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ajjohnsonsoxfan
09-05-2015, 04:10 PM
For all your newbie ebay sellers, take a little extra time and post good photos. I was able to buy this PSA 3 T206 Speaker for about $100 under market because the photos weren't good and other cards got the bids this one would have received. Took a chance because seller had "good coloring" in title, but you'd never know it from his photo. Check out before and after pics.

Luke
09-05-2015, 04:22 PM
And your scanner doesn't have a CCD element, so if you sold it, you'd get less than the next guy would probably. You can tell the colors are nice though.

icollectDCsports
09-05-2015, 05:09 PM
Whenever I see a low res, fuzzy, or odd angle photo on eBay, I assume the seller is intentionally hiding / attempting to minimize flaws.

Huysmans
09-06-2015, 06:59 AM
I thought this was obvious.
It's selling 101 for anything, not just T206's

Leon
09-07-2015, 02:10 PM
That is a night and day difference.

Gobucsmagic74
09-07-2015, 02:15 PM
Sorry, but both the pic and the scan look terrible to me. Nice card though!

ajjohnsonsoxfan
09-07-2015, 04:11 PM
Lol Dan you're right. After I posted this, I realized my scanner (Epson XP-410) could use an upgrade and just bought a canon with CCD (thanks to some recommendations). So it took a post on the importance of good pics to get me to upgrade to good pics.

p.s. this was my first T206 purchase in over 10 years and I think one of the best of the set! The greatest CF all time - The Grey Eagle!

Gobucsmagic74
09-09-2015, 10:21 AM
Haha, good move!

ajjohnsonsoxfan
09-11-2015, 07:00 PM
Night and Day difference with a new Canon scanner 9000F vs. all in one Epson xp410.


Lid down and Up

t206fix
09-11-2015, 07:20 PM
Buy the card, not the scanner.

scooter729
09-11-2015, 07:51 PM
I posted this card in the pickups thread, but the first pic is the one which was shown in the eBay listing. The second pic is one I found from a prior auction listing where the exact card was sold. When I saw the pic from the earlier listing, I felt more confident bidding on it. I felt like I got it cheaper because of the crappy picture in the listing.