Pictures, More Pictures

I have an Olympus camera which Michael Grace once referred to as a PHD (push here, dummy). My eyesight is aged and my interest in photography is nil. I can't deny that photos help. They help me too when I am buying. That's why I include them.
But the whole download, file, catalog process is a bore to me.
For 35 years one hobby has been enough. Now you guys tell me I need another one. None of you would buy anything from me without a rotogravure. Never mind the fact that I know what I'm talking about, have perfect and voluminous feedback and invite phone calls. Gotta have a lot of pictures.
It just seems to me like we got off the rails somewhere.

Macrojack: It is what it is!!

Macrojack: It is what it is!!

So's the weather - but people talk about it.

Macrojack, why get upset? If you don't want to take more pictures, don't. No one is telling you how to post an ad, they're are just giving helpful sales hints. Photos help sell, if you don't want to take any photos, don't. If you don't want to take more photos, don't. If you don't want to write a description, don't. Do wantever you want, and live with the results.

I'm starting to wonder if you simply started this thread to get more people to look at your ads.......

Here's my view - If I'm selling a hi$ component, and a prospective buyer requests more pictures, or asks nitty questions, I don't think for a nanosecond about whether to comply. It takes at most 10 min to take shots from multiple angles and upload them to an email.

Certainly, do what you want. But if I was a buyer interested in your sale and you balked at sending me some pic's, it would probably be the last conversation we had. Feedback isn't everything, and I agree pic's aren't everything either, but, it's so easy to be accommodating and demonstrate goodwill by being responsive.