A b/s/t question, but on protocol, not a listing.

pharmer · November 21, 2006 4:19AM

Yet, anyway. I have noticed over the years that lots of bst threads are made sans images, even by those who do image and offer to send images if requested, either by pm or email.

My question is, why not include images in the bst thread? Seems more efficient. Heck, just seems obvious, a no-brainer if you will. Why make the interested party ask? Or make them provide an email address?

This applies to the threads that say they have images, but you have to request them. Not to threads where the availability of an image is in question, either because the seller may not image, or may not have one already.

I may utilize the bst, and want to know the protocol.

mcheath · November 21, 2006 4:21AM

for me it is because of the size limitations.

BobaFett72 · November 21, 2006 5:20AM

I always include pics. Easy enough to link stuff from photobucket.

ziggy29 · November 21, 2006 5:47AM

If you know how to link 'em, I agree. If you have 'em, and they can be uploaded...show 'em! Seems to me if the coin is nice a good image will help you get the price you want AND sell it quicker, too.

lordmarcovan · November 21, 2006 6:54AM

Sure, 'tis better to use pics, but not everybody has the time to image large groups of coins, or the know-how.

I agree, however, that the "images on request" bit is rather lame. If you have images, or are able to make them, then dangit- post 'em! If they're too big to use as attachments here, then upload them somewhere else.

pharmer · November 21, 2006 10:15AM

Thanks for weighing in, folks. I'm hoping that some who may now have bst threads w/o images, and the "ask for it, gimme your email, and I'll think about it" line will realize how it provides an impediment to a sale, rather than an incentive. Again, seems like common sense.

LindeDad · November 21, 2006 10:45AM

I will say that if I am listing a rather large lot of lower end coins it is not worht the trouble to list images.
In most larger listings you will not see them.
It has a lot to do with the hassel of the size limits. And a lot to do with the lack of interest in the listings.

WTCG · November 21, 2006 10:49AM

<< <i>Yet, anyway. I have noticed over the years that lots of bst threads are made sans images, even by those who do image and offer to send images if requested, either by pm or email.

My question is, why not include images in the bst thread? Seems more efficient. Heck, just seems obvious, a no-brainer if you will. Why make the interested party ask? Or make them provide an email address?

This applies to the threads that say they have images, but you have to request them. Not to threads where the availability of an image is in question, either because the seller may not image, or may not have one already.

I may utilize the bst, and want to know the protocol. >>

I do not own a digital camera, nor an analog camera. Other than the camera on my cell phone I don't own a camera and my scanner produces horrendous scans of coins.

Also I am not that "computer savvy".

ziggy29 · November 21, 2006 10:53AM

<< <i>I do not own a digital camera, nor an analog camera. Other than the camera on my cell phone I don't own a camera and my scanner produces horrendous scans of coins.

Also I am not that "computer savvy". >>

Then you're not whom he's referring to. He specifically said:

This applies to the threads that say they have images, but you have to request them. Not to threads where the availability of an image is in question, either because the seller may not image, or may not have one already.

If you already have digital images available, you make people jump through the hoops to ask for them? That's a good way to kill potential interest.

solid · November 21, 2006 11:08AM

I usually provide an image in the BST thread that is 800 pixels wide, with a link to a larger image.

Example

Ken

pharmer · November 21, 2006 11:46AM

<< <i>I will say that if I am listing a rather large lot of lower end coins it is not worht the trouble to list images.
In most larger listings you will not see them.
It has a lot to do with the hassel of the size limits. And a lot to do with the lack of interest in the listings. >>

Oh, I absolutely understand on large groups. However, maybe a link, like Ken's nice example. It seems I am asking for an image a lot of times, and I wonder why. Just hoped to get those who do this to think about the downside.

lordmarcovan · November 21, 2006 12:02PM

For some reason, a lot of folks seem to have this mental block about how to attach and/or post pictures on the BST. Most of the time I have had to request images, the seller emailed them to me. Which is yet another headache, because downloading large attachments is annoyingly slow with my Hotmail account. I don't know why some folks prefer email for images, but they do. Me, I would prefer to see it here. I spend more time here than on my email account.

A b/s/t question, but on protocol, not a listing.

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