There's two sides to a coin

DesertRat

so why do people put up auctions and only show a photo of one side? Do they really think serious buyers would bid up on an item when they can only see 50% of the coin, or are they looking for suckers?

TwoKopeiki

Could be a number of reasons, but I see sometimes see power-sellers, with hundreds of new daily listings, trying to save on the fees (only first one is free).

StampAlarm

Hey, I thought there were 3 sides! The only listings where only one side makes sense is Dutch Auctions and those that say "The coin pictured may not be the one you receive" Meaning someone has 10 PCGS MS65s of the same coin and runs a BIN until they are all gone.



Jerry

DesertRat

so you get one photo free on an auction?

Gazza

It is very short sighted of the seller and I find it quiet frustating as a lot of the rarer varieties rely on seeing both sides of the coin for identification. From the sellers point of veiw they could be loosing a lot of revenue because of their own penny pinching.

Caricon

That's if you want eBay to host your pics for you, it cost more for pic. That's why I just use my own ISP's web site space to hold
the pictures and just put in a link on the eBay auction to pull the picture from there. Can has as many pics as you want, as big
as you want.

rhound1977

<< <i>That's if you want eBay to host your pics for you, it cost more for pic. That's why I just use my own ISP's web site space to hold
the pictures and just put in a link on the eBay auction to pull the picture from there. Can has as many pics as you want, as big
as you want. >>



Same here.....

satootoko

<< <i>From the sellers point of veiw they could be loosing a lot of revenue because of their own penny pinching. >>

Or, perhaps, making a lot of revenue because of buyers' ignorance?

WillieBoyd2

Why don't the sellers just combine the obverse and reverse photographs into one picture?

Not that difficult.

:-)

Zoins

<< <i>Why don't the sellers just combine the obverse and reverse photographs into one picture?

Not that difficult. >>

It still takes time. Is there typically a lot of demand and high prices for the coins in question? If not, it might not be worthwhile. Usually when sellers have a lot of auctions with only one photo of one side, the coins tend to be inexpensive which may make it not worthwhile.

garsmith

<<There's two sides to a coin>>

I thought there where 3 sides:

obverse, reverse and edge


<<Could be a number of reasons, but I see sometimes see power-sellers, with hundreds of new daily listings, trying to save on the fees (only first one is free).>>

So you just copy and paste the obverse image into the side of the reverse image and walla you have both faces in one image.

MSD61

<< <i>That's if you want eBay to host your pics for you, it cost more for pic. That's why I just use my own ISP's web site space to hold
the pictures and just put in a link on the eBay auction to pull the picture from there. Can has as many pics as you want, as big
as you want. >>



Me too and then if someone steals your auction pics by linking to them you can change the pics to something
more appropriate for a thief.

Scavenger

The second picture costs .15 cents.

koincollect

If this is the case and I suspect a scarcer variety, I contact the seller and ask for a second picture to be sent by email. Have got some rips this way!