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Why are pictures always so small on ebay?

Old 04-01-2008, 01:58 PM
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Default Why are pictures always so small on ebay?

Is there a reason? Does ebay deliberately want buyers to not know what they're bidding on?
Old 04-01-2008, 02:42 PM
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Default Re: Why are pictures always so small on ebay?

Originally Posted by John Deere Boy
Is there a reason? Does ebay deliberately want buyers to not know what they're bidding on?
yeah ebays picture hosting sucks but I guess its to save bandwidth on their end.
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so you cant see all the flaws in what youre buying
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Originally Posted by GoldenBullet
so you cant see all the flaws in what youre buying
No kiddin that'* why it'* got me t'ed off.
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i just paste the pb html in the description, makes for good sized pics. not to mention its free.

idk why most people dont do that. other than reason stated above
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So basically, the html link that you can choose in your photobucket? If so, that'* kinda what I figured.

I just found out I could do the same on craigslist recently too.
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click on em. they get bigger
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