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United States
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Do coins with slightly out of focus, poorer resolutions photos sell better?
I prefer buying coins with nice high resolution photos, but these are in the minority. They do require more effort to take. Such a taking the coin out of the 2x2. And cropping the photo close to the coin, etc. Are sellers avoiding this accidentally on purpose? It is actually good for business?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't get it. ebay has crop and rotate tools built right into their importer. |
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 United States
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It is remarkably easy to be a poor photographer.
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 United States
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So, it it just out of laziness, lack of skill or not knowing what is needed?
Granted without the help in this forum, I had no idea how to take a decent coin photo.
But if someone is approaching 1000 sales of mostly coins, you would think they would take a interest.
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But if someone is approaching 1000 sales of mostly coins, you would think they would take a interest. It's sometimes remarkable, the lack of care people show about their environment. You and I are surprised by this, but we just have to suspend disbelief.  |
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United States
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Dave, I mean it just annoying! I listed some stuff today one ebay, nothing too expensive, but the photos are really detailed. I receive a purchase of 3 coins for auction on ebay. Two of the three are really nice and one has a minor ding. I was wondering if the dig happened in shipping (it probably did not). I looked back at the sellers photos to compare, and they are extremely low resolution, no way to tell! The coins look much better for the most part than in the original photos. Anyways the price was good, and the photos discouraged some bidders, I think. |
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some are just in a hurry to list a large number of coins (with low return on time invested) and don't really care.
some are just crappy photographers and don't really care.
some do it on purpose to hide defects and only care about dumping crap on people.
don't buy from people with a NO return policy, and only value/pay for what you can see
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09/02/2013 09:21 am
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United Kingdom
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It can be used to hide defects. Often, sight unseen roman coins sell well because people suspect they will be IDE MARs or something.
Personally, bad photographs and incomplete description makes me interested. Its how I got my best, most valuable coin in my collection (with a bunch of other valuable, rare coins - for £14, shipped) and how I got some of my rarer roman coins - as long as I can see the picture (vaguely) then its good. People will see blobs and think 'oh, thats just a worn old thing'. If you know what to look for, you're laughing all the way to the bank.
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United States
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People like to gamble and having poor photos on an auction will make people want to gamble to see if the coin is what they were hoping to get or not. I am sure there are some sellers who capitalize on this to sell coins or get a couple extra bucks.
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United States
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Wiggam: It is a rough way to make a buck.
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United States
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Poor pictures = lower selling price. People may gamble on a poor picture but they bid low in general.
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United States
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Thanks that's better to hear about the photos. I bought a couple of recent coins ( Barber halves) with less than ideals photos. One was better than I thought and one was worse. There were both more or less the stated grade. The better one looked really nice on arrival, but the worse one looked harshly cleaned, unfortunately. Can't win them all! For the stuff I listed (just a few things) I put up some really detailed photos, so ill see how it goes. I did 7 day auctions and the starting bid generally was lower that was I thought it could sell for. I did about 60% of the Red Book price (of the grade and condition I thought ) and will see where it goes. I did not list a condition, but I think the pictures were very accurate and clear. So far a few bids and a couple of watchers! |
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don't buy from people with a NO return policy As far as I know even if something is listed as no return you can still make a return. You have 45 days to open a claim with paypal so the ebay policy is really irrelevant. |
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Quote:As far as I know even if something is listed as no return you can still make a return. You have 45 days to open a claim with paypal so the ebay policy is really irrelevant only if it doesn't arrive or is grossly "not as described". if the seller has a picture and says "judge for yourself" you MIGHT still get a refund from paypal (out of their pocket - not the seller's) but you can expect to get on their 'hot list' after that as well. they might give you the one, but the higher the value the harder they will fight you, and don't expect to get a second one any time soon |
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