This is how you photograph a car for sale

by "Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
Published 07/07/2017 at 10:23

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Keep scrolling. And scrolling.

http://www.roverclassic.com/detail.php?item=828

Replies (26)

"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
07/07/2017 at 10:28, STARS: 2

nope too many pics and not enough thumbs/fingers/body parts in the way.

;)

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/07/2017 at 10:30, STARS: 0

The license plate is just sitting there in the open! Don’t they have any sense of propriety or shame?

"DutchieDC2R" (dutchiedc2r)
07/07/2017 at 10:30, STARS: 1

its.....detailed, thats for sure....

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/07/2017 at 10:31, STARS: 2

I’m not actually sure that I need photos taken in 5 degree increments as I move around the car, TBH.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/07/2017 at 10:32, STARS: 1

Every one of their listings is that obsessive. It seems like they make a lot of out of state/international sales, so I guess that all of the photos help.

"Deal Killer - Powered by Focus" (dealkiller-ii)
07/07/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 1

That is a very pretty car. And at $5,900 is price right as well. I wish I was in the market for a new to me car. That would be an interesting ride, although I’d hate to punish it as my daily work car. It’d be like making a thorough bred horse pull a plow.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/07/2017 at 10:33, STARS: 1

Although, compared with photos taken at an angle facing sunlight, you sort of have to commend the effort.

"Rustholes-Are-Weight-Reduction" (rustholes-are-weight-reduction)
07/07/2017 at 10:34, STARS: 2

“Excuse me, I think your license plate is showing”

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/07/2017 at 10:35, STARS: 1

Very fair point - plus, I’ve been spending wayyyy too much time on BaT lately, where this would be about the average number of photos posted per listing.

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/07/2017 at 10:38, STARS: 2

This site is dangerous, because their willingness to take 180 photographs of a 90s Land Rover for sale almost makes it seem like they’d be a reliable purchase.

"CobraJoe" (cobrajoe)
07/07/2017 at 10:40, STARS: 1

I bet you could make a pretty smooth spinning gif from all those pics

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/07/2017 at 10:42, STARS: 0

Look how PRISTINE it is! It’s GOTTA be a good reliable car!

"sm70- why not Duesenberg?" (sm70-whynotduesenberg)
07/07/2017 at 10:45, STARS: 1

Actually, there’s such thing as too many similar photos.

NP though.

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/07/2017 at 10:48, STARS: 2

Realtors do this shit, too. There’s a sweet spot in the number of pics I need of a car or a house. It’s usually about 20. Not 50. And definitely not 3 (I ’ m looking at you, Craigslist..)

"fintail" (fintail)
07/07/2017 at 10:51, STARS: 1

NP

"MonkeePuzzle" (monkeypuzzle)
07/07/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 1

bandwidth is basically free. If I’m buying a car sight unseen, why not.

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/07/2017 at 10:54, STARS: 0

Then I’d highly recommend that you stay away from BaT. It’s probably more obsessive than this site. :)

"Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap" (ddadragon)
07/07/2017 at 10:58, STARS: 1

Wow that’s clean.

"BritishLeyland™" (leylandcars)
07/07/2017 at 10:59, STARS: 1

WHAT THE FRIGG THE SITE IS CALLED ROVERCLASSIC AND THERE ARE NO ROVERS CARS FOR SALE I MEAN WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!?!?!111111

"WilliamsSW" (williamssw)
07/07/2017 at 11:00, STARS: 0

True, and no one is making me look at every photo. But it seems to me that a lot of these photos don’t contain new info.

I just randomly looked at the first BaT listing I saw, and it has 140 photos and 7 videos. The video number is pretty high even for BaT (it’s a 911SC currently at $20k), but I don’t think 140 pics is that unusual for them - - but there, you see a lot more specific, detailed photos of blemishes, known trouble spots, etc.

Even with all of that, I think I’d want to fly out and look at the car, but that’s just me.

"Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies" (jordanwphillips)
07/07/2017 at 11:17, STARS: 2

EAGLE PREMIER

http://www.roverclassic.com/detail.php?item=800

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
07/07/2017 at 11:38, STARS: 0

There’s a FSBO website in my area that is like that. The hard limit is 8, which is not enough.

"Ash78, voting early and often" (ash78)
07/07/2017 at 11:44, STARS: 0

Sounds almost like an FSBO website that’s secretly run by realtors. “You know, if you want your house to sell, I can set it up on my website with 50 pictures!”

"Honeybunchesofgoats" (honeybunche0fgoats)
07/07/2017 at 11:47, STARS: 1

That’s the single most photographed Eagle Premier in history.

"Tekamul" (tekamulburner)
07/07/2017 at 11:54, STARS: 0

Really they’re just completely outdated. I used it when I sold my previous house, but in hindsight I should have known it was a waste of money. Same thing with flat rate realtors (who I fortunately talked my wife out of).

In the end, both offers came from buyers who found it on Zillow. The presentation there is much better.

"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
07/07/2017 at 12:24, STARS: 0

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