Does anyone agree with him?
satootoko
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Here is the complete description included in a pictureless auction listing:
<< <i>An excellent quantity of forty-nine different coins from the country of Japan. Six types in all with dates beginning in the 1950's. >>
Now I've been known to bid on a group of coins to get one particular hard-to-find piece, but that listing obviously didn't tell me enough, so it prompted me to send this email:
<< <i>Are you only interested in selling to newbies, or would you like to make your coins available for bidding by collectors of Japanese coinage? If so, I strongly suggest posting pictures. I have now checked out quite a few of your auctions based on the titles, but without pictures showing both the dates and condition of the coins, I have not been willing to bid. >>
If anyone here agrees with the attitude shown in his response I'd be interested in hearing why. BTW this is a typical listing by that seller. Personally, I believe fewer, but better written and illustrated listings would be likely to bring a much higher total return, and more than pay for the investment of time.
He responded:
<< <i>Thanks for comments. In the almost six years that I have been selling on ebay, I receive 1-2 e-mails per week similar to yours. I am sorry, but I do not have scan/picture capability. I certainly understand your situation of needing a photo. To be quite honest, I don't know how I would keep up with the 200-250 auctions that I run each week if I included pictures. I just do ebay auctions as kind of a money making hobby as I have a full-time job that is not related to the coin industry, so you can see that my time is limited. I realize that not having pictures prevents some people from bidding and I certainly understand that, but I hope most people will refer to my feedback and see that I have a pretty good reputation of shipping quality coins and providing excellent service >>
Let's see - 1 or 2 per week equals about 75 per year times 6 equals around 300 potential buyers who have put him on their ignore list.
<< <i>An excellent quantity of forty-nine different coins from the country of Japan. Six types in all with dates beginning in the 1950's. >>
Now I've been known to bid on a group of coins to get one particular hard-to-find piece, but that listing obviously didn't tell me enough, so it prompted me to send this email:
<< <i>Are you only interested in selling to newbies, or would you like to make your coins available for bidding by collectors of Japanese coinage? If so, I strongly suggest posting pictures. I have now checked out quite a few of your auctions based on the titles, but without pictures showing both the dates and condition of the coins, I have not been willing to bid. >>
If anyone here agrees with the attitude shown in his response I'd be interested in hearing why. BTW this is a typical listing by that seller. Personally, I believe fewer, but better written and illustrated listings would be likely to bring a much higher total return, and more than pay for the investment of time.
He responded:
<< <i>Thanks for comments. In the almost six years that I have been selling on ebay, I receive 1-2 e-mails per week similar to yours. I am sorry, but I do not have scan/picture capability. I certainly understand your situation of needing a photo. To be quite honest, I don't know how I would keep up with the 200-250 auctions that I run each week if I included pictures. I just do ebay auctions as kind of a money making hobby as I have a full-time job that is not related to the coin industry, so you can see that my time is limited. I realize that not having pictures prevents some people from bidding and I certainly understand that, but I hope most people will refer to my feedback and see that I have a pretty good reputation of shipping quality coins and providing excellent service >>
Let's see - 1 or 2 per week equals about 75 per year times 6 equals around 300 potential buyers who have put him on their ignore list.
Roy
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In addition to being happy with his current results, it sounds like he just does e-bay sales for fun and adding photography would make the endevour decidedly non-fun. If you have some time and a camera on your hands it might be worthwhile to try one of his lots to sell individually with good photos.
-JamminJ