poor pictures must cost eBay sellers money
DennisH
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It's only speculation of course, but I can't help thinking the awful pictures posted by the seller in a recent auction I won cost him a lot of money. His are the small red things on top (actual size, unretouched by me). The photos on the bottom were taken by me upon arrival.
Talk about driving away bidders, I wasn't going to bid at all because of the pictures and "no returns" policy. But his written description was so positive and so strongly emphasized that the coin had natural and original surfaces, that I contacted him and asked if better/bigger photos were available. He replied and said I could have a 7-day return period. So I bid on it, but only between VF Bid and Ask. (There's a $200 bump at XF Bid.)
In hand the coin is everything I could want and MUCH more than I hoped for. Had he used my photos in his auction instead of his own, I'm sure I would not have been the winning bidder
Talk about driving away bidders, I wasn't going to bid at all because of the pictures and "no returns" policy. But his written description was so positive and so strongly emphasized that the coin had natural and original surfaces, that I contacted him and asked if better/bigger photos were available. He replied and said I could have a 7-day return period. So I bid on it, but only between VF Bid and Ask. (There's a $200 bump at XF Bid.)
In hand the coin is everything I could want and MUCH more than I hoped for. Had he used my photos in his auction instead of his own, I'm sure I would not have been the winning bidder
When in doubt, don't.
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That's a really nice looking 95-S, great pickup! Exactly how I like my morgans to look.
Experience the World through Numismatics...it's more than you can imagine.
It also helps to have image software that you can use to play with an unbalanced image, for example here's your coin after I messed around in Photoshop trying to level out the red tones:
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
<< <i>Quiet! That's one of my favorite ways of getting coins for a cheap price.
That coin just went from VG8 to VF30/35 in a photo.
i can say i have benefited from others lack of desire/experience
tough image to re-touch, this is the best that i can do
is this your baby
<< <i>It's only speculation of course, but I can't help thinking the awful pictures posted by the seller in a recent auction I won cost him a lot of money. His are the small red things on top (actual size, unretouched by me). The photos on the bottom were taken by me upon arrival.
Talk about driving away bidders, I wasn't going to bid at all because of the pictures and "no returns" policy. But his written description was so positive and so strongly emphasized that the coin had natural and original surfaces, that I contacted him and asked if better/bigger photos were available. He replied and said I could have a 7-day return period. So I bid on it, but only between VF Bid and Ask. (There's a $200 bump at XF Bid.)
In hand the coin is everything I could want and MUCH more than I hoped for. Had he used my photos in his auction instead of his own, I'm sure I would not have been the winning bidder
Here's a little secret on buying that PCGS coin...........to really see what the coin looks like (his pictures are trash), go to the PCGS website and enter in the certification number and you will see a decent picture of his coin. Unfortunately, if it's in an old PCGS holder, there wont be pictures there.