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userL301
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 9:06 am
geraldbeau wrote:
Every time try to download something from rapidshare these days I get an error message to buy rapidpro. Is it still possible to do free downloads there? Thanks for any help.


Simply log out of the free account (without RapidPro enabled), that deletes the Cookie and you are free-user again.

Or use different browsers/download-manager for showing your RS-account and for downloading.
fukalot
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 3:38 pm
Rapidshare just got a new look.
userL301
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 4:50 pm
fukalot wrote:
Rapidshare just got a new look.
... and it's crap Mad

At least i can still use the api directly to export to csv and manage my accounts on the commandline.

Worse: Now you have to pay five times the Rapids in order to get one month of RapidPro (and get 150GB of usable traffic per month).
Also traffic can be extended only by 100GB and no more by 5GB.

Thats not a cheap and flexible "pay per traffic" anymore, it was fine for the few (old) links.
IMHO the average user doesn't want to pay that much for a host, which is "still existing" - now just dieing faster Evil or Very Mad

LOL
But there is no need for RapidPro anyway, because you can play some Cosmic Defender in the anti-waiting lounge Laughing Laughing Laughing





RapidShare sucks – the Anti-Waiting Company wrote:
2010.09.27

New claim, new website, new features

RapidShare has completely redesigned its website and is taking off with numerous new features. After we kept the website simple and functional for years, from now on, our users will be met by a youthful and modern design. This is reflected on one hand by a visually attractive user interface. On the other, we have designed the website pages and content to be much better arranged and user friendly, and in addition, we have integrated a few new functions.

The most striking innovation has to be the introduction of RapidShare as an Anti-Waiting Company. What is behind this? Quite simply, it is the thought that waiting sucks, whether it lasts for a minute or half an hour. RapidShare wants to do something about this and has imagined something special for all its users: in the Anti-Waiting Lounge, users from now on can sweeten their waiting time and test themselves on various online games. We brought the old classic Cosmic Defender back to life for the launch of the Lounge. This will soon be followed by other cult games.

As an additional feature of the website, we are currently testing an application called RapidContact, thanks to which our users all around the world can come into contact with each other, get to know each other and communicate with each other. More information about this will be available in the coming weeks. We want to test the functionalities with selected users in a beta version first and work on the further development of the application with them.

An adjustment has also been made to our price structure. Following the introduction of RapidPro in July, we took three months to observe and evaluate the response of our users. The result: the prepaid model with the purchase of Rapids was overwhelmingly well received. However, many customers have expressed the wish that, when they purchase RapidPro, they should have a larger amount of disc space and traffic available to them than is the case at the moment. We are now making this wish come true: From this point on, every RapidPro user will receive five times the amount of disc space and traffic, i.e. 50 GB of storage and 150 GB of traffic every 30 days.
The costs are of course changing accordingly: 30 days of RapidPro now cost 495 Rapids. The smallest Rapid Package has 500 Rapids and costs 5.99 Euros. In addition, packages with 1,000, 2,000, 6,000 and 20,000 Rapids are available. Whoever activates RapidPro directly for 12 months receives the 12 months at the special price of 5,499 Rapids and is given VIP status. VIP customers will be favoured in future beta tests and receive invitation codes for RapidContact. As before, users can purchase additional traffic quotas on top of this, in 100 GB slices. 100 GB are charged per 280 Rapids.

We hope all our users will enjoy exploring the new RapidShare website.

Your Anti-Waiting-Company
clarant
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 5:42 pm
I was wondering why flashget doesn't work all of a sudden.
This seals it for me.
If you check out Alexa, they're on a downhill slip.
And they are in denial about it.

http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rapidshare.com
forusfin
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 6:03 pm
Same problem i can't download using direct links or copy adress what i have to do? Crying or Very sad
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forusfin
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Added: Sep 27, 2010 6:22 pm
Dear users,

We would like to inform you that on Monday, September 27, 2010 rapidshare.com might be unavailable for a few minutes as we will carry out some updates of the site. Thank you for your understanding.


from rapid site
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svinto
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 12:22 am
Hmmm, userL301.
Where did you find that information?
I can't see it in the news section.
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userL301
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 7:25 am
forusfin obviously found it, too.

I didn't find out yet, how to hot-link correctly at the new site, this doesn't work for me: dead link board-software doesn't like this link with the ! and # or %23 either[/url]
On the left hand side: goto: About Us, News, Career, ...etc

Oh, i see, I've made a mistake copying the title into the quote-tag Embarassed my bad. Laughing
Waiting sucks – but not at RapidShare, the Anti-Waiting Company

old: 1 month including 30 GB traffic for 99 Rapids, each 5GB additional traffic costed 14 Rapids.
Minimum to get RapidPro: 99 Rapids - about 1 €.
now: 1 month including 150 GB traffic for 495 Rapids, each 100 GB additional traffic costs 280 Rapids.
Minimum to get RapidPro: 495 Rapids - about 5 €.

Less flexible and more expensive for those who don't need more than 30GB per month (which is 300 GB during HappyHours). And for power-user: Who can still find more than 1500GB per month on RS?




For downloading: Direct downloads has been disabled by RS (1st item in Settings, don't forget to Safe settings on bottom)
Download-tools, which use special RS-features will need update.
forusfin
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 9:24 am
thank you
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svinto
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 12:06 pm
I still can't find it and my settings hasn't changed.
The last entry I see in the News section is the one forusfin quoted.
The one before is regarding new rs2 manager.
The one before that is the one announcing the change to 99 rapids/30 days.
And their page for creating new accounts dead link still has the 99 rapids/10GB store/30 days RapidPro option as the only option.

Guess I have to wait the remaining 6 days before it's time for the next automatic withdraw of rapids for a 30 day extention and see what happends.
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userL301
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 12:25 pm
dead link returns me a 404 Not Found
I want the old site back! Sad

screenshot

These f*king links are crap Evil or Very Mad dead link


It's a bug, not a feature Mad and we are the beta-testers

Seems like downloading is impossible for free-user? at least for me the count-down is always counting upwards again ...
svinto
Retired Legend
Added: Sep 28, 2010 12:32 pm
The link you provided is sending me to the Home page.
If you are a Beta tester then it means I'm not and that's why I don't see it.
As said before, I have to wait and see.
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userL301
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Added: Sep 28, 2010 12:43 pm
Maybe RS makes that depending on country or something? -> our old stuff is good enough for Sweden Razz
You can't play Cosmic Defender and enjoy https://ssl.rapidshare.com/#!lounge Razz

https://ssl.rapidshare.com/premzone.html is re-directing to a default-page, not even to https://ssl.rapidshare.com/#!myrapidshare


I don't want to be a beta-tester for their crap! AFAIK i'm not and noone told me Confused Nor VIP or whatever... -> vipuntil=0

Why cant these stupid developers test something before they put it online?

I want the old less crappy site back, better the very old, i liked that Crying or Very sad


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JokerR
Good Poster
Added: Sep 28, 2010 9:13 pm
yeah, RS suck BIG time now.... very slowly and a crap new look...
good things always coming to end...... very sad Sad
iloveluba2
Poster
Added: Sep 28, 2010 9:59 pm
RS has its up and down

I guess we are on the down of their cycle.