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 11/22/2002 08:14:30 AM · #26
You can use PayPal to pay by credit card even if you do not have a PayPal account. This should include the people in countries where you cannot sign up for PayPal.

-Terry


* This message has been edited by the author on 11/22/2002 8:11:55 AM.
 11/22/2002 09:31:09 AM · #27
Will we be able to sell our prints on the new site?
 11/22/2002 10:04:24 AM · #28
You might have to tie a rope around my neck to get me to join. Hee hee, :)Just kidding. I am excited and have been for the past couple of months.
 11/22/2002 10:35:26 AM · #29
I'm excited!!! Count me in. I'm spreading the word now. Can't wait!
 11/22/2002 10:42:26 AM · #30
Seldom do I see site owners so devoted to making their online community better. You guys rock and we all appreciate it very much. I'm sure this is going to be THE premiere site for digital photography!
 11/22/2002 11:02:08 AM · #31
Originally posted by fsieradzki:
Will we be able to sell our prints on the new site?

Since you asked -- this is one of the things we've got waiting in the wings. It looks really promising, and it'll be the first additional member's feature we try to implement.

Drew
 11/22/2002 12:23:11 PM · #32
sounds great! Ill be paying the 25$ the first day :)
11/22/2002 12:48:19 PM · #33
Are you going to have your own Merchant Account to handle subscriptions or just Paypal?

Paypal is capable of handling subscriptions and they can at least support about 40 International Countries.

CCBill, IBill and the like should be a great back-up.
 11/24/2002 12:41:09 PM · #34
Originally posted by drewmedia:
Originally posted by Jean:
[i]I see that Palpal is not available in Mauritius. How can I pay then?

We'll need to work something out -- perhaps a check or something in US funds. We'll deal with that shortly. If there's still discussion on PayPal issues, let's start another thread, as I don't want this one to get too long that nobody can read it.

Drew[/i]

A couple of years ago i got a US$250 check from Italy (drawn on a major Italian bank). It cost me US$30 plus to have it deposited in my US bank account. I have used drafts and wire transfers to make cash gifts to relatives and there is a cost attached to them that makes it not worth it to use those instruments for payments of less than a couple of hundred dollars. Cost for those things are even much higher if you originate such transactions in Europe, and elsewhere, than in the US.

 11/25/2002 10:48:59 AM · #35
*bump*
 11/25/2002 11:04:15 AM · #36
I believe terry is correct... international users who have major credit cards can work via paypal, but there may be some additional fee for currency conversions. When I used my visa card in the bahamas, i had a minor additional per transaction fee for currency conversions...
 11/25/2002 12:07:12 PM · #37
I've used my UK credit card to pay for things in USD via paypal several times before, and the charge is negligable (if it exists at all - I can't remember offhand) even for small transactions. Your CC provider/bank might not give you a very favourable exchange rate tho, so it'll cost you a little there.
 11/25/2002 12:43:50 PM · #38
Don't worry about Paypal... we'll handle it. I just wanted to bump this for users who hadn't seen it. We're at 1 week and counting! :)

Drew
 11/25/2002 12:58:54 PM · #39
Sorry to carry on about Paypal but they do not serve Africa--I found that regsoft.com does and they are very efficient and good
 11/25/2002 01:12:16 PM · #40
Please continue any discussion about PayPal here.

Drew
 11/25/2002 02:06:56 PM · #41
just curious, will there be any prizes?
 11/25/2002 02:41:53 PM · #42
After hearing feedback from the users, we decided not to have the members' challenges have prizes. We looking into running additional, prized challenges on top of the regular members' challenges.

Drew
 11/26/2002 12:37:52 PM · #43
Drew and Langdon,

I have been in sales for 27 years and can never recollect a circumstances like this one, where your customers are all so keen and enthusiastic to shell out their hard earned money to purchase a product or a service - simply inconceivable!

Cheers,
Michael


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 11/26/2002 01:59:34 PM · #44
Originally posted by Morgan:
Drew and Langdon,

I have been in sales for 27 years and can never recollect a circumstances like this one, where your customers are all so keen and enthusiastic to shell out their hard earned money to purchase a product or a service - simply inconceivable!

It is as if they are all "hooked" on some exotic hallucinogenic drug called, DPC. Can I be your Canadian distributor? I promise to push your DPC everywhere I can here in the great white north. We have DPC junkies just waiting to get their weekly fix too. We can get them started on a free JPEG or two, then maybe work them up to bigger TIFFs or even RAW files, what do you think?

Cheers,
Michael


Not sure what you mean by starting them on a free jpeg or 2, but DPC is still going to be a FREE site. Everything you get now (and MORE), you will get free for DPC2. There is just an option to pay for ADDITIONAL features, like multiple challenges per week, rather than just the one challenge.
I say sign me up too! I think a lot of people feel that this is more than "just a web site". We've gained helpful advice, pride in our work, and most importantly, friends.
Tell everyone you know! (I do) :)
~Heather~
 11/26/2002 03:36:02 PM · #45
Originally posted by hbunch7187:
Not sure what you mean by starting them on a free jpeg or 2, but DPC is still going to be a FREE site. Everything you get now (and MORE), you will get free for DPC2. There is just an option to pay for ADDITIONAL features, like multiple challenges per week, rather than just the one challenge.

Heather, I think it's a "joking" reference to the addictive qualities of the site, a parallel to how (supposedly) kids get hooked on drugs, although it's probably only true of tobacco. From the satirical song,
The Old Dope Peddler by Tom Lehrer

He gives the kids free samples, because he knows full well
That today's young innocent faces will be tomorrow's clientele
 11/29/2002 01:16:15 PM · #46
Are you sure allowing filters is a good idea?
 12/01/2002 09:01:54 AM · #47
not at all. it's a terrible idea.

anyone wanna see what i can do to an image using only dpchallenge-legal modifications?

allowing ALL filters opens yourself up for, lets face it, just plain TACKY stuff. i HATE photos that have one crappy filter applied globally. i urge you admins, DO NOT allow all filters. people like me will abuse it, horribly.

but allow some more. like clarify. i need my clarify. lol. there's a few others that might be useful, but stuff like "colored chalk" and "hot wax coating" will just lead to horrible, horrible, tacky images. it takes the contest away from being a photography contest and into being a photoshop contest. there's too much emphasis on proper use of sharpen already.

so lets think through filters, what they do, and what's useful to photography.

i suggest keeping the rules like they are, but allowing things like:
various blur filters
fade/color corrections (probably legal already)
clarify
jpeg artifact removal
etc.

stuff that's aimed at producing better digital photos, not tackiness.
 12/01/2002 09:18:43 AM · #48
I kind of agree here, I hope that it won`t become standard to use filters in all winning entries. I am really into learning more about photoshop, but I like the kind of pictures on this site. I want to learn more about photography first and then photoshop, but I really appreciate the fact that this site concentrates on photography!
 12/01/2002 09:30:35 AM · #49
yeah.

although a few filters would be really helpful. like jpeg artifact removal for those of us with crappy cameras.
 12/01/2002 12:32:33 PM · #50
OK, time to clarify things a bit. The new rules will permit the use of "filters", but will not permit the use of "effects filters". Below is a quote from the (provisional) new rules regarding this:

The use of filters (or non-Photoshop equivalent) is strictly limited. Any filter or stand-alone utility designed and used to preserve the integrity of the image and/or reduce the effects of noise, scratches, etc, are permitted. These include but are not limited to the Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, and Dust & Scratches filters, and standalone image cleanupes, etc, are permitted. These include but are not limited to the Sharpen, Unsharp Mask, and Dust & Scratches filters, and standalone image cleanup utilities such as NeatImage. However, no effects filters may be applied to your image, with the exception of Noise and Gaussian blur, the two of which are allowed. Any filter permitted by this rule must be applied uniformly to the entire image. Selective application of the filter is prohibited.

However, please note that the above rule may be subject to changes before the new site is launched.


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