Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[breakaway01]

on the canon they have spot metering and evaluative metering, plus a setting for how it factors in background light.

I switched to spot metering, aimed at the darkest part of the jacket and then snapped. Until I did that I used a lightroom filter I ran on all shadows. I finally set everything to manual, snapped at 3 stops on either side of the 0 point and use that as a reference.

Some people say the gray card is the key to getting that exposure right, but I've tried it on a number of items and it didn't seem to help.

Spot metering also doesn't work on a dark subject because the camera meter will overexpose to bring the dark subject up to a midtone. If you are working in a studio setting with controlled lighting then the exposure should not change (significantly) with the subject. This is the ideal situation for those of you taking product shots for eBay. If the lighting is changing (e.g. ambient through a window, flash with TTL metering) then it gets more tricky.

 

[ATLjon]

Blockitty Block Block (Private feedback ... I should have known)

Our correspondence below. I ended up throwing her $15 for drycleaning instead of telling her to go to hell because that would have been ungentlemanly, and I am nothing if not a gentleman.


mysegal11:

Me:
A day later ...

Did you receive my message from yesterday? I'd like to get this resolved quickly; nothing like this has happened before to me as a seller. If you don't want the suit, I'd like to address the issues and offer it to another bidder.

mysegal11:
mysegal11:
Me:

mysegal11:
Me:
Me:

mysegal11: What the hell is the UPSO?

Me:
mysegal11:
Me:
mysegal11: I hate people

Me:



How should I have handled this differently?

 

[sparrow]

That was fine 15 less still sell
Now block

 

[hbkshin]

As soon as she mentioned money for feedback, I'd have called eBay to see if I can get immunity from having to do anything further.

 

[highvoltorb]

Sometimes I feel like not responding to members If I don't like their usernames. Recently I've had messages from a "getsomehead" and a "nutsinyourmouth". Like, this is a nice ******* piece of clothing. I don't want some douchebag wearing it. Unless it's Robert Graham, then I literally don't give a **** who you are.

 

[hooker4186]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111430745065?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649

And here I thought I'd have to sit around for a while waiting on a best offer...sold in less than 30 mins of listing.

 

[Fueco]

While we're doing brags... This is now my best sale ever (consignment).

It's been an insanely profitable week, and I wish every week could be like this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=201144358332

 

[Fueco]

Unless it's Robert Graham, then I literally don't give a **** who you are.

It seems like the douches have moved on from teh skeetz...

 

[hooker4186]



While we're doing brags... This is now my best sale ever (consignment).

It's been an insanely profitable week, and I wish every week could be like this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=201144358332

Dude. Hope you're getting a nice slice of that!

 

[My Main Man]

It seems like the douches have moved on from teh skeetz...

Yeah, I saw that even Spoo only got like $12 for one the other week.

 

[jdrizzy]

5000k lights and 6500k lights practically the same? I really want to step up my photo game, does someone have a written guide already. Might drop some money on a proper camera and mannequin, I feel like I always ask this question

 

[Fueco]

Dude. Hope you're getting a nice slice of that!

Oh, you know it! Let's just say that this week is the most profitable of my life.

 

[highvoltorb]



Yeah, I saw that even Spoo only got like $12 for one the other week.

Huh. I just had my highest ever skeet at $96 two weeks ago. Two ending Sunday that I'm hopeful for.

 

[Brianpore]

5000k lights and 6500k lights practically the same? I really want to step up my photo game, does someone have a written guide already. Might drop some money on a proper camera and mannequin, I feel like I always ask this question

Camera forums will have awesome guides in general. Reading a bunch I was able to pick little parts that applied to my setup.

 

[Koala-T]

Camera forums will have awesome guides in general. Reading a bunch I was able to pick little parts that applied to my setup.

This might be useful, but it is more about cameras than lighting:

http://www.wikihow.com/Take-Better-Product-Photographs-for-Free

Also this:
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/product-photography.htm

Maybe this?
http://photography.tutsplus.com/tut...ting-a-perfectly-lit-product-photo--photo-950