So every year or so i would sometime log into my photobucket account to relieve the old memories. Until recently, they got greedy and now they only support paid accounts. Really low of them to force me to sign up and pay just to relieve those old memories. I would give zero star if I could.
Used this when it was a FREE service back when I was 13-15ish in 2007-2009.
Received an email that they are now withholding personal images until they receive payment. They are also not allowing the user to delete images on their database without payment. SCUM of a company.
I read in another review about a class action lawsuit, I HOPE this happens. Absolutely disgusting company with NO morals or regard for the user.
Terrible business practices! For years I stored precious work photos on Photo Bucket. Nearly 400 pics. Then one day without telling anybody they change there policy in the dead of night as it were and started charging for their services. The catch is... you can't have your property/Pics back or take them off our site (Download to your computer) unless you PAY US! I don't deal with domestic terrorist. I don't pay ransoms. You want my pics? You GOT THEM! DOWN WITH PHOTO BUCKET!
It's a shame that photobucket has gone down the subscription route in this way. Those of us that have uploaded thousands of photos over the years are now trash out of luck accessing those photos. They've been locked away unless you buy a subscription. It's anti-consumer and a scummy practice.
Terrible business, you kept my photos without my consend and i can not access to it at all unless i pay you for account assess. How rude is this? Sponsor please stay away with this company. Once you not pay them, they will lock you out like my account.
Back when photobucket started they tried very hard to sell me on their free photo storage service. Being a pro ohotographer I decuded to give them a shot and i uploaded my complete portfolio which included many music stars. After not logging on for about a year they completely deleted my hundreds of hours of work. Many of these stored images were recently lost to a hard drive failure and i couldnt be more disgusted that photobucket deleted my portfolio without a warning. I regret using this company big time! They have affected my life in a hugely negative way because i actually believed my photos would be safe with them. I have written to the company and they say NOTHING can be recovered. & after 15 years or so... what a piece of crap company! Run!
Worst hosting service ever. They have held my photos hostage for YEARS and refuse to let me download them without paying their fees. Even when I DID purchase their hosting services, I was still unable to download or move my photos and all of the promised "features" were horrible and half of them didn't work at all (analytics).
A decade or so ago, Photobucket was one of the top image hosting sites to be anle to share images on various websites. Eventually they stopped allowing hosted image to be viewed outside of Photobucket'a website unless you paid money for a prwmoum account. Now they have even lowered the ampunt of free storage you get. I haven't uploaded to Photobucket in years yet I get regular emails now, saying I need to pay them money or delete my account as I am over my storage limit. They can delete it themselves if they're going to be so greedy.
If your not baby sitting it, it logs you out and resets, I had 8000 pictures it said I had 5000 left, then this morning it went back to 7500. People need to do better with these programs we live in a fast past society I should not have to state st my phone all day waiting for pictures to download. Such a waste of time I hate baby sitting
Im again shocked at how PB is pushing to get more money from us I hardly use it anymore. The site has been having lots of trouble with features not working. Images being removed from your web sites. And no way to contact them works.
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Photobucket has a rating of 1.2 stars from 209 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with Photobucket most frequently mention 3rd party, customer service and free account. Photobucket ranks 88th among Photo Sharing sites.
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