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Always amazes me the complete lack of effort some folks put into photographing stuff they're trying to sell.
Facebook Marketplace is chokka with them, usually accompanied by a very lacklustre description, if there's one at all.
I like that they've gone to the trouble of both a landscape and portrait version of the same bike on a heap with the bars backwards though 😅
At least they're in focus.
Bike seems alright. Orientation fail mind.
Seen any good ones?
I don't mind bad pictures, poor descriptions etc, it just means more of a bargain for me, especially on ebay, as less people will be interested.
Hi m8, is the bike still 4 sale?
Expensive things like houses taken by an agent's professional photographer.
Just move the van!
Or come back tomorrow if it's not the homeowners van
https://www.remax-tweeddale.net/properties-for-sale/property/11031789-chapel-street-innerleithen
That house is the first floor flat. I can see the logic even if it is still a crap photo. And **** coming back every day hoping someone hasnt parked there.
Wots ur lowest price?
When I sold my house the agents "professional" photographer came round walked into each room, aimed the camera at the window and took the photo. Every picture was a massively over exposed window surrounded by what looked like a dimly lit cave.
When I complained, they came round and did exactly the same thing again, so I ended up taking the photos and sending them to the agent.
They had the cheek to charge me twice for the photographer, eventually I got a refund and they paid me the photographer fee!
I’ve dubbed this house “burglary chic”
That was quite funny, there is something refreshing about real estate not trying too hard.
It beggars belief this. I remember when I was looking to rent a flat. The amount of listings with just one tiny photo in the wrong orientation of a washing machine, toilet, communal area, or even some famous building or landmark in the city.
At the moment, I'm looking for a nice antique bed frame. I've set up alerts on eBay for when one is listed in my area. The bed needs to go in an alcove so If not mentioned I message the seller asking for the dimensions. You wouldn't think that would be unreasonable would you? There's one that I'd actually buy but the seller is keeping a tight lid on the actual dimensions of the bed frame and so it goes, unsold, relisted again, to pop up in my alerts, again. To which I ask again for the dimensions... All they'll divulge, in an increasingly exasperated tone is that "IT'S SUPERKINGSIZE". It's actually quite funny. I'm hoping that one day he'll send me an offer. To which I'll counter offer £5. Because that's what it'll be worth as firewood if it doesn't fit.
I keep an eye on used surfboards on ebay. The amount of people who can't be bothered to clean dirty wax off before photographing the board. 30 minutes work would increase their selling potential.
My current local favourite on Rightmove:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111205514
I mean i suppose they can't move the tree but as the primary photo it just seems like not the best option
We are delighted to bring to the market this fabulous family home, centrally located in the increasingly sought-after town of Innerleithen, which is presented in excellent decorative order and is simply brimming with character, not least due to its quirky layout which is both appealing and interesting. The flexible accommodation is very well proportioned throughout and retains a number of attractive traditional features such as working window shutters, original wrought iron balustrade, working open fireplace, original cornice, floorboards and wall panelling, whilst the dècor and colour schemes utilised throughout, definitely lend a homely and welcome feel to the place
That's two sentences!!!
I went and saw a flat yesterday, all of the advert and listing pics seem designed to make the place seem tiny. The rooms are actually all pretty big, I was amazed. I'm not even convinced that it's all a field-of-vision thing, it really seems like they've taken the pictures from the middle of the room rather than a corner or doorway. Professional agency too, not just some random. I almost didn't bother viewing
There's a subaru impreza on my local gumtree that the guy's taken 2 photos, both covered in snow, perfect.
And why do some people take a pic, then go to the gallery on their phone, then take a screenshot of the pic, then post that. WTF?
Amateurs. THe best for sale pics can be found at https://twitter.com/badrealtyphotos?lang=en
We are delighted to bring to the market this fabulous family home, centrally located in the increasingly sought-after town of Innerleithen, which is presented in excellent decorative order and is simply brimming with character, not least due to its quirky layout which is both appealing and interesting. The flexible accommodation is very well proportioned throughout and retains a number of attractive traditional features such as working window shutters, original wrought iron balustrade, working open fireplace, original cornice, floorboards and wall panelling, whilst the dècor and colour schemes utilised throughout, definitely lend a homely and welcome feel to the place
Is there some some sort of course for estate agents which teaches them to write like that? Is there some sort of secret contest going-on to get as many (estate agent-specific) buzzwords in as possible? Do they speak like that in real life?
Honestly, I could feel my blood pressure increasing as I was reading that.
This... this can't be real can it?
https://twitter.com/BadRealtyPhotos/status/1409619786464567301?s=20
What I find most horrific is that it's above the dining table.
I’ve dubbed this house “burglary chic”.
😂
And why do some people take a pic, then go to the gallery on their phone, then take a screenshot of the pic, then post that. WTF?
Oh yeah, I saw that the other day actually. 🤔
£700,000k for that house with the tree in the front garden 😳
I must be out of touch, but to buy that mediocre house you have to be on a salary of £200k per year?
This is what £700k gets you near where I live
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/111673430#/?channel=RES_BUY
Cripes, Dorking is expensive!!
If Dorking's too pricey move to Lochmaddy then, 16.7 hectares for £125k and you won't need extra for a front door lock. Could do with a lick of paint mind and I guess skips cost a lot to get delivered to N. Uist.
I'm not really sure what people will expect from this mirror
I’m not really sure what people will expect from this mirror
There's a twitter account for these too: https://twitter.com/SellingAMirror .
I'm amazed how people selling decent-level photographic equipment sometimes use such bad pictures, surely knowing that their potential buyers might have an eye for such things?
Bit like the mirror ones, but with added laundry
I love a poor description
I was in the market for a big Sliding Bed Table Saw - one of the things that made searching for one difficult is lots of people have their own idea of what to call one 'Dimension Saw' 'Panel Saw' (not to be confused with a Panel Saw), 'Sliding Bed Saw' and so on.
My strategy was to try and find the most obscure title someone could give to one of these machines in the hope I could get an bit of a bargain.
One night, bored, and a bit drunk I'd spent ages dreaming up different search terms and stuck for ideas I just searched for 'Saw' to get a broad range of results see what ideas it might give for words to partner it with. I was set to 'Auctions ending soonest' and it was mid week and a while after a midnight.
Ending soon was a a lovely, pretty clean looking 3m SCM Minimax listed as 'Saw'. I was the only bidder and snagged a £10k machine that was only a few years old for £600
In a more sober moment the following morning I had to figure out an economical way to get the massive beast of a machine home to Glasgow as in the heat of the moment I hadn't noticed the seller was in Dorset.
This is on my local FB marketplace
@thols2 - W.T.A.F? 😳 That is truly terrifying! I know it comes under bad estate agent photos, but no photographer could do anything with that place, other than several hours in photoshop to mask the worst of it.
Nothing to contribute apart from - ace thread!
This is ****ing mental.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/27785-Hidden-Cove-Rd-Cold-Spring-MN-56320/74877154_zpid/?
https://twitter.com/StevenTDennis/status/1432536927073411072
I spent my holidays at my mum's helping her clear rooms to make it presentable for photos. And then the estate agent has made a video, which shows all the hidden junk, toilet lids up, piles of boxes, random close ups of odd antiques/junk etc. Ah well. We tried.
(It's like some sort of 'spot the oil lamps, how many can you find' competition. Or same, for old tins).
😂 ^
Inflatable canoe for sale.
Oh, there's bound to be some nice photos of it blown up. You know, as a canoe..
Nah, just the one photo, a heap on the ground..
When I read the thread title I assumed this was going to be a thread on people selling rubbish?!
Laminator for sale:
This is ****ing mental.
Best house to take acid in EVER.
I do like a mounting bike
Pretty good photo though. Amazing what you can get for £500 these days!
A few years ago i spotted a Rolex watch on eBay very cheap the picture of it was so blurred you could just about tell it was a watch. I took a punt and it turned out to be genuine and i sold it a few years later for a very healthy profit.
I’ve dubbed this house “burglary chic”.
Location, Location, Location! Plus, scope for improvement...
I spent my holidays at my mum’s helping her clear rooms to make it presentable for photos. And then the estate agent has made a video, which shows all the hidden junk, toilet lids up, piles of boxes, random close ups of odd antiques/junk etc. Ah well. We tried.
But as a potential buyer, I much prefer the 'honesty' of that video compared to a few carefully chosen and 'enhanced' photos, as it gives me a much better sense of what the place is actually like. I can see straight away, that it's going to need a lot of work to get it anywhere near what I'd consider decent, as it looks like it hasn't had any maintenance work done for decades (save for the installation of some UPVC windows). Which for a property near the sea, isn't good. So the estate agent is actually helping potential buyers, who may not be able to travel all the way to a remote location to view just one property, to have a much better informed view of what it's really like. And it's not their fault you didn't actually clear all the crap out! Obviously sellers want to gloss over any negative points, but it's buyers who'll be lumbered with a potential money pit. So your estate agent has actually done a good job there, I'd say! Most unlike the majority...
2 I've enjoyed today
Oh that's weird. Are embedded photies not working?
Oh that’s weird. Are embedded photies not working?
Are they hosted on FaceBook servers?
No, just screenshots - they've appeared now 😀
Can't imagine her making coffee with much gusto 😂
I'm guessing there's a solid market for cheap "coffee machines".
No photos sadly, but when I last was house hunting I found a great property where every picture of a bathroom showed a giant pyramid of toilet roll atop the toilet cistern. Something like 14 rolls or so.
I imagine the homeowners had the photographer take the shot of bathroom one, and were then like, "Hold on mate, we just need to move the bog roll to the next bathroom, with you in a moment".
Jesus @paton you know you could delete the ? and all the nonsense after it in that link?
paton's photo - ad says at the bottom " will be updated with more useful photos when I get a chance" - I guess that photo is deliberately bad to make sure nobody thinks it's real!
btw - the only bit of that link you need is https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265406813707
Edit: MrP beat me to it
a giant pyramid of toilet roll atop the toilet cistern. Something like 14 rolls or so.
A triangular stack would be 10 or 15 or even 21 rolls if they were really showing off.
Don't know what it is with wardrobes.
I spent my holidays at my mum’s helping her clear rooms to make it presentable for photos. And then the estate agent has made a video, which shows all the hidden junk, toilet lids up, piles of boxes, random close ups of odd antiques/junk etc. Ah well.
Now thats what I call a seriously nice and characterful home. 😀
As I look about my small and cluttered Glasgow tenement flat, I think....
...Maybe its not nearly as cluttered as i thought 😆 😆
That is actually a very nice place. A shame you're selling up.
Tbh the Zillow house just mesmerised me,every time you look at a picture you get something else.
A family of monkeys tastefully arranged over a bar.
It’s so bad but done with a strange style, I’ve honestly never seen anything like it.
Oddly some locals are being done for selling elephant foot stools and I sorta wondered what type of decor would they fit into as to me it’s a strange thing to want.
Little did I realise that STW would provide the answer.
Tbh the Zillow house just mesmerised me,every time you look at a picture you get something else.
A family of monkeys tastefully arranged over a bar.
It’s so bad but done with a strange style, I’ve honestly never seen anything like it.
Is that the house from Ace Ventura?
Ironically the first pic in OP could be a dream for the trained eye looking for a bargain.
Maybe not so obvious to the untrained eye, but the bike looks to have suffered about two zero rides to the shop and then crammed into the back of a dry shed. Stuff dumped in front of bike (and over it) means the bike is not easily-accessible/extricable and so remains unused. Cables and tyres look mint. Crank logo unrubbed. Nearby (also discarded) crutches point to possible immobility/long-term health issues.
Best guess = looking at an ‘as new’ bike that has been impulse-purchased/hoarded by someone who isn’t into bikes/exercise (but momentarily thought that they might be)
Sincerely,
N. Parker
221b Baker Street
NW1 6XE
The Real Thing...
A FS with a kickstand. What a rare and special beast!
It's got bar ends and they still don't know which way round they're supposed to point... 😂
I wonder what's in the black bags...
A FS with a kickstand.
Describing it FS is generous. Actually, describing it as a bike is generous!
Definitely in to BSO territory
Why anyone would want to buy a shonky picture of an even shonkier looking bike is beyond me.
Enjoyed this listing today. Pictures surprised me, when you want to sell something, show all the knackered bits? But then there's the dwscription 😀
The description is a work of phonetic stream-of-consciousness genius!
Brilliant.
Photo in the bin lorry made me laugh but then I saw more - genius!
No headset is the dealbreaker for me though, sorry.
😂
There's a thread over on YACF about that Enigma. Damned if I can find it though