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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jloring, post: 1735259, member: 15518&quot;]Well, July 1st is the day (as most eBay sellers already know) that the new pic requirements take effect. Gone (hopefully) will be undersized (and possibly bad) photos. However, though good in theory, in actuality this will be a major blow to eBay&#039;s bottom line, as the number of auctions and BIN&#039;s take a dramatic hit. From what I&#039;ve read on eBay&#039;s community forums (and elsewhere), many high volume sellers are pulling up stakes, as meeting the new requirements will take considerable effort and time (money). Personally, I think eBay has made a major error in implementing this policy, as many sellers are having a hard time understanding and complying with new formatting. For example, I use an older camera, and even with my highest resolution settings, I can&#039;t comply. For example, this photo I took doesn&#039;t even come close to meeting the new standards:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://s638.photobucket.com/user/jloring764/media/frank54a.jpg.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://s638.photobucket.com/user/jloring764/media/frank54a.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://i638.photobucket.com/albums/uu104/jloring764/frank54a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now a photo could be large enough to comply, but it could also be out of focus and not cropped. If you need a pic with a minimum of 500 pixels on one side (and 1600 is recommended), and the cropped photo doesn&#039;t meet this, then just leave the background in and &quot;bingo&quot;.. you have a &quot;good&quot; photo. I had to switch to a scanner to image my coins to comply, and that really takes much more time and effort. So, I for one, will join the group that&#039;s &quot;had it&quot; (at least for now). In addition, eBay, realizing the flack that will be forthcoming, as decided to place all their forums in &quot;read only&quot; mode for three days, started coincidentally on July 1st (with the excuse of &quot;upgrading the software&quot;). I&#039;ve been selling on the &#039;Bay since 1998, and I&#039;ve seen a lot (including the three days eBay&#039;s pic server was down).. but this, my friends, takes the cake.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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