[ForSale-Swap] pictures

kd4e kd4e at verizon.net
Fri Jul 28 09:30:06 EDT 2006


I will often post the pictures to my web page and
invite potential buyers to view them there.

ebay is so filled with scammers and the fees for
paypal and ebay are a pain.

I prefer these lists inside the ham family an a
digital camera makes it easy.

doc

> Bravo! Right On! Truth!
> 
> The advantage to selling something here versus on eBay
> is that you don't have to deal with all that photo
> hassle. If I'm going to go to the effort to take
> pictures, I might as well list it on eBay instead of
> here becuase half the work of getting it there is
> already done and the buying audience is much larger on
> eBay.
> 
> 73, Don Merz, N3RHT
> 
> 
> --- fkamp at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> ______________________________________________________________
>> It never fails that one or more prospective buyers
>> will ask 
>> to see pictures of the equipment being offered.
>>
>> I share that desire. When I am a buyer, I also like
>> to see a 
>> picture of what I am buying.
>>
>> However, let us take another look at this need and
>> the 
>> possible offerings to satisfy this need.
>>
>> Pictures are not going to save you from being taken
>> by 
>> someone out to 'take' you.
>>
>> Pictures are pain to make available and take in the
>> first place.
>>
>> If you dont know what the thing looks like, maybe
>> you should 
>> google the internet to see what it is, instead of
>> bothering 
>> the seller who did not see fit to provide graphics.
>>
>> Finally, I have never seen a digital picture that
>> made a 
>> very marginal piece of equipment look mint.
>>
>> Beware,
>> Frank Kamp


-- 

Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e
http://bibleseven.com



More information about the ForSale-Swap mailing list