I'm amazed at how bad some of the photos are in adds.
Especially when it comes to speakers: Not only do speakers tend to come in different finishes from a manufacturer, but if it's a nice wood finish every finish can be unique. So I really want to see a photo of what the darned speakers look like. Not in dim lighting, slightly blurry, and under lighting that alters the color, etc.
At the point of your add, I'm not hearing your items, I'm looking at them.
And I have to know how they may look in my room.
I've tried to address the frustration I have with many audio adds when I produce my own adds to sell gear. I'm sure we may have different criteria, but I actually like to see comment by the owner about his experience with the gear being sold.
Here's a sample of one of my older adds. It my well fall astray of some of the criteria others may like in an add. But it fits what I like to see.
My goal was of course to get the speakers sold, but do so in as honest and helpful a way possible. So I gave the exact reason I was selling them, with a completely heartfelt description of their sound in my system, and with photos that were bang -on accurate in terms of what they looked like in person, so the finish could be inspected.
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649361293-harbeth-shl5-plus-lowest-price-premium-rosewood-fin...
It must have been a decent add; I was immediately flooded with offers and they sold quickly. Helps they were Harbeths, and beautiful speakers.
Especially when it comes to speakers: Not only do speakers tend to come in different finishes from a manufacturer, but if it's a nice wood finish every finish can be unique. So I really want to see a photo of what the darned speakers look like. Not in dim lighting, slightly blurry, and under lighting that alters the color, etc.
At the point of your add, I'm not hearing your items, I'm looking at them.
And I have to know how they may look in my room.
I've tried to address the frustration I have with many audio adds when I produce my own adds to sell gear. I'm sure we may have different criteria, but I actually like to see comment by the owner about his experience with the gear being sold.
Here's a sample of one of my older adds. It my well fall astray of some of the criteria others may like in an add. But it fits what I like to see.
My goal was of course to get the speakers sold, but do so in as honest and helpful a way possible. So I gave the exact reason I was selling them, with a completely heartfelt description of their sound in my system, and with photos that were bang -on accurate in terms of what they looked like in person, so the finish could be inspected.
http://www.canuckaudiomart.com/details/649361293-harbeth-shl5-plus-lowest-price-premium-rosewood-fin...
It must have been a decent add; I was immediately flooded with offers and they sold quickly. Helps they were Harbeths, and beautiful speakers.