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Sometimes, fantastic coin photography is a bad thing ...

ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
... when a buyer says a coin does not look at all like the photos. Bad eyes, not understanding a brockage, or buyers remorse is my question.

Yes I know a coin can be photographed a thousand different ways.

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  • TopographicOceansTopographicOceans Posts: 6,535 ✭✭✭✭
    Why it's upside down ! That' can't be the same coin image

    He kind of looks like a ghost - or maybe frozen in fear by what was happening to him.
  • morgandollar1878morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a great pic. I love how you were able to capture the texture.
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  • mercurydimeguymercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭
    I am reimaging all of my for sale coins (upgrades) into bad pictures.



    The fact is that I used to sell off my upgrades with near effortless ease until my photography skills got better and I began providing quality, hi res images of coins. Now I sell off one to two coins per month.



    Fact is the crappier the image the more sales I had, the better the image the less sales I have. And I have only had 4 returns in more than 13 years ...



    Net-net, I'm going back to providing crappy images as I'm looking to sell off my duplicates and not own them forever.



    Long live crappy images image



    I had a beautiful hi res image of $10 Indian in CAC plastic. Na da. No nibbles.





    I then pulled the hi res image and replaced it with a front full slab and reverse full slab fuzzy image. Coin sold on first listing and buyer was ultra happy!!



    Great images = bad sales.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great images = bad sales.




    Now that is funny... no reason to doubt you....but this is the first I have seen this idea

    put forth.... and, you have history to support it... Cheers, RickO
  • lkeigwinlkeigwin Posts: 16,893 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great images only work with great coins. Otherwise I agree with the sentiment above.

    Lance.
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,632 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Great coin. You can't fix stupid.
    Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
  • BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,512 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if you want to sell on ebay, you have to have more stylish images









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  • ctf_error_coinsctf_error_coins Posts: 15,433 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just looked at the note the came back with the coin .... this is how they spelled Lincoln Pennies ....... Loncoln Pennzy
  • DaveWcoinsDaveWcoins Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: mercurydimeguy

    I am reimaging all of my for sale coins (upgrades) into bad pictures.



    The fact is that I used to sell off my upgrades with near effortless ease until my photography skills got better and I began providing quality, hi res images of coins. Now I sell off one to two coins per month.



    Fact is the crappier the image the more sales I had, the better the image the less sales I have. And I have only had 4 returns in more than 13 years ...



    Net-net, I'm going back to providing crappy images as I'm looking to sell off my duplicates and not own them forever.



    Long live crappy images image



    I had a beautiful hi res image of $10 Indian in CAC plastic. Na da. No nibbles.





    I then pulled the hi res image and replaced it with a front full slab and reverse full slab fuzzy image. Coin sold on first listing and buyer was ultra happy!!



    Great images = bad sales.




    I wonder if the person who bought it didn't "have to" look at it. After all, both PCGS and CAC liked it, so why even look close at it?



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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,889 ✭✭✭✭✭
    so, here's where this thread is going:



    If it looks good in a pic the buyer is unhappy because it's not better than he imagined.



    But, if it looks bad in a pic then the buyer is stoked as it looks better than he imagined?





    bobimage
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  • CoinRaritiesOnlineCoinRaritiesOnline Posts: 3,680 ✭✭✭✭
    Great images = bad sales.




    I have not found that to be the case at all.



    I will say, however, that if you have a really good coin a great image will help capture it in its full glory. If you have a bad coin, a great image will highlight every flaw and negative attribute.
  • SonorandesertratSonorandesertrat Posts: 5,695 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think that I will start a secondary collection of the famous 'Loncoln Pennzy' coins. They may only be viewed after one has had a bottle of wine---that way, the spelling might look right.image
    Member: EAC, NBS, C4, CWTS, ANA

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