I thought I had done well with this picture.
http://www.bellsouthpwp.net/l/o/lostkase/Argus.jpg After seeing my ad I
almost bought it! I doubled my money on the bay, my first sale.
Unfortunately,
$3.00 doubled will not make me rich.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: "Oly List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 2:45 PM
Subject: [OM] Proper marketing on *Bay
> I am constantly amazed that some folks trying to sell stuff on *Bay either
have no picture of the item for sale or one so fuzzy it's far less
informative than even half the 1000 words it's supposedly worth. Since I
doubt anyone here will be competing with me for this little jewel, should I
decide to snipe it later to complete my collection of MF 80/2.8 lenses (I
already having the Zeiss and the Rodenstock), I'm posting a link to what I
consider a proper presentation of the goody up for bids.
>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=3858404355
>
> And, by the way, this is the guy who sold the $18.87 book for $50, plus $5
shipping. Don't blame him for selling something for three times what it's
worth. It was just good -- and honest -- marketing. He never said it was
anything but exactly what it was. I briefly considered buying a half dozen
copies from Amazon and putting them up for auction myself, with great
pictures and purple prose praise. But that just seems like more trouble
than I want to go to.
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
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