I've been a member for 25 yrs now and this is the first time I'm posting something on here. With today's ability to take EASY Photos, why don't I see them in most of the Merchandise being sold on Ebay? What's up with the strange Angles of the object they're selling? I've seen ads where most of the photos were completely out of focus. Dosen't the Seller see the garbage photos when they're posting an ad? Case in point, there's an ad currently being sold, "Hitachi Bookshelf Stereo". Perfect example of how bad the photos are. I tell people when they're inexperienced with ebay the Key to Selling is the Photos.
Here's another one that I notice when I'm looking at Radio/Stereo/Audio gear. For some ODD reason, the person takes the photo of the equipment above on an angle so you're seeing most of the top of the unit and hardly the front face. The front face is the most important part. I really don't get it. I realize that some of the Vintage equipment Sellers purposely take the photos, out-of-focus, because they're trying to hide the equipment blemishes, dirt, dents, etc. The other one is that they don't take photos of the equipment powered up. Some are trying to hide that there's something wrong with it. But most of the postings, I ask them to add photo's with it powered up and they quickly respond. Doesn't it occur to them that this is what a buyer wants to see? Apparently not. When I sell something I make it a point to provide many views of the object, lit up/powered on, and extremely clear and close up photos before I post.
I'll get off my box now. Thank you
