Big Problem - signing in to Ancestry free access sites

[JAP]

Hi MarieC,

I agree with you in spades.  And obviously we're not referring to Newfy's "select few" 

And, again to quote Newfy's excellent words:

I'm quite happy to help people starting off their research, really enjoy getting stuck into a mystery and/or helping verifying somebodies interpretation of an image, perhaps being another 'pair of eyes'  ....

All the best to all,

JAP

[Necromancer]

LOL - I've even paid for a Birth Cert for somebody on here, so I'm not unaware that some have it tough financially - just dislike what I can only interpret as being taken advantage of .....


PS. Thinking about it, the 'select few' probably wont read this thread, given its title   

[Galium]

Ancestry don't make any pretence to be anything other than a commercial organisation.   They don't obtain and index their information at zero cost, and they aren't staffed by volunteers.

If they allow a free sample of one of their products for a while in the hope that the people who make use of it then take out a subscription - what is so surprising about that?  My local supermarket sometimes hands out free samples, but I don't think anyone helps themselves and then complains that the grasping store owners are only trying to make money out of people's natural liking for a glass of wine.

Even though their products are flawed, a subscription to Ancestry is an awful lot cheaper for me than traveling to all the places where the originals are held, and good value as far as I am concerned.

[Necromancer]

Exactly !

Thank God for common sense.

I made a tentative reference to the use of 'Greed', but it got buried in the flurry that followed..   

[Simon G.]

I really don't think it is that bad Simon.

Admittedly it's not the end of the world where there's mistakes in the transcriptions, even if it can be frustrating.  My problem is though that they claim it's so expensive to transcribe things, but they don't make any effort to use their profits to correct mistakes they may have made.  Their system for users to correct transcription errors on the census with no cost to Ancestry isn't even up to much.  If they were using the money they're making to provide a better transcription service instead of ignoring their mistakes, there'd be no issue.
I mean if you did that in any other business you'd be in trouble.  It's the equivalent of a man going in to have his tonsils removed, and waking up to find he's been given an orchidectomy instead.  While that example is a bit extreme and largely flippant it is true that in certain businesses accuracy is the key, and presentation of information is one of them.  Maybe I'm just being naive, but surely even a commercial organisation should strive to provide a flawless service so as to better entice people to part with their money.  Surely that's only sensible business practice.

[Sylviaann]

Seems to be back
 Try it

Sylviaann

[SeaThreePeeO]

I can also access the BMD *insert confused smillie*

[MarieC]

JAP and Newfy,

We're singing from the same hymn sheet!!! 

PS. Thinking about it, the 'select few' probably wont read this thread, given its title   

Newfy, LOL!!!   

Gallium, I was one of those who always expected Ancestry to start charging for those bmd's.  Now if they are back free, as Sylviaann says - I'm confused!!! 

MarieC

[SeaThreePeeO]

The list is free, but you have to pay to view the orginal image.  Where as before it would only give you the name and all other information was omitted during a search the information is now back.  If that makes any sense at all.