I have to take issue with this:
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Originally Posted by Tomguy
3) Pictures
This cannot be stressed enough. Keep in mind that you're selling a car over the internet. A buyer has to assume (and rightfully so) that you are pointing out the best parts of the car, and not the worst. So you need to include pictures - even if there's rust, or a bad paintjob. It'll tell us a LOT more accurately how bad the cancer is, what the car's realistic value is, etc. If you post ANY thread about selling a car here, and don't include pictures, then you might as well not post at all.
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Not with the statement; I feel it's entirely true. But the forum's size limit of 65k for a jpg file is outrageous. It's extremely hard to get a meaningful picture in that size, and impossible to get a high-rez picture anywhere close to that size.
For instance, my camera takes pictures at 7MP (3072x2034), which Windows Paint can generally save in under a megabyte of space for JPG. For this argument, the picture I chose saved in 919K. I can reduce it to 26% of the original size, which is the 800x600 maximum width and height, and it saves in 120K. In order to get it to < 65K, I have to reduce it another 36%.
I now have a 512x384 image which has lost ~85% of the original information. 512x384 is just fine if you're taking a picture of, e.g. a part number, a rust bubble, etc. It's not very good for displaying an overall view of a car, especially if you're concerned about the details in the condition.