The new limit for uploads is 2GB. Does it apply to everyone? Sure, but who cares? Can I really only enjoy myself if others are suffering? So don't call it a bonus if you don't want to. That still leaves two free bonus gifts at the very least.
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