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GETFLV is a scam - don't waste your money

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Anonymous

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Sep 18, 2011, 2:18:00 PM9/18/11
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GetFLV will no longer download from HULU.

The program used to work, after a fashion, that is, but hasn't for
months. This fact has not stopped the company from continuing to sell
it.

They will not answer support e-mails. They will not return your money
after you buy it and find it doesn't work. They simply do not answer
any e-mails sent to them.

They again have a new version for download, which also doesn't work.

Go to Google and search "getflv scam" and see the hundreds and
hundreds of posts to forums by the suckers - like myself, who bought
it.

Don't say you weren't warned.

Don't believe counter posts to this made by the company pretending to
be users. Go to Google and do the "getflv scam".

Joe Zeff

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Sep 18, 2011, 4:42:21 PM9/18/11
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:18:00 +0000, Anonymous wrote:

> Don't believe counter posts to this made by the company pretending to be
> users. Go to Google and do the "getflv scam".

I did, and got exactly one hit: your post.

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Irwell

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Sep 18, 2011, 6:05:12 PM9/18/11
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On 18 Sep 2011 20:42:21 GMT, Joe Zeff wrote:

> On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 18:18:00 +0000, Anonymous wrote:
>
>> Don't believe counter posts to this made by the company pretending to be
>> users. Go to Google and do the "getflv scam".
>
> I did, and got exactly one hit: your post.

Now there are two!
A 100% increase in traffic, can't beat that.

Dave U. Random

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Sep 18, 2011, 7:29:15 PM9/18/11
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Liar!

Below are just a few hits using the phrase.

In the forums you'll see dozens of people saying the same thing.

Search URL
http://tinyurl.com/43a5dow


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Joe Zeff

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Sep 18, 2011, 8:07:26 PM9/18/11
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On Mon, 19 Sep 2011 01:29:15 +0200, Dave U. Random wrote:

> Liar!
>
> Below are just a few hits using the phrase.
>
> In the forums you'll see dozens of people saying the same thing.
>
> Search URL
> http://tinyurl.com/43a5dow

No, I'm not a liar, and calling me one is childish. I searched for
exactly what you asked, "getflv scam" with the quotation marks. I got one
hit as reported. You, OTOH, searched without the quotes. Big difference.

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Well, clearly I've lost the ability to tell whether I am
dreaming or am in the "real world". That's why I'm here.

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Joe Zeff

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Sep 19, 2011, 2:10:55 AM9/19/11
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On Sun, 18 Sep 2011 22:30:40 -0500, joeblow wrote:

> If you're so dumb you don't know enuf to drop the quotes, whose problem
> is that?

Searching your way gets everything in which both words are used, even if
they're not related. Searching with the quotes, as you wrote it, is
searching for an exact phrase, and that's what I thought you wanted.

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I've been working like I was still in Egypt.

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hansre...@gmail.com

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Oct 5, 2014, 5:56:22 PM10/5/14
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I bought this program in July, but it does not work on my system.
Contacted support but they could not help me until now.
They do not answer my mail or only after forwarding several times.
I asked to return my money, but I'm afraid I lost it.
DO NOT BUY !!!!

Ian Jackson

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Oct 6, 2014, 8:51:50 AM10/6/14
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In message <a3a5cdf8-a7ec-4fcd...@googlegroups.com>,
hansre...@gmail.com writes
What 'system', and what doesn't 'work'?

I don't think I've tried GETFLV, but a Google returns loads of hits
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=GETFLV
At first glance, it would appear to be perfectly legitimate.

Have you tried the freeware/trialware version? I would suggest you do an
uninstall, then reinstall and try again.
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Anonymous

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Oct 6, 2014, 2:08:55 PM10/6/14
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It's a scam. I had the paid version and it only works for a partial
list of the things they list. Most of the sites will change their
methods to screw it up in no time flat when they learn of its
downloading ability. You are then screwed. And this does not take more
than a month or two. You have to pay again if you want a newer version
which "they say" will work again. On top of that, after a number of
months when the program loads it first comes up with the message that
it can no longer work with the newer flash players on your machine -
whether or not you installed a newer flash player. It drags you to
their site to buy the "new" version. It's lying to you. Exit from
their site and the program will still work with some of the sites you
have been using it for, which are few and far between. It's a fraud.
Save your money. Usually all it will download for you after a while is
the same sites the old freebie Stream Transport will download.

http://www.streamtransport.com/

It seems Stream Transport is back in business again with a newer site.
Watch out for piggybacking software with your download. I got mine
long ago and this site is now totally different.

GetFLV is 85% scamware.

Ian Jackson

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Oct 7, 2014, 4:14:10 AM10/7/14
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In message <9abdbe5d43f33c8b...@foto.nl1.torservers.net>,
Anonymous <anon...@foto.nl1.torservers.net> writes
I've always wanted something that will download those undownloadable
streamed videos, so I might have look at that Stream Transport (noted
about the 'free gifts'!).

I note you've now also copied you original post to alt.os.windows-xp.
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Shadow

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Oct 7, 2014, 8:49:17 AM10/7/14
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On Tue, 7 Oct 2014 09:14:01 +0100, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVET...@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>I've always wanted something that will download those undownloadable
>streamed videos, so I might have look at that Stream Transport (noted
>about the 'free gifts'!).
>
>I note you've now also copied you original post to alt.os.windows-xp.

Where is the original post ? The thread starts with a post
from 2011 in this group.
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PS There is a hack to convert streams with VLC to on-disk
files, can't find it, but I've used it in the past.
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