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Old Jun 16th, 2021, 13:13   #11
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No one's interested in the condition of the car in general.
Lol, so you're declaring on behalf of every viewer of the listing what they will not be interested in?
That's a bold statement.

You're saying that absolutely no-one will be interested in buying any of the exterior panels or any of the interior parts so their condition is irrelevant?
Do 240 owners contact each other and say, "Send me a door. There is no picture of it but I don't care as I have no interest in whether a quarter of it is rust".

You're saying that one or two photos of the seats, the roof lining, the dash, the centre console would be a waste of time because no one cares about their condition?

The car is 3 different colours so no one is even vaguely interested in what the other side is like?

Why has the seller bothered to post up any photo at all if "no one's interested in the condition of the car in general" ?
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Old Jun 16th, 2021, 14:04   #12
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Lol, so you're declaring on behalf of every viewer of the listing what they will not be interested in?
That's a bold statement.

You're saying that absolutely no-one will be interested in buying any of the exterior panels or any of the interior parts so their condition is irrelevant?
Do 240 owners contact each other and say, "Send me a door. There is no picture of it but I don't care as I have no interest in whether a quarter of it is rust".

You're saying that one or two photos of the seats, the roof lining, the dash, the centre console would be a waste of time because no one cares about their condition?

The car is 3 different colours so no one is even vaguely interested in what the other side is like?

Why has the seller bothered to post up any photo at all if "no one's interested in the condition of the car in general" ?


Very interesting ....

but....




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Old Jun 16th, 2021, 14:10   #13
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Very interesting ....

but....

Oh..... That's cleared that up then.
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Oh..... That's cleared that up then.


Actually.

I think there are excellent posts above explaining that the eBay listing is reasonable.

You do not agree with them.

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Old Jun 17th, 2021, 00:26   #15
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I think there are excellent posts above explaining that the eBay listing is reasonable.

You do not agree with them
You worked that out all on your own?
No flies on you.
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Old Jun 17th, 2021, 02:24   #16
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Well I'm sure the answer isn't only a choice between hundreds photos of every part or one crummy photo of one side of the car as the seller has decided to do.
12 free photos could be 5 exterior shots, 5 interior shots 1 photo each of the luggage compartment and engine bay.

You'd have a good idea of the car in general and it would take the seller 2 minutes to photograph.
But you still wouldn’t know whether ‘your’ part was available, and tbh, the one pic does give an idea of the state of the car in this instance.

As was said above, the point of the listing is to advertise that this car is being broken, which is stated, and the fact that a wiper motor is the actual item being sold is irrelevant.

It’s the online version of knowing a local breakers had a 240 in, and you have to contact them to see if ‘your’ part was available.
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It’s the online version of knowing a local breakers had a 240 in, and you have to contact them to see if ‘your’ part was available.
Exactly. No one is interested in the condition of the whole car, only in that of the part they happen to want. There are hundreds of parts someone somewhere might want - 99% of them might be in perfect condition, but that's irrelevant to the person who wants a specific bit.


This is a traditional way of drawing attention to a car that is being broken, and no one but a pedantic moron would think otherwise.
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You worked that out all on your own?
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I will not disagree.



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This is a traditional way of drawing attention to a car that is being broken.

I agree with Clifford.

And. It is a now traditional way that seems to work to the advantage of both sellers and buyers.

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no one but a pedantic moron would think otherwise.
If you can get this wound up over an opinion on an eBay listing, perhaps you should take a break and let nurse take you for a walk around the garden.

She'll return your keyboard when you stop being a silly little boy.
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