why all the pm/text me for photos posts?

[straightrazorguy]

Originally Posted by daplatapus

I still don't understand why people want to regulate how other people do stuff. If someone wants to sell something but not post a pic, that's their prerogative. If they want to ask 2X what their item is worth, that's also their prerogative. If they want to sell it and not ship.... also their prerogative.
If you don't want to buy something that a pic isn't shown for, that's your prerogative. Don't want to pay what their asking? Fine, don't. And if you don't like how an add is worded, formatted, shipped etc? MOVE ON!
You be you, and let the other person be them. Geeze, 4 pages of this?????

I agreee with your argument, in general. People can post whatever they want and people are free to read it, or not.

But we're talking about selling here. We're talking about benefitting financially from the network effect this site offers. This site, like many others, can concoct its own rules when it comes to members banefitting financially from it. Or not...

Personally, I feel I have wasted a few seconds I'll never get back every time someone posts a for sale thread with no picture. I don't like seeing pictures on a puny phone screen, so I don't even bother with texted pics.

Just my $0.02...

[jorjef]

Originally Posted by straightrazorguy

I agreee with your argument, in general. People can post whatever they want and people are free to read it, or not.

But we're talking about selling here. We're talking about benefitting financially from the network effect this site offers. This site, like many others, can concoct its own rules when it comes to members banefitting financially from it. Or not...

Personally, I feel I have wasted a few seconds I'll never get back every time someone posts a for sale thread with no picture. I don't like seeing pictures on a puny phone screen, so I don't even bother with texted pics.

Just my $0.02...

You should be "charging" 2 cents for this, not willy nilly giving it away!!!... Just my opinion....By the way you owe me 2 cents...

[Coasting]

Everyone will do what they want regardless.
Personally if I don't see a picture, I just close the ad and move on. I'm sure I've passed by TONS of corals I would have loved just because they didn't post a picture, but who cares, I purchased something else from somebody else instead. And I most likely didn't really NEED the item...
And why should I waste my data to get a picture texted to me then have the item/coral be ****tyer then expected. Not only did that waste my time and the sellers time but now we've both wasted date on a sale that's going nowhere.
If I want to sell my items then I will put in the effort to post pictures, way easier then answering a ton of "pics please" pm's from people who would never buy the item in the first place.