Francis O.

You can 'give the gift of Pro' to someone on Flickr. They can reject your gift and you won't be informed. In other words you won't get a refund and Flickr will keep your money.

I'm not buying a Pro account for anyone. I'm just amazed that a large company can legally do this do this.

And you used to be able to upload something like a terrabyte of photos on Flickr. In fact it was encouraged. Then a new company called 'Smugmug' bought Flickr, introduced a new upload limit and effectively called anyone who had a free account a leech. Now who's the leech, taking peoples money and giving them nothing in return?

Surely this is illegal?

Many items are listed with no shipping price. You have to order then wait for an invoice before you know how much it will cost.

The first time I ordered a record I waited a few days, got the invoice and paid it. However it looked like the payment didn't go through so I paid again. I looked at my Paypal account and it turned out I had sent two payments. This is the first time this has happened to me on any site. If this happened on eBay you would get a message saying you had already paid. The fact that you can pay for an item more than once is ridiculous. I can't think of any other site where this could happen.

I gave them another chance and thought this wouldn't happen again. I paid for a record and a few hours later got an invoice even though I'd already paid. This site is confusing as hell and not remotely user friendly. If and when I figure out what's happening with this record I think I'll quit while I'm ahead and delete my account.

One more thing - there are no pictures of the actual item you're buying. You just have to hope the seller is being honest when he/she says the item is in excellent condition.

Update - to add to the above, the users in the forum are very rude, or at least the ones that replied to my query. I was told "the problem is in front of the computer", the meaning being that I'm an idiot who can't operate a computer. No, the problem is the site. I've ordered hundreds of items online and I have never come across another site that would even let you pay for an item twice. Also I offered a criticism of the website, not of any of the members, and I don't appreciate personal insults.