digital camera

[alv]

why is it so hard to post a picture of what you are selling with an ad. digital cameras are cheap enough and if i have to email you for a picture why can't you just put the picture in the ad? sorry just had to vent

[dwick01]

Not everyone has a digital camera? Not everyone knows how to put pictures in an ad, maybe?

[BILL WZOREK]

alv:

A lot has to do with comfort level, The average age on here being what it is 60+
"WE" have learned how to email and can stumble through that form of contact.
Most don't have a lot to sell & find it hard to get to post pictures.
Maybe it's that you have to not over think things and not Question each & every step.

Pixels / computer Files / Cookies ~ WHAT THE F . And it goes on.

The fact that they can send email pictures & not ask your address so they can mail you the pictures is for some a great acomplishment.

[Scott H in Wheaton]

But his point was the seller says they can email pictures, if you can email them you should post them.

Likewise when advestising a single item instead of posting the price in the title it says "Price: in ad". If you are too embarrassed of your price I have no desire to waste my time by opening your ad to find the price.

[BILL WZOREK]

Scott:

Not Starting a Fight or arguing / if I may ask how old are you ?

Here is a example ~ Randy Has 3 81 carbs for sale all 3 different prices is he to post all 3 prices in the title

[whizzernick]

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I agree with all of you. My question is some post big pictures . I think most of us like big pictures. those thumb nail photo's that you click on twice to enlarge will not enlarge for me . So I ask again ---- how do you post nice big pictures ?
case in point--- I just saw yesterday a post of a member who bought a 33 5-w coupe and took us through a lot of very nice & big pictures . This story of the 33 is the best post I have seen yet (post on a story of what some members will go through to put a poor 33 back in grace) super job with the work and the post.

[whizzernick]

P.S I am 71 & 3/4
Nick

[Juergen]

From my perspective, why do you need a picture? I grew up with Hemmings and phone calls. So I would list "brake drum, all studs good, cut .030, ready to install". Now the guy wants a picture. A picture won't add anything to the description. The only reason that makes sense to me is to see if I really have the item. Now if the item is not "ready to use", I would add a picture to show the extent of the defects, but why else? What good is a picture of a flywheel?

[JM 35 Sedan]

I once suggested that all for sale ads placed here should be required to have a picture or pictures attached. I could not believe how many whining and crying posts were made on that comment . Thumbnail pictures can be opened in a separate window and enlarged to any size you would like to make them and they are much easier to post directly from computer files, IMO.

[Ronnie]

This is 2014 not 1914.Lots of tech to get a pic done.

Would you buy a brake drum in a box at a swap meet and have the seller tell you its all there and in good shape give me 50.00 but you can't see in the box??? I don't think so with the tech info today a pic is just too easy. No pic no sell simple.

R

[BILL WZOREK]

John:

Easy / smezzy

We have Whizzernick ( Stated age 71 & 3/4 years old or Young )
He has been having problems be able to understand let alone post pictures,
He has been asking for help some have answered just XYZ this & BDQ that Then you Fupz it a 2nd time And it goes on,& on.
Is there any one that could email him or call him and slowly in simple terms get him through it?
We live in such a fast pace time & we all have trouble in understanding that when we
know how to do some thing / why some one else can't come up to speed.

I am sure there are a lot of Barners that would love to post pictures but are afraid to ask
And hear ASKED & ANSWERED

I have just learned how to stumble my way through posting pictures & I am not sure I do it the same each time. ( I know I could not explain how I get it done )

[packyusmc]

Why doesn't some one post a complete description of how to post photos for ads and also how to post an avatar? I'm very computer illiterate and can't even find where to start. I would appreciate it.

[wisbangman]

Some of us just have mental blocks when it comes to taking and posting pictures. Half my working life was in retail newspaper advertising sales. One picture is worth a thousand words. And I truely believe that. Being now, over 70, I fall into the group who have some computer skills, some, digital camera skills, and hardly any posting skills . And yes, I could probably ask my 11 year old grandson to upload them, but how does that work ? I believe that it would be a real service if someone on the barn, would put a step by step loading tutorial on here for dummies. And post it where it will be available permanently so us challenged folk can always refer to it. It's not that we don't want to put in a photo, we are just challanged.....Thanks

[BILL WZOREK]

Ronnie:

Not looking for trouble,or a fight / But if it so easy why don't you get a hold of Whizzernick and help him get his pictures posted / Heck he may have the part you need to get on the road.

[whizzernick]

Thanks Bill

[BILL WZOREK]

Whizzernick:

I am not singling you out it is I see you asking for help & you as many ( I put my self in this group also ) don't understand the lingo!!!!

[mrtexas]

post on fordbarn

first log in to your account

1) select pictures and albums


2)ADD ALBUM


3)upload picture


4)select picture

[Scott H in Wheaton]

Originally Posted by BILL WZOREK

Scott:

Not Starting a Fight or arguing / if I may ask how old are you ?

Here is a example ~ Randy Has 3 81 carbs for sale all 3 different prices is he to post all 3 prices in the title

Bill,
I'm 54.
Randy has three items, so it makes sense to price them individually in the ad.
My point was when someone has a SINGLE item and wants to hide the price in the ad.

As far as posting pictures, I don't think anyone here is incapable of it. I think they are afraid to poke around on their computer and figure out how to do it. Fear of the unknown, fear of crashing their computer, etc.

Come on, guys! You can rebuild a manual trans, restore a carburetor, figure out how to free-up a stuck flathead, de-rust using molasses, electrolysis and goodness knows what....it takes less than 30 seconds to post a picture. Dive in and figure it out! You figured out how to find FordBarn, sign up, and start posting things....

[llee5492]

a men

[Scott H in Wheaton]

MrTexas,
THANK YOU FOR POSTING THAT!

I never used that method, so as a first-timer it was incredibly fast and easy to do!
I have always used the little paper-clip icon in the top of the reply box. The "quick reply" box doesn't have the icon, but you can always get to it if you click "go advanced" at the bottom of this box right next to where it says Post Quick Reply.

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