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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 09-02-2021, 05:44
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Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Another one of those where I think, "My God! What did they do to that poor boat!?!"
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-06-2019, 12:32
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Except that every time I think "nobody could be that stupid" I end up being wrong -- and sooner or later somebody comes along and does something even STUPIDER!
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 25-04-2019, 10:46
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

It's a fine thing to keep a little playful adolescence in your character as you grow older. It's quite another thing to let it run rampant when you are trying to work a business deal.
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-04-2019, 11:14
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Obviously an over-aged adolescent who thinks that all boat buyers are as puerile as he is. Even if this was the perfect boat for me, at the perfect price, I would probably pass it on by, just because...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 16-04-2019, 05:39
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Not a "worst picture," but I have recently been looking at 16-18 foot runabouts on Craigslist. I cannot tell you how many ads I've seen that have one, fuzzy picture from a distance (sometimes with a...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 28-08-2018, 12:32
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Not an ad for a sailboat (not that you can tell), but seriously. This is the one and only picture in the ad and, yes, this is actually full size! It's kind of scary to think that there is someone out...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 22-06-2018, 04:46
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Yeah, that picture is sure to help you decide if you want to buy the boat, isn't it? :facepalm:
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-05-2018, 04:45
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

See, now, that's what I consider a "worst" photo. Does someone really think that is going to sell their boat? I guess their target market is over-sexed teenagers and/or adolescent geezers. I see a...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 29-05-2018, 04:50
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Well, I guess you at least know what you're getting!
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 30-04-2018, 05:11
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

At least the pictures made it pretty clear what condition the boat was in. To me the "worst" pictures are the ones that don't give you any clue at all what it is that you might (or might not) be...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-11-2017, 07:38
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Okay... Can anyone tell me in what world this picture helps to sell your boat!!??!!

https://images0.boattrader.com/resize/1/39/78/6333978_0_210820171422_188.jpg?t=1258823
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-06-2017, 11:59
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Well, see, that's the other thing. Not going to bother. When you're selling an outboard motor, and your first picture is a big-breasted woman, you've just lost me as a potential buyer. One glance --...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 05-06-2017, 05:32
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

For about 2 seconds. Then I thought, "The motor must be a real POS if this is the only way this bozo thinks he can sell it."

I know I'm getting old, but even when I was young, that sort of thing...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 01-06-2017, 06:22
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Yet another pet peeve, that is only sort of a "worst picture" (have you figured out yet that I have a lot of these pets?). When they use stock photos from an advertisement, instead of a real picture...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 04-05-2017, 12:10
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Again, not really a "worst" picture, but a pet peeve that I see in WAAAAY to many ads...
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Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 19-04-2017, 06:23
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

I don't know if they are or not, but -- except for maybe a few remarkably rare exceptions -- it is an incredibly STUPID business model to require a potential customer to register before you will...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 18-04-2017, 12:59
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Okay, this is not a picture. Just a complaint about a TOTALLY STUPID website for selling boats! Which one? Popyachts.com

Seriously. These people will not let you look at the boats for sale unless...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-04-2017, 06:57
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

The real insanity is that they think they're going to get $5,000 for that abomination. I suspect that in the end it will be abandoned, and then the taxpayers will have to pay several times that much...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 13-04-2017, 07:50
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Oh my GOD!!! What did they do to that poor, poor boat!?!

https://images.craigslist.org/01010_jllCmAcKJwG_600x450.jpg
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 12-04-2017, 05:48
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

If they are, perhaps they have been encouraged to get rid of the horrible, useless pictures in their ad, and replace them with some that will actually help to sell the boat. Perhaps other CF members,...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 17-03-2017, 05:09
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

I would agree with that, too. I am always entertained by the advertisements that have a picture of a complete junker, probably not worth $20, sometimes with MASSIVE fiberglass damage, and then the...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 10-03-2017, 05:17
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Agreed! A photo of a horrible boat, that makes it clear that you are getting a horrible boat, is a GOOD photo! It lets you make a reasonable decision about whether or not you want to spend anymore...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 29-11-2016, 06:27
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

I would also ask myself, what happens when a following sea breaks over that giant beaver-tail on the back?
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 17-11-2016, 08:08
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

Obviously that one is a joke, but even if it weren't I'm not sure I would consider it a "worst picture." Worst boat, maybe, but at least the picture makes it perfectly clear what condition the boat...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 04-11-2016, 12:59
Replies: 1,126
Views: 533,843
Posted By denverd0n
Re: Post the Worst "For Sale" Picture You've Seen.

And another one from the same ad... REALLY!?! :facepalm:

https://images0.boattrader.com/resize/1/8/43/4910843_0_260120150853_283.jpg?t=1231757
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