Wizard Pay Site

[Jazzhead]

Anybody joined as yet ?

 

[Thf99]

Anybody joined as yet ?

I did.

 

[Garth]

What is the cost to join and other than Wizard has great photos and early info on new gear. What is the difference in this pay site to the other sites on the web. Just wondering

 

[Thf99]

Introductory price of US$100. It's one of the best sites for great pictures and early information as you mentioned.

 

[MadFloyd]

Url?

 

[Jazzhead]

Just a continuation of the previous blog , with a fee . One of his issues being people lifting pics from his site and posting elsewhere without crediting him . Wouldn't a simple watermark solve that , but it's not that simple , a lot of the wiz's pics are from other sites ,so not proprietary . He does put out some fantastic pics though , whatever his sources .

 

[Garth]

Introductory price of US$100. It's one of the best sites for great pictures and early information as you mentioned.

So it is a press breaking news type site with a lot of great pics and not a form type site. The 100 dollar fee is a one time life time membership. Is this about right

 

[Thf99]

So it is a press breaking news type site with a lot of great pics and not a form type site. The 100 dollar fee is a one time life time membership. Is this about right

http://wizard-ultimate.blogspot.com

For me, it's about right.

 

[Emre Üçöz]

Still I found it a little bit over the top. None of the other news services be it watches, cars, gizmos are charging an introductory fee or a subscription fee.

 

[Garth]

Still I found it a little bit over the top. None of the other news services be it watches, cars, gizmos are charging an introductory fee or a subscription fee.

I have no pay pal or the like I have not been googlized so that is the only way to join so I will pass

 

[dallasjustice]

$100 for advertisements. It's the satellite radio business strategy.

 

[Mike Lavigne]

Just a continuation of the previous blog , with a fee . One of his issues being people lifting pics from his site and posting elsewhere without crediting him . Wouldn't a simple watermark solve that , but it's not that simple , a lot of the wiz's pics are from other sites ,so not proprietary . He does put out some fantastic pics though , whatever his sources .

I have nothing against Wizard. I know he brings lots of content that people enjoy. and I want him to continue doing what he is doing.

what he does is to communicate directly with manufacturers and gets pictures directly from them. at first he posed as a customer with questions about gear.....asking for pictures and information. he would rework this information into reviews and post them on his site. I know 2 manufacturers that had word for word emails to the same specific customer turn up as review copy on Wizard's site.

after awhile I think the manufacturers wised up to his approach, but saw the benefit to them, and started to simply supply pictures to him knowing they would get exposure....a give and take. some dealers also saw the benefit and supply Wizard with info too. I'm sure he has developed many contacts that push pictures of high end gear to him.

anyone can email any manufacturer as a customer and ask for pictures and information, and they will respond. but do we go to the trouble? no. but if someone wants to go to the trouble to get this information out there for us to enjoy then good for them.

am I interested enough in these pictures to pay for access? no. but maybe some will.

as far as someone using pictures from his website without proper credit; I doubt the Wizard has the legal rights to many of those. sure; someone who gave them to Wizard does possibly own the rights.

I hope it works out for Wizard.....and that he continues to post pictures of ultra gear for us to enjoy.

 

[Peter Breuninger]

I have wondered about Wizard for quite some time, who is he? Is he a dealer? Is he an Ezine wannabe? Is he just a guy who gets into grabbing photos and sharing them? Is he taking original photos and getting original info from manufacturers? If it's the latter, god bless him and pay for his work, if not then... who is this guy?

I PM'd him last year asking about his business and got nothing back. I like his pics though

So, Wizard, who are you? A name? A business?

Time to pull the curtain down.

 

[Elberoth]

There was a discussion somewhere abouthis identity. He was believed to be from scandinavia AFAIR, but noone ever heard about an individual, which would fit the equipment profile he claimed to have (those are very small markets). He defended himself saying he bought everything abroad...

An experienced audiophile or not, I liked his blog. The $100 fee seems excessive though.