Photobucket
Nov. 25th, 2025 07:48 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scaramoucheI never unsubscribed from photobucket's emails, even after I let my account lapse when they hit everyone with the USD400/year price tag lockdown uhhh (checks) eight years ago. So I would periodically get emails begging peeps to come back, and it's been funny to see the tone change.
The emails used to be:
They kept on with all those warnings, sending anywhere from 2 to 6 emails a month with the same text to let you know.
And then! About a year ago the emails changed to:
Again and again, until the emails got another tone change about three months ago in August, to:
Somebody's doing something!🤣 I'm just surprised they're still around, and the price tag is now USD80 a year, or USD8 a month, so I just might sign up for a month and download everything for reorganizing. I did download the most critical stuff way back when, but it might be fun to redo my old pic-heavy posts. Maybe.
The emails used to be:
Warning: Your account is over the free tier limit.
Keep your account active.
Urgent: Keep your account active.
You've become inactive.
Do you want to keep your photos?
Do you want to keep your account?
Action required.
Warning: Your photos may be subject to deletion.
Your account has been deactivated.
We can't keep waiting for a response from you.
This May Be Your Last Chance.
They kept on with all those warnings, sending anywhere from 2 to 6 emails a month with the same text to let you know.
And then! About a year ago the emails changed to:
A private space for your family's most precious moments.
Did you forget about the [xxx] photos in your account?
Do you want to recover your old photos?
We can't keep waiting a response from you.
Again and again, until the emails got another tone change about three months ago in August, to:
Aren't you curious to see your old photos?
Your memories are still here.
We found photos you probably thought were gone.
A little piece of your history.
A message from your past self.
Your old selfies are now fossils.
This one might bring a tear to your eye.
A glimpse into the good old days.
The past is calling (and it has photos).
Somebody's doing something!🤣 I'm just surprised they're still around, and the price tag is now USD80 a year, or USD8 a month, so I just might sign up for a month and download everything for reorganizing. I did download the most critical stuff way back when, but it might be fun to redo my old pic-heavy posts. Maybe.
