Piss Off!
Out of the bazillions of sites, you somehow managed to find my blog (I do not promote this in anyway, maybe I should)
For that, I applaud you. But then you leave a spammy comment about your site. I don’t want to buy your crappy products and especially your illegal prescription drugs. I’m not interested in marrying one of your hooker slaves (free them!) and I don’t want to hear from you at all. Ever. Unless it has something to do with the blogs theme perhaps. I’d rather receive hate mail about my POS blog. That would be far more interesting.
Get a life.
Find a job.
Stop fucking up the internet.
Everyone has different ways they prefer to sell their used stuff. Anything from cars and trucks to toys and games. I have a simple little method that works for me, but as I get older and wiser, will probably change.
I usually start out with two heavy traffic, free classified sites, Kijiji and Craigslist. I research the web for how much my used thing is going for (eBay), and also new, if possible. I then settle on two prices: my ideal asking price and my lowest price, and most times I ask for the ideal price and go from there.
I find the more info you provide in your ad, the better. It’s such a huge waste of time and effort answering emails queries of the product features and compatibility. Put everything you can into that ad. From my experience, ads that have pictures always have more views, responses, and buys. Clean your used thing, and take a few good shots and upload. You’re usually aloud four free images, but may have to re-size even if shot in Small.
You will get low-ballers, people offering half or lower what you are asking for. I hate this, and usually don’t respond. I have noticed that most times, if I wait it out, I will get close to what I was asking. I might re-post after four or five days, or simply move it over to eBay.
Experiment with different ad writing styles, make sure you have photos of your used thing, and don’t sell under your low price unless you have to.
I’ve been thinking. Actually, I spend too much time thinking. With music playing. Right now it’s Kraftwerk.
Thinking too much is my design flaw. It’s sad, exciting, and brandishing a nice silver painted, flecked plastic pistol.
What?
This photography blog is very fucking boring. I sound like a politician. All politicians are boring. That’s why they let in Governor Schwarzenegger, hoping he would counter the boring weight. But he became a huge fucking bore, too. Americans (and maybe some Canadians) hoped he would Terminate boredom.
I don’t want to review these things anymore. Well, I do, but in some kind of Fun Fashion.
I don’t think I was being me. I was being some other version of me, like schizo.
From now on, this blog will be fun. It will be what it was intended to be. My biased/unbiased feelings. A joke, maybe. And some photos here and there. A satire.
Ok, on to the photography bit. I’m always looking at cameras and gear on eBay. I’m starting to hate looking at this shit. Because I want so much shit. How can I afford all of this shit? I want Mamiya 7’s and exotic lenses and I want every camera ever made just to try it out. Just to use it. It’s almost like an addiction. I want a Konica Hexar and a Contax G2. I want an Ensign Ful View and old folders with Zeiss lenses older than I am.
But then I also think all I ever need is one camera and one lens. That’s all. Where is the middle ground for all this madness?
This drives me completely nuts. I see a lens or camera I want and it has 7 days left on auction, but already people are bidding like there will be no tomorrow. Do they think they have a foot hold on the lens at five bucks? And two days later it’s at 57 bucks, and closes at 110 bucks, when the goddamned lens was only worth 70. And then you have to pay shipping. Why are people doing this? Are they addicted? Or maybe just lacking in the old brain department? I usually only bid near the end, and only the max I’m willing to shell out. If I see something that looks like it is going into some bidding war, I immediately stop considering, but may watch it just to see what it goes for.
I don’t understand why people are willing to pay equal to, or more than, for a lens they can get locally for the same money. Like the Nikon 50mm 1.8 AF. I consistently see these going for near the same price new and locally, minus shipping. You have to spend time watching these bids, too. It drives me crazy.
On a better note, I sometimes see some deals. For instance, A Yashica Electro 35 GSN I was watching went to its third re-list, and cheaper each time. The seller did not include “GSN” anywhere in the title or the remaining text. But, looking closely, sure enough, it was a GSN in immaculate shape. It all depends on the accuracy of the listing. Looking for spelling errors or improperly identified gear can find you with a good deal.
I’ve done some work for this site, and seeing virtually no reviews from real people on the webs, here goes.
The site claims “Film Earth.. and get paid.” While this is true, I had a very difficult time receiving email support with them. I finally managed to get Eric on Skype (one of the contact options for live support, if you’re lucky enough he’s online) and he was actually quite helpful. I have a suspicion that this is pretty much a one man effort.
Filmearth.com doesn’t pay much, and it leaves me to wonder just how much the end user is paying for my shots. Basically, after regestering, you can reserve locations, usually buildings, in your area. You can reserve up to ten projects and in most cases have a maximum of 72 hours to shoot and upload your pics. The shoot is simple: you take 90 and 45 degree shots, all around the building, until you have 25 or more shots. I say easy, but quite often it’s not, since most projects I have reserved have been in the heart of downtown, and are surrounded by other buildings, making it difficult to get straight on 90 degree shots of the building in question. Most pay ten USD, and some pay you an additional five if you provide the architects name and a link. There are instructions you can download.
Getting paid takes a while. Once you have uploaded your work, and click “photographed”, you still have to wait for them to be reviewed, probably by Eric, the one man team. Once all work in your list is marked “photographed” and “reviewed” you can click on “pay me”. You have options, like Western Union, check, or PayPal. Don’t use filmearth if you’re waiting for urgent grocery money.
Is this worth your time? It depends. If you’re a pro, not a chance. I managed to locate seven buildings, all within two city blocks, that I could reserve. It gives me yet another chance to get out and shoot for myself. I mean, although these filmearth.com shots are by no means artistic, you will have time to shoot some street photography. And if you work downtown, you might have a chance to get out of the office during lunch and make a few bucks with your camera. You only need at least a 4 or 5 MP point-and-shoot.
Personally, I don’t think I’ll be working with filmearth much. For ten bucks, it’s just not always worth it, unless you can get a bunch reserved close together and keep the cash in your PayPal acct. to finance gear from eBay.
