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    #21
    hows about this for a daft idea.

    many people dont organise their pictures properly once they are digitised. Dates all over the place, dupes everywhere, folders all over the shop.

    Offer them an external drive cleaned up 'photo album' sourced from their pc


    <I have experience of how bad people can fck this up>


    (\__/)
    (>'.'<)
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      #22
      A good, simple feasible plan B. Whenever I've searched for this kind of service I've found only a handful of places and they seem to be not very well marketed.

      Why didn't I think of it? Actually I probably did but did nothing about it which speaks volumes.

      I'm tempted to use this as it is yet another thing that I haven't got round to getting done.

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        #23
        Originally posted by EternalOptimist View Post
        hows about this for a daft idea.

        many people dont organise their pictures properly once they are digitised. Dates all over the place, dupes everywhere, folders all over the shop.

        Offer them an external drive cleaned up 'photo album' sourced from their pc


        <I have experience of how bad people can fck this up>


        Taking that idea further you could offer the option of delivering images in a variety of popular photo library import formats (or complete libraries themselves), online photo album services etc.

        Have a peek at Jalbum's business model.
        Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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          #24
          oh - and ps if you've over 1000 slides, we're offering to scan them for 25p each.....plus a 10% discount.
          SA says;
          Well you looked so stylish I thought you batted for the other camp - thats like the ultimate compliment!

          I couldn't imagine you ever having a hair out of place!

          n5gooner is awarded +5 Xeno Geek Points.
          (whatever these are)

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            #25
            My Plan B - I will become a mercenary. Selling my freelance put-downs and sarky comments to less erudite nerds who post on interweb fora
            - SasGuru
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              #26
              you should also be contacting libraries, planning departments and businesses for example in architecture & design who store many thousand photographs....

              that was a free bit of info, dont forget me when you strike it rich.

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                #27
                Good luck Gooner.

                Quite like the website as it is nice and simple.

                All singing and dancing doesn't always equate to the best.

                What made you pursue this as a Plan B?

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                  #28
                  That looks like a good business gooner. I like the look of the webtulipe too.

                  Best of luck with it.

                  PS I've got this old vinyl album that I can't find anywhere on CD. Do you do those as well?

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by Doggy Styles View Post
                    PS I've got this old vinyl album that I can't find anywhere on CD. Do you do those as well?
                    I tried that about 4 years ago. The trouble was I didn't get the marketing right and ended up spending too much time eliminating crackles and pops from LPs that hadn't been looked after properly. At the other end of the scale the true hi-fi connoisseurs were doing it for themselves from much better source kit than I wanted to invest in for a Plan C.
                    Behold the warranty -- the bold print giveth and the fine print taketh away.

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                      #30
                      Not being a pedant mate, you are seeking constructive criticism here, but you really need to get someone to proof read your site. I've just had a cursory glance at it once and noticed 6 or 7 typos.

                      Sorry, no you can't, we can only transfer non-copyrited tapes.

                      1. . Fill in the order form,

                      We do also call you once the itmes are in our office

                      add a little on for the packaging and that is you return weight.

                      We will make up the differance in postage

                      we will pay any aditional postal charges for

                      Apart from that, great idea, good luck.
                      "I hope Celtic realise that, if their team is good enough, they will win. If they're not good enough, they'll not win - and they can't look at anybody else, whether it is referees or any other influence." - Walter Smith

                      On them! On them! They fail!

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