Thread: Is GFT going to go to tracker heaven? ='(

I just got an invite (thanks to bridskid again xDDD) to this tracker...

This was posted in the news section...

"I am sorry to say but we have some bad news. I hope it did not have to come to this, but it has to for the survival of GFT. As you all might know, many sites are having problems with Paypal. We are also having the same problem. As you all may or may not know, we ban traders on sight even if they are donors, so many traders end up putting a dispute in Paypal. To avoid problems, we refund them. But due to an overwhelming amount of disputes even if we refund them, it caught Paypal's eyes, and they are doing their "investigation" and restricted the account which who knows how long it will last.

On top of that we have had very few donations these past few months, and have barely been able to stay alive. But this Paypal issue has added more problems. If anyone did not know, we have a running cost of about 550 Euros with VAT added. We have not touched that amount last few months and some of our staff had to cover the differences, but unfortunately they cannot do that every month.

GFT has been online for about 5-6 years in it's past (ED2K) and current (Torrents) form, lasting longer than most torrent sites nowdays. I really wish we can hang around till 2012 atleast (End of the world!!!) :p It eventually comes down to you members to decide whether we survive or not. And I hope you want to see GFT last a few more years atleast by donating. If each member on the site donates even €1, it will easily last us 6 months, and the minimum of €5 will last us 3 years.

It has been a pleasure to be with GFT for this long, and well if we do end up not surviving, it has been a blast. Thanks to all the members and staff, past and new for making GFT an incredible place to hangout.

Regards,
BarryWhite and the Crew

P.S: For people who are donating, if possible please send it to us as a "Gift/Others" option in Paypal to this email "donations.gft@gmail.com". It can be found under personal payments under the "Send Money" tab. This saves us a lot in Paypal fees. If this is not possible, click the usual donate link on site."



I've only been a member of that place for a little while, and I can see that it has an AMAZING community with an UNBELIEVABLE grade of content. Why does GFT have to refund these cheating people?!

Discuss... =/ I really want them to make it.

Yeah those bastards could put a site like GFT in ruins...

I think that if everyone helps a little the site will be maintained...

i hope everything will be solved, i like a lot the GFT.
guys we need to help them!!!! i mean the users that have accounts there,we can not let GFT to dissapear.

Stand up for GeForcesTracker :D

GFT cannot die unless there mods wants it to.Many people love GFT and will definately donate it to.Money will never be problem for GFT to sustain.
Though i pray god that their paypal issues be resolved quickly.
GFT is like a heaven for slow internet speed users.

Hope our prayers and efforts will not go in vain.

Yeah, I really love that tracker... I've only been there for 3 days ^^;;;.

PTP's server costs were $450 a month, so if GFTs are similar, I really doubt the mods could cover all that themselves. >_<

GFT is not going anywhere. As you know lots of trackers have been doing this lately due to the fact that it pushes people to donate money... lots of money. Simple as that.

GFTs costs are much higher, because of scene axx and auto uploaders.

... So why does GFT always have to refund invite traders??? They should use another online payment service, imo... Paypal is horrible for that =/.

Originally Posted by Jambalaya

... So why does GFT always have to refund invite traders??? They should use another online payment service, imo... Paypal is horrible for that =/.

cause they dont want the banned members reporting to paypal that gft is collecting money to invest in an illegal activity and that would not only get their tracker closed, but also maybe get them sued depending on which country they operate in and whether or not the owners of the files press charges.

I honestly dont see a problem though. For all of the trackers out there that have been experiencing paypal problems, the users have donated more than enough money every time. I dont see it being different for GFT.