Why bother with pics when you do this crap!
Post new topic Reply to topic Page 1 of 1
Author

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
JG Valuation Board
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 5029
Joined: Oct 11, 2004
Last Visit: Jan 16, 2017
Location: Texas

Post Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 8:14 am 
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Lost-Grimoire-Ardui ... 1923096201



Where picture in the listing cuts off all four edges.

I am quite sure this seller does it on purpose too!



This seller has over 900 items listed and this is not the only one I saw with a picture like this.



http://cgi.ebay.com/AD-D-Kankhmar-Sword ... 1c1b115b02



While almost all of this sellers other listings show a much better full sized if not great picture.


"Guys, I am starting to think Tegel Manor might be haunted..."
Stated by me as a PC during a run of Tegel Manor DMed by killjoy at NTRPGCon 2010

Charter Member of the ATM

  

User avatar

Long-Winded Collector

Posts: 4753
Joined: Oct 31, 2004
Last Visit: Nov 06, 2023
Location: Caddo Mills, TX

Post Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 9:37 am 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:I am quite sure this seller does it on purpose too!

This seller has over 900 items listed and this is not the only one I saw with a picture like this.


Of all the things on Ebay to complain about and this is the best you can do?  :lol:

Come on man, with all the stuff this seller has in their store besides role-playing games do you really think they have much of a clue about what collectors expect out of a photo?  The seller is probably a forty something stay at home mom that spends a lot of time at garage sales.  The gaming stuff is probably her husband's (or ex-husband's) stuff that he doesnt have a use for any longer.  I seriously doubt that this seller chops off the edges of the books on purpose just to aggravate collectors.

And lets just say for arguments sake that the seller isnt a "stay at home" person and has their own career.  Taking almost a thousand pictures of crap to sell on Ebay takes a lot of time.  Making sure every picture is absolutely perfect is probably not high on their priority list.

:roll:


You don't like your job, you don't strike. You go in every day and do it really half-assed. That's the American way. - Homer Simpson

  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
JG Valuation Board
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 5029
Joined: Oct 11, 2004
Last Visit: Jan 16, 2017
Location: Texas

Post Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 2:21 pm 
 

I agree about the shear number of pictures.
At least this seller makes some effort to post some picture.

However; I doubt its just a 40 something stay at home mom... male or female.
I think this seller knows better, or I would not have posted that note above.


"Guys, I am starting to think Tegel Manor might be haunted..."
Stated by me as a PC during a run of Tegel Manor DMed by killjoy at NTRPGCon 2010

Charter Member of the ATM

  


Long-Winded Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 3810
Joined: Feb 23, 2005
Last Visit: Oct 10, 2023

Post Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 3:21 pm 
 

Wow, this person does sell a wide variety of stuff.  8O

  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6720
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Last Visit: Sep 30, 2022

Post Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 6:02 pm 
 

Gnat the Beggar wrote:** eBay auction listing blocked.  Please enable cookies in your browser for this site and for eBay! **

Where picture in the listing cuts off all four edges.
I am quite sure this seller does it on purpose too!

This seller has over 900 items listed and this is not the only one I saw with a picture like this.

** eBay auction listing blocked.  Please enable cookies in your browser for this site and for eBay! **

While almost all of this sellers other listings show a much better full sized if not great picture.




Well, he is listing the famous TSR Kankhmar module!  :D


"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

  


Prolific Collector

Posts: 172
Joined: Aug 11, 2010
Last Visit: May 24, 2023

Post Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 9:33 pm 
 

FormCritic wrote:
Well, he is listing the famous TSR Kankhmar module!  :D


I played that one.  Man, it was a killer.  Pafhrd and the Grey Souser were just nasty.

  

User avatar

Grandstanding Collector
Acaeum Donor

Posts: 6720
Joined: Jul 16, 2005
Last Visit: Sep 30, 2022

Post Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 12:19 pm 
 

Phentari wrote:
I played that one.  Man, it was a killer.  Pafhrd and the Grey Souser were just nasty.


:lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:


"But I have watched the dragons come, fire-eyed, across the world."

  
Post new topic Reply to topic Page 1 of 1