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    Default Now THIS is how to sell a vintage instrument on Ebay!!! Wow!

    It's often said a picture is worth a 1000 words. I can think of 3000 to describe these photos of a really cool vintage Fender banjo on ebay. Notice how clear the photos are taken in a really good lighting setting. It's important to have a focal point when you are trying to draw attention to the item your are selling and this seller really draws you in on the first 9 photos. Plenty of detail but yet not too much. Still leaves enough for your imagination in deciding do you want this banjo or not. Anyway here it is in all it's glory: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1960...04%26rk%3D3%26

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    Default Re: Now THIS is how to sell a vintage instrument on Ebay!!! Wow!

    Quote Originally Posted by f5loar View Post
    ...Plenty of detail but yet not too much. Still leaves enough for your imagination...
    You are still talking about the banjo, right?

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    OMG...VERY impressive!
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    I saw the first 7 photos but I didn't see any banjo.
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    Seems like it would really stick out in a jam and project quite well
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    If youre gonna buy an instrument because some floozy is holding it then youre playing for the wrong reasons. And too much blush BTW.

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    Oddly enough, I wasn't tempted.
    Now, if, say, the guy who played Thor had been holding it, that would have been a whole 'nother thing!
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    What banjo?

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    Doesn't really appear to be a banjo that they're selling....

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    vintage Fender banjo, sounds like a contradiction in terms..
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    "Honey, I'm gonna sit here and play the banjo for a while."
    "Oh...Well, wait 'til I get my coat. I'll be over at Martha's."
    "No, don't go. I'll just go look at pictures of banjos."
    "AND....WHAT....PICTURES....ARE....THOSE...... ..MISTER ?!?!?"
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    I just noticed this line from the write-up. I cut-and-pasted it, so it's a verbatim quote:

    "Please view pictures as they give an accurate visual description of what will arrive to winning bid..."
    Last edited by John McCoy; Sep-16-2012 at 1:08pm. Reason: forgot quote marks; added them
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    I'm bidding!
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    Soft core porn site re-direct.

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    Though I don't really care about banjos, you drew me in because I wanted to know how to sell my mandolins faster. But, I don't think we have anybody around here that looks like that ...

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    Default Re: Now THIS is how to sell a vintage instrument on Ebay!!! Wow!

    Other thread on this subject in the "eBay forum" was locked down; this'll be next.
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    Default Re: Now THIS is how to sell a vintage instrument on Ebay!!! Wow!

    Quoting Ted's reply in the other...

    Locking this down. Seller does indeed lead you to what seems to be a soft core porn site. You gents can do what you want with that information, but we won't be promoting it here.
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