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Important changes at RapidShare.com
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TouchingVirus wrote: »I'm under the impression that if I logged into my premium account, transferred 280 rapids to my old-school collector account (which was auto-converted into a premium account way back in June, and has 0 rapids total, and obviously has 0 days left on it's RapidPro) and clicked "Buy Traffic - 100GB" that I'd be perfectly able to download 100GB worth of stuff using that account.
Why can your account not be used if you're not a RapidPro member but have traffic left? Have you let your RapidPro lapse and then been told you can't use your account until you're a RapidPro user again? If what you're saying is true then there is no point in the option to "Disable auto-renewal of RapidPro"
Thats not the way it works. You cannot buy traffic for an account unless it is active. And it costs 495 Rapids (~€6) for an active account for one month. It doesnt matter how much traffic you have left over, after your 30 days are up your account is frozen and then you have to top it up again with another 495 Rapids.
Yes, when you re-activate your account you still have unused traffic, but that's not my point. The point is that the very cheapest option is now €60 per year whereas previously a light user (or happy hour user) could get by on 99 Rapids per month (whatever that works out as <€15 per year).
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Clearly you can't top up when you're not a RapidPro user, which is disappointing. But have you checked if you can use remaining traffic when rapidpro is inactive?It really seems like a huge oversight if you can't, and does increase the cost significantly for me too
This change sort of blows now tbh, I seem to have had it all wrong. The way I thought it worked was far superior to the way it actually works.
I'm on the lookout for a new filehost - suggestions?0 -
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As a fairly heavy downloader, I've always done the majority of it at night so as not to be leeching bandwidth from my neighbours during the day (seems only fair to me). When Rapidshare brought in happy hours, what started as a bonus quickly became a necessity with changing terms and increased caps. Without it, I would have abandoned Rapidshare long ago.
I think this new change was at least partially brought about because of happy hours. I was surprised how many people didn't seem to know about this when the first round of changes came into effect in June and would imagine a much greater percentage of users are making use of it. As a consequence, people are only sipping on their rapids making them last a lot longer. The seven months I had left on my original account I could now stretch to three years.
From a business point of view I can fully understand why they would feel the need to plug this hole. But surely they could have come up with a compromise solution. It's now costing at least €60 a year, which is more than it ever cost before! I know we're getting more for it, but I was always able to make the older terms work for me. They're forcing a much higher package on everyone that most people just don't need. This just seems cynical to me and a slap in the face to users who have stayed with them through all their screwing around over the last four months.
Needless to say, I won't be renewing my service with them when my rapids run out. I've got seven months worth left but I think the rate of abandonment is only going to increase and I doubt it'll still be tolerable to stick with them alone until then. But who to switch to?
Before the exodus started, Megaupload always seemed like the king-to-be. Hotfile now seems the most dominant with Netload and MU not far behind. Fileserve also seems to be gaining a lot of traction recently. Whatever happens, in the short to medium term, none of them will have the market share Rapidshare used to command. Having multiple accounts seems to be the best solution. A friend of mine and I used to share a Rapidshare account. Can anyone tell me if this is possible with the likes of Hotfile, Megaupload etc?
Didn't realise I'd written that much. Sorry for the long spiel. And in writing this... I've just made it even longer - Alanis Morisette could learn somthing from this. I'll go now.
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Anyone else having problems accessing Rapidshares site, it's not loading for me at all, just keeps coming up saying "cannot display webpage"
Works fine for me. Are you using a bookmark to open it?
Also if you find a site doesn't open you should try
http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com0 -
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Exact same problem I'm having still, stops at 99%Fighting Irish wrote: »I can't download anything at the mo with RS premium, either it won't download at all or it stops at 99%
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Fighting Irish wrote: »I can't download anything at the mo with RS premium, either it won't download at all or it stops at 99%
Anyone got any ideas?Exact same problem I'm having still, stops at 99%
I had this annoying problem with IDM, everytime it got to 100% the connection would go bust and rapidshare would vanish for about an hour.
I just updated IDM to the latest version and haven't had a problem since. Whatever downloader you're using, just update it.0 -
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calex71, just checked myself, my Rapids have halved in a week, I had 2500+ with no use, log in today to find 1200, with an extra data allowance. No email, nothing. Odd behaviour.
The Rapid rates and scales are just awful, even worse than what caused people to jump ship after the first wave of changes.
Maybe Rapidshare are happy with the money they have.. and have decided to jump ship with the silverware.
I joined Hotfile in the meantime. €40 for the year, all in. You can use a Dublin City Gift Card..
Seems I'm not the only one then, you got extra data though ? I got a 20 day extension for 328 rapids as opposed to 30 days for 99 rapids what a deal
I have sent them a strongly worded email but sure I doubt they care at this stage, and I had no intention of giving over any more money. Was just handy to have the RS account for the rarity these days that is only available on RS.
Hmmmmm now I'm wondering, when these changes were implemented existing premium points and time left etc would have been converted to rapids and I have not paid them a cent since this happened. I wonder if those rapids had a shelf life / expiry date. Cheeky so and so's bet that's what happened.
Edit: Others should check their accounts and logs I think just in case something similar has happened.0 -
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Emails etc.. waste of time. I think this is a well planned.. P.F.O.
Rapidshare had been under mounting pressure in various European countries, I couldn't see them being around much longer anyway.
495 Rapids for 30 days. Charged 18 Rapids, seemingly, for a change in account settings..
The change in rates, with no email forewarning is a sign of a company that isn't concerned with long term events.0 -
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