Deleting Photos

[needitlikea0inthehead]

I have a question- If I deleted a photo from my computer will it be removed from my listing on Ebay?  I am still using Turbo Lister (thankfully) to make the add.

[copper.boom]

@needitlikea0inthehead When a photo is uploaded to the photo area of the description it is hosted on eBay servers.

Personally I would not delete photos from your computer. After an item sells it only has 90 days on eBay before it's archived. PayPal claims can be opened up to 180 days. Wouldn't you want to hang on to the photos for reference in the event of a claim?

For items that don't sell, the listings aren't available on eBay for very long so wouldn't you want to hang on to the photos in case you need to relist after the 90 day period?

There has also been an issue with eBay many, many times in the past where photos disappear and you see a grey polaroid placeholder image. Sellers then need to re-upload the original images to the listing.

Or what if you sell the item and it comes back later in a return through a 'not as described' paypal claim and you're lucky enough to get your item back in its original condition. Do you really want to re-take photos so you can relist it?

To answer your question, no, deleting the image from your computer will not delete the image from the listing on eBay.

To pose a question for you, why wouldn't you want to hang on to the photo?

If you are really short on hard drive space, get a usb drive for storing eBay photos. You can get them at very affordable prices.

[needitlikea0inthehead]

Well thank you so much for responding and so quick as well. I am so bad at taking pictures I take a bunch to get a few and yes I was worried about hard drive space. Due to what I sell I need to take new photos when I list one that didn't sell as there is no way I myself would recognize which one it is as I have so many from a usb drive, and yes I do have one somewhere in this mess. Thanks again--!!!!

[copper.boom]

@needitlikea0inthehead I see what you're saying about not being able to recognize which photos on your drive go with which item since you have bracelets that are similar looking, however there is an easy way to remedy that.

You're "naming" your bracelets A, B, C, etc - so do the same with your photos! Change the file names to bracelet-bakelite-DesignA-photo1.jpg / bracelet-bakelite-DesignS-1.jpg / necklace-bakelite-bluemoon-1.jpg / necklace-bakelite-bluemoon-2.jpg and so on. They will all be alphabetized and numerical. Sort by file name and it will be so easy to find the photo you need. Before you rename the files, delete the photos that you did not use in the listing because they didn't make the cut.

Hope that helps. Good luck.

[needitlikea0inthehead]

I name them S for silver--G for gold--B for brass I hundreds and they all look alike--I am good now thanks again. I am 70 yrs old and lucky I can turn on a computer and only have a small part of my brain allotted to what a computer does. I am not a big seller here--in fact just recently listed a few in over 2 years. Ebay has gotten way too commercial in my absence. They should start a new web site for those of us who do not have a shop or a business. I already deleted all the files. See I was waiting until everything I listed was over now I don't have to.

[sockmonkeydave]

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@needitlikea0inthehead wrote:

I have a question- If I deleted a photo from my computer will it be removed from my listing on Ebay?  I am still using Turbo Lister (thankfully) to make the add.

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When you create a TL listing, the photo is stored in your TL data base.

( even if not yet uploaded to ebay )

I take photos, put them in folders on my desk top ( ie pic set 1, set 2 etc )

Then as I create the TL listing, I delete them from the pic file.

As long as your TL data base is intact, the pics will be there.