Bryan Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Breaking News. Bleakness breakthrough - two newspaper sales for the princely sum of not very much at all. ( Might buy a bag of chips). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Philippe, I bought myself a five-month early retirement once in Spain, in Ibiza and Mallorca. It wasn't easy, but I managed not to learn any Spanish or Catalán and certainly no Basque, a language only learned on a mother's knee, they say. They are great cooks there. I really miss living in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 A thin ray of light has broken through the clouds with a distributor sale to the Czech Repub. Nothing to get excited about (an understatement), but at least it's a start... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kilpatrick Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 Eight sales so far for a little over $500 total, a couple of lowball newspaper uses balanced by $149 and $175 uses. Pleased to see that the effort of recovering images from pre-2003 from a selection of DAT tape backups was worthwhile, some shot as early as 1997 on Leaf Lumina, etc, submitted as archive images as the size/sharpness actually doesn't stand up against modern digital methods (they made perfectly good full page repros though). First one now sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan_Andison Posted December 14, 2013 Share Posted December 14, 2013 6 sales so far, 2 newspaper ones and 4 average sales. Good volume for me early on in the month but not as good $'s. Still plenty of time yet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainara Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This is my first December on Alamy so I haven't got experiences of other years. But until now, this is my first good month because my first "good" sales are popping up I say good sales because the others were "peanuts" like you say sometimes here We'll keep working! (Sorry for my english! ) Pssssst ..... just between you and me. Your English is better than some native English posting here Cheers, Philippe And so much better than our Basque, eh, Philippe? Hey ho, speak for yourself, Ed Ed Rooney egunkariak erosten dizkit. ................ (Nooooo, this isn't Klingon, it's Basque. Maybe Ainara can translate it for you?) Cheers, Philippe Wow! Your basque isn't bad Philippe! And Ed, Basque is a difficult language to learn, but with some beers and "pintxos" on the old town of San Sebastian, any language is more easy and funny to learn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Great! I will go for the beers and the pintxos, whatever that is, but I doubt I'll come away with any Basque. I do speak Italian, and sometimes when I hear people speaking Catalan, I mistake it for Italian and wonder why I'm missing everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 This is my first December on Alamy so I haven't got experiences of other years. But until now, this is my first good month because my first "good" sales are popping up I say good sales because the others were "peanuts" like you say sometimes here We'll keep working! (Sorry for my english! ) Pssssst ..... just between you and me. Your English is better than some native English posting here Cheers, Philippe And so much better than our Basque, eh, Philippe? Hey ho, speak for yourself, Ed Ed Rooney egunkariak erosten dizkit. ................ (Nooooo, this isn't Klingon, it's Basque. Maybe Ainara can translate it for you?) Cheers, Philippe Wow! Your basque isn't bad Philippe! Eskerrik asko Euskal Herria oso polita da. Ed Rooney erretzaileentzako gela nahi nuke. :lol: Gabon eta ondo lo egin! Osasuna! Philippe Martian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Wow! Your basque isn't bad Philippe! Eskerrik asko Euskal Herria oso polita da. Ed Rooney erretzaileentzako gela nahi nuke. :lol: Gabon eta ondo lo egin! Osasuna! Philippe Martian? Nope! Nor is it Klingon. It's real Basque. A greenie for he/she who can translate it Cheers, Philippe Google translate says: Thank you This is a very nice country. Ed Rooney smoking room on Christmas Eve, and I'd like to sleep well! Health! So, sorry, the best I can come up with is: Thank you The Basque country is very nice (pretty/beautiful). <played around with this next bit for far too long - lots of variations. Tried to get it to relate to pintxos or 'all round to Ed's place on Xmas Eve - he's cooking' or 'Ed's smokin!'', but just couldnt' work it out > Sleep well. (unsure if this should be separate or is related to the last sentence?) Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losdemas Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Not bad Certainly deserves a greenie Ed Rooney egunkariak erosten dizkit = Ed Rooney buys the newspapers for me (Sorry, Ed ) Eskerrik asko = Thank you Euskal Herria oso polita da = Basque Country is a beautiful country Ed Rooney erretzaileentzako gela nahi nuke = Ed Rooney would like a non-smoking room (I know, doesn't make much sense ) Gabon eta ondo lo egin! = Good night and sweet dreams! Osasuna! = Cheers! Osasuna, Philippe PS: I believe we're a bit off-topic Thanks, Philippe! Maybe a little OT, yes, but it helps pass the Bleak Midwinter (Mid-winter, Mid winter) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ainara Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Not bad Certainly deserves a greenie Ed Rooney egunkariak erosten dizkit = Ed Rooney buys the newspapers for me (Sorry, Ed ) Eskerrik asko = Thank you Euskal Herria oso polita da = Basque Country is a beautiful country Ed Rooney erretzaileentzako gela nahi nuke = Ed Rooney would like a non-smoking room (I know, doesn't make much sense ) Gabon eta ondo lo egin! = Good night and sweet dreams! Osasuna! = Cheers! Osasuna, Philippe PS: I believe we're a bit off-topic Only a small correction. Google translates Cheers like Osasuna, literally is ok, but in the practice is better to say "Agur bero bat" for example Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allan Bell Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 Phillippe said:- Kaixo, lagun! Barkatu! Ados nago zurekin. Nire euskara txarra da. Praktika besterik ez dut behar. Zorterik onena opa dizut, Philippe So we are back to cameras now huh! Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 27, 2013 Author Share Posted December 27, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Still suitably bleak, a few tuppenny newspaper sales, an equally unrewarding distributor sale and a refund recorded last week....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Mitchell Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Still suitably bleak, a few tuppenny newspaper sales, an equally unrewarding distributor sale and a refund recorded last week....... Well, it is now officially winter in the Northern Hemisphere. That might have something to do with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted December 27, 2013 Share Posted December 27, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Still suitably bleak, a few tuppenny newspaper sales, an equally unrewarding distributor sale and a refund recorded last week....... The sales gods dropped a sale in for $16.34 then the grim reaper came along with a refund for $12.56 for the same image. Leaving me with $3.78. Hard Times Ahead. Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHill Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Still suitably bleak, a few tuppenny newspaper sales, an equally unrewarding distributor sale and a refund recorded last week....... The sales gods dropped a sale in for $16.34 then the grim reaper came along with a refund for $12.56 for the same image. Leaving me with $3.78. Hard Times Ahead. Regards Craig I had that as well - same numbers. But the $12.56 refund was for the original sale about a month ago - in other words, a sale for $12.56 was replaced by a sale for $16.34. Might this be the case with you, too? I guess $16.34 is slightly better than $12.56 ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 No last-minute holiday rush here, that's for sure. Is anyone seeing any boxing week sales? Still suitably bleak, a few tuppenny newspaper sales, an equally unrewarding distributor sale and a refund recorded last week....... The sales gods dropped a sale in for $16.34 then the grim reaper came along with a refund for $12.56 for the same image. Leaving me with $3.78. Hard Times Ahead. Regards Craig I had that as well - same numbers. But the $12.56 refund was for the original sale about a month ago - in other words, a sale for $12.56 was replaced by a sale for $16.34. Might this be the case with you, too? I guess $16.34 is slightly better than $12.56 ;-) No. The sale for $16.34 was followed about an hour later with a refund for $12.56 against the same image leaving me the difference from the 2 transactions. I would have been happier if the $16.34 had been refunded and a sale for $12.56 applied. This is my first ever refund, is this how they are typically done? Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 28, 2013 Author Share Posted December 28, 2013 No. The sale for $16.34 was followed about an hour later with a refund for $12.56 against the same image leaving me the difference from the 2 transactions. I would have been happier if the $16.34 had been refunded and a sale for $12.56 applied. This is my first ever refund, is this how they are typically done? Regards Craig Not sure of your logic there Craig, but, in answer to your question, my refunds have to date all been the result of a renegotiated deal, either for more, or generally less, than the original fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spacecadet Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Usually a refund of the original sale appears followed by a fresh sale at the lower price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveC Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 Two for December so far with a nice little $110 boxing week license showing up today. First time I have seen one come in on a Saturday for me. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 No. The sale for $16.34 was followed about an hour later with a refund for $12.56 against the same image leaving me the difference from the 2 transactions. I would have been happier if the $16.34 had been refunded and a sale for $12.56 applied. This is my first ever refund, is this how they are typically done? Regards Craig Not sure of your logic there Craig, but, in answer to your question, my refunds have to date all been the result of a renegotiated deal, either for more, or generally less, than the original fee. Usually a refund of the original sale appears followed by a fresh sale at the lower price. Bryan I suppose my logic was along the lines of what Spacecadet said. I have emailed Member services to query the refund. Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedSnapper Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 check your previous month's sales...i had a lot of these 16.34/12.56 combinations last week....the 12.56 was the refund of a sale of the image in November, rebilled at 16.34 no mystery km Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Yates Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 check your previous month's sales...i had a lot of these 16.34/12.56 combinations last week....the 12.56 was the refund of a sale of the image in November, rebilled at 16.34 no mystery km Thank you Keith, having just looked back that is the answer no mystery indeed. Regards Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Robinson Posted December 29, 2013 Share Posted December 29, 2013 After a bleak summer and a bleak autumn, December has been my best month for some time. Some nice 3-figure sales and a Christmas Eve sale of the decorations in Barcelona from this time last year. Nothing since the big day but hoping for an end of year rush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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