On ebay

[bitonthesidexm]

This looks nice!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1997-R-Black-Citr ... 286.c0.m14

[kenhall]

She (the seller) has also written a nice 'novel' to go with it! Certainly looks like a well looked after example.

Ken

[andmcit]

It is a bit like "On a dark and stormy night..." and does read like a Citroen Xm brochure but then
again why not - as this is after all a pitch to sell a car, so sell it well! At least the vibes when
bidding for the car are good and as you say Ken the car sounds like it's enjoyed regular
thorough enthusiast maintenance.

I just feel close ups of door armrests and rear vents are at the detriment to the main feelgood
shots of the whole car which are missing - something like the auction shots below sell the car
which after all is still a subjective and emotional purchase as well as a cerebral one. Just my
tuppenceworth and nobody has to agree with my picture comments - mind, I'm not trying to
score points or be clever, it's just I work in graphic design and advertising and also avidly follow
Citroens on ebay and daily watch what does and doesn't work.

It may be totally corny but a damned good picture will sell as much as a 1000+ words
so combined with the 'small novel' description will be a really compelling proposition.

Some shots I've saved off ebay on my travels: it really does help to isolate the car,
get some light on it if it's a dark colour and get the whole thing in shot etc:







and some I've taken of a black s2 Exclusive - even some of these have confusing reflections:






I guess the thing about any forum is everyone has their own opinion and I may be making
an issue out of nothing..

Andrew

[robert_e_smart]

Anyone spot the CX in the picture of the side of the car, sitting in front of the XM.

[andmcit]

It's a 22 TRS mentioned in the "new member" thread posted here yesterday Robert.
I'm guessing the new silver W plater replacement is the one that appeared briefly
on ebay and then got turned around by Roger Bradford.

Andrew

[bitonthesidexm]

Nice piccies Andrew!

[kenhall]

Some shots I've saved off ebay on my travels

Have you noticed that with the new ebay listing format that it is now not possible to directly save the pictures (or is it just me?). I have always found it useful to import ebay pictures and then manipulate them with a picture application in order to inspect details, alter brightness and contrast etc etc.

Ken

[Dieselman]

I just saved one to desktop as a test.

[kenhall]

[quote]I just saved one to desktop as a test.[quote]

Tried it again and works OK with Internet Explorer but not with Firefox (which I have just started using). Any Firefox experts out there can tell me the secret for downloading .jpg's from ebay?

Ken

[andmcit]

I'm with you Ken - same problem and I too regularly alter the duff ebay picture in Photoshop
to see what exactly is on offer. I've found different browsers throw up the same issue and always
use Firefox - guess a recent update has this disabled although I originally believed Ebay must've
been trying to stop folk ripping off one another's auction pics. Originally thought it was a Mac
thing as I can't right click the mouse but used to use a keyboard key command.

Must admit I'd never dream of using Internet Exploder, even if it allows picture downloading.

Andrew