A pet peeve

[1963Topps Set]

It is bad enough that there's at least one poster who doesn't include any scans when posting cards for sale, but I want to know why when someone posts a card (or cards) they don't include scans of BOTH sides of the card? I get tired of posting for the back of the card. Is it me, or is this just some marketing ploy I am not seeing? I would think posting both sides of a card, or photo, or anything else would increase the possibility of a sale?

Thanks...

[rjackson44]

hi tom your so right I don't mind asking them to email it to me ,,but if you put a scan up it makes life much nicer just my point of view ,,net 54 rocks

[ALR-bishop]

As a buyer only, and one who collects variants that can involve fronts or backs, I like sellers who offer back scans. But since I do not sell on ebay or a web site, I have no appreciation or understanding of the time and expense of providing them, particularly if you are a large volume seller

[1963Topps Set]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

As a buyer only, and one who collects variants that can involve fronts or backs, I like sellers who offer back scans. But since I do not sell on ebay or a web site, I have no appreciation or understanding of the time and expense of providing them, particularly if you are a large volume seller

Even if you are a large volume seller, you should still put the care and effort into every listing. I have sold in the past, and hope to do so in the future, and I always give more information and scans so there are no problems later.

I also love it when a seller states "miscut back" then doesn't show the back!

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

As a buyer only, and one who collects variants that can involve fronts or backs, I like sellers who offer back scans. But since I do not sell on ebay or a web site, I have no appreciation or understanding of the time and expense of providing them, particularly if you are a large volume seller

I sell off doubles on ebay, and depending on the type of scanner used, there is no added time to show a scan of both the front and back in the listing. The scanner I previously used was an older model and required me to physically scan both the front and back of each card, and this was obviously more time consuming(took twice as long). The scanner I use now scans front and back and then auto numbers the scans which allows for easy insertion of the images into the listing. With my newer scanner, it takes me the same amount of time to scan and add the image of the front to the listings as it does to scan and add both the front and back to the listing.

My guess is that the sellers who do not offer an image of the back in their listings, either do not have a scanner that can scan f/b on one pass(and choose not to spend the extra time to add the back's scan), or have a scanner that does f/b scans but do not understand how to do so.

[1963Topps Set]

My guess is that the sellers who do not offer an image of the back in their listings, either do not have a scanner that can scan f/b on one pass(and choose not to spend the extra time to add the back's scan), or have a scanner that does f/b scans but do not understand how to do so.[/QUOTE]

Or they are simply lazy.

I really love those who sell postcards and don't show the backs. Especially when they have been postmarked and sent. This is vital to the history of the card.

[bnorth]

I hate in when sellers delete the entire post after it is sold. I also don't like it when sellers remove the prices after the item sells. I can kinda understand the second one incase the buyer wants to resell it.

I like to use the past sales in the BST section to know what items sell for even if I can't afford them.

[gopherfan]

Originally Posted by savedfrommyspokes

I sell off doubles on ebay, and depending on the type of scanner used, there is no added time to show a scan of both the front and back in the listing. The scanner I previously used was an older model and required me to physically scan both the front and back of each card, and this was obviously more time consuming(took twice as long). The scanner I use now scans front and back and then auto numbers the scans which allows for easy insertion of the images into the listing. With my newer scanner, it takes me the same amount of time to scan and add the image of the front to the listings as it does to scan and add both the front and back to the listing.

My guess is that the sellers who do not offer an image of the back in their listings, either do not have a scanner that can scan f/b on one pass(and choose not to spend the extra time to add the back's scan), or have a scanner that does f/b scans but do not understand how to do so.

Can you please mention what kind of scanner you use? I would love to make my life easier if I choose to post scans of both sides of the cards.

And I love spending money on new toys, so a 2 sided scanner would be awesome.

[savedfrommyspokes]

Originally Posted by gopherfan

Can you please mention what kind of scanner you use? I would love to make my life easier if I choose to post scans of both sides of the cards.

And I love spending money on new toys, so a 2 sided scanner would be awesome.

Rob, the scanner I use is a Fujitsu Scan Snap s1500... it has been worth every penny.