Thanks guys. I also agree with Hogweed's concerns, but from my own experience buyers generally fall into two broad camps: those who are serious or somewhat serious about buying a part and those just browsing. Although there is nothing "wrong" with browsing, I feel it is somewhat a inconsiderate. However, the upside is that one has pictures for the serious or somewhat serious buyer. So far, I have been very lucky in the parts that I have bought off the forums, BUT I have never heard of someone asking for money for a picture and being told I should not push too hard for information because that person could always sell the part for a lot more money. Just sounded odd to me. Also, generally sellers are pretty straight forward with information. I get somewhat concerned when terms or words start being used interchangably so that the part is not being described accurately. Let's see if the prospective seller answers my last effort for a straight foward answer to a very simple question.

To me, it sounds like a stalling tactic..."I'll need $35.00/hr. to take and send pictures."

The ball is in your court...

You send the $35.00 for the pics to be taken and sent.

Two things are possible...

#1.) Seller takes pics and sends them...you're out the $35.00 before you even know what the parts look like or even if they are the right ones...

#2.) You're taken...there were no PARTS to begin with, the "seller" has $35.00 of yours, and where do you go from there?

Tell the seller to grab some tin-foil and practice that long-ago-forgotten art of rectal-origami. Then, like Army said, follow it up with a sincere attempt at "cranial upitis rectumus" to be followed with a size-12 boot.

Make sure he has a 55-gallon drum of Preparation-H on the side.

($35.00/hr. my @55!!!)

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are the parts very unique or hard to find? if not, then i would in all likelihood, move on to someone who isn't put out w/ simple requests to verify compatibility/functionality.....like me or Daw2 (at least he was before he started charging $35/picture)

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The simple answer is I think that the vendor is doing what is known as 'creative dismissal'. You are being asked to buy somewhere else... politely.

But if you wish to play his game....well lessee... $35 per hour to take the pic, if I understand correctly. It takes how long to take the lens cap off (if applicable), put the lanyard around your neck (safety first!), press the ON/OFF button, press to focus and then snap?

I say about a minute per item.

Which indicates to me the rate should be about 60/35 per pic.

This sounds an awful lot like some of the 'policies' and demands I see from shops and old-fashioned businesses who are trying to apply the old ways of doing stuff on the Internet.

BTW, I used to pay for pics in the old days, before digital photography, but only when it was a car and I would specify to the vendor when the pics would be taken and exactly of what. So I would pay for film, processing and postage.

Had its faults but no worse than relying on jpeg images online....

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