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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sean5150, post: 2319879, member: 75607&quot;]I would 100% agree with you regarding sellers and the tricks they use. But I look for listings like this because if you look at the seller&#039;s other items or previous sales there are no coins. They are all random items. So while the photos are crappy, they are crappy because the seller knows nothing about coins. Even the listing title is one that Ebay suggests for you. So there&#039;s a chance the seller didn&#039;t know how good a coin he really had. That being said, why would anyone pay 610!?!?!?</p><p><br /></p><p>These are the listings I hate and try to stay away from:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/MORGAN-DOLLAR-1885cc-GSA-SEMI-PL-BLAZING-LUSTER-SUPER-HIGH-GRADE-NEEDS-GRADING-/272101425513?hash=item3f5a824169:g:hjQAAOSwZG9WkypI" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/MORGAN-DOLLAR-1885cc-GSA-SEMI-PL-BLAZING-LUSTER-SUPER-HIGH-GRADE-NEEDS-GRADING-/272101425513?hash=item3f5a824169:g:hjQAAOSwZG9WkypI" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/MORGAN-DOLLAR-1885cc-GSA-SEMI-PL-BLAZING-LUSTER-SUPER-HIGH-GRADE-NEEDS-GRADING-/272101425513?hash=item3f5a824169:g:hjQAAOSwZG9WkypI</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Just post a normal picture and let the buyer judge. I swear these listings have shill bidders too. Then there&#039;s the ones where they do something with the lighting to make the cameo look like a modern ASE and hide all the bag marks. And people either bid stupid money on them or the shill bidders do hoping someone will bite.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s another one:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1883-CC-MORGAN-DEEPEST-B-W-CAMEO-I-HAVE-EVER-SEEN-BLINDING-24-INCH-MIRRORS-UDM-/391357535033?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ov6zi5V2IW3ws4b%252FNzBAU%252F8D0WU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/1883-CC-MORGAN-DEEPEST-B-W-CAMEO-I-HAVE-EVER-SEEN-BLINDING-24-INCH-MIRRORS-UDM-/391357535033?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ov6zi5V2IW3ws4b%252FNzBAU%252F8D0WU%253D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.com/itm/1883-CC-MORGAN-DEEPEST-B-W-CAMEO-I-HAVE-EVER-SEEN-BLINDING-24-INCH-MIRRORS-UDM-/391357535033?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&amp;ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&amp;nma=true&amp;si=Ov6zi5V2IW3ws4b%2FNzBAU%2F8D0WU%3D&amp;orig_cvip=true&amp;rt=nc</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Now I know it&#039;s hard to capture DMPL, but he does a pretty good job with that Keno board thing. But just use a normal picture, it&#039;s like he used MS paint on the devices.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I&#039;ve been accused of taking pictures that make my coins look worse, but I take them the same way every time. That way you can see the luster and every imperfection. It probably leaves some money on the table if I sell them, but the buyer will be pleasantly surprised rather than disappointed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Double edit: How hard is it to take a picture in focus? All i have is an iphone and that&#039;s all you really need to take an accurate photo. Sometimes the fancy photos I see really hide imperfections also. I am wary of the &quot;professional&quot; photos. They always look better than the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=1892]@SuperDave[/USER]&nbsp; mentioned that scans can be valuable. I used to think they were useless, but after he mentioned it, I think they can be very useful. Like he said, ideally you&#039;d want a high resolution scan AND a properly focused photo.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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