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Comment by ChrisR posted on Merops Apiaster at 26/07/2011 - 16:31
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That gets my vote. Don.
Chris R.
That gets my vote. Don.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Buying and Selling in Classifieds - a word of warning at 26/07/2011 - 16:19
Gwyn wrote:
Chris - have you ever bought anything, anywhere? with the exception of some services and hotels the purchaser always pays first then receives the goods.
You can't go to Tescos, and walk out with your weeks shopping, promising to pay for it when you get home.
You can't order from SRS and expect to get your brand new 645D before they have received your payment for it.
It just doesn't work that way, and private sales on the forum, e-bay or anywhere else are just the same.
Of course I have purchased goods, it would be difficult to get to sixty eight years of age, without purchasing anything, in fact I have ordered three reels of strimmer cord this morning, from a large national supplier, and made payment, but I am afraid there is no comparison, between a commercial sale/seller and a private one. In the case of a commercial sale, the seller will have built there business, on reputation, plus they are bound by law, I appreciate it can still go belly up and often does.Chris - have you ever bought anything, anywhere? with the exception of some services and hotels the purchaser always pays first then receives the goods.
You can't go to Tescos, and walk out with your weeks shopping, promising to pay for it when you get home.
You can't order from SRS and expect to get your brand new 645D before they have received your payment for it.
It just doesn't work that way, and private sales on the forum, e-bay or anywhere else are just the same.
Now just suppose I as a private one off seller,I had a widget for sale, the price is right, and you need a widget, you contact me and agree a price. I state that I need payment in full before despatch, you make the payment, which I receive. I don’t despatch the widget, in fact I never ever had a widget to sell.
I don’t have any business reputation to bother about, in fact I am just, Mr anonymous.
Now I was not directing my observations to sales on this forum or any other platform, it’s just one of those general observations, made on life’s journey.
I state again why should a private seller be deemed more virtuous, than the purchaser.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Buying and Selling in Classifieds - a word of warning at 26/07/2011 - 15:47
To date I have never made any purchase or sale, re classified adds etc, so don’t have any personal experience.
But the thing that I note. Is that the seller always insists on full payment being made/cleared, before goods are despatched, why should the purchaser not insist, that the goods are received in full, before payment is made.
The indication is that the seller does not trust the purchaser, to make payment on receipt of goods, but the purchaser has to trust the seller, that the goods are going to be despatched following payment.
Always appeared to me a little to one side ?.
As stated above I have no personal experience of any such transaction.
Therefore just an observation.
Take care.
Chris R.
But the thing that I note. Is that the seller always insists on full payment being made/cleared, before goods are despatched, why should the purchaser not insist, that the goods are received in full, before payment is made.
The indication is that the seller does not trust the purchaser, to make payment on receipt of goods, but the purchaser has to trust the seller, that the goods are going to be despatched following payment.
Always appeared to me a little to one side ?.
As stated above I have no personal experience of any such transaction.
Therefore just an observation.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Buying and Selling in Classifieds - a word of warning at 26/07/2011 - 10:46
Very good set, re the wide shots, just wish I could get my Sigma 10-20mm, to behave like that.
No 5, is my favourite, that’s not to exclude the Kingfisher though.
Take care.
Chris R.
No 5, is my favourite, that’s not to exclude the Kingfisher though.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on My afternoon beside the river at 25/07/2011 - 11:13
Glad I don’t know how to use ebay.
Looks like ignorance, really is bliss in this case.
Take care.
Chris R.
Looks like ignorance, really is bliss in this case.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on eBay madness at 25/07/2011 - 10:08
What? It's not a bull, in fact it's not even a horse, it's a pony. Are you man or mouse?
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Him horse/pony me mouse.
Him bull me man.
Take care.
Chris R.
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Him horse/pony me mouse.
Him bull me man.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Willing model? at 24/07/2011 - 08:55
Number 2, is my favourite, really feels as if you are being drawn into the tunnel.
Take care.
Chris R.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Graffiti Passage at 22/07/2011 - 20:34
karma mechanic wrote:
Chris - not everyone on here is au fait with computer stuff. But they do know how to follow in the footsteps of others. If someone says 'I didn't understand it at first, but I did this and it worked' then would you do the same thing?
What I'm saying is if you want to follow some very precise instructions then we can help. If you aren't confident following them, or if the fear of the potential consequences is too much, then that makes it more difficult. I'd be happy to set your K10D up to give the exact autofocus with the lenses of your choice - except I'm in Hampshire not Cornwall... Likewise I think that you would be perfectly able to upload images once you have been given some appropriate instructions, it is hard if you don't know where to start but easy once you've been given the know how.
Can you make toast? Uploading is the same - a series of things you need to have and a sequence of things to do in order. I know it is unfamiliar, but you'd get the hang of it. Don't forget that this is the friendiest community of Pentax users on the planet!
Many thanks Karma.Chris - not everyone on here is au fait with computer stuff. But they do know how to follow in the footsteps of others. If someone says 'I didn't understand it at first, but I did this and it worked' then would you do the same thing?
What I'm saying is if you want to follow some very precise instructions then we can help. If you aren't confident following them, or if the fear of the potential consequences is too much, then that makes it more difficult. I'd be happy to set your K10D up to give the exact autofocus with the lenses of your choice - except I'm in Hampshire not Cornwall... Likewise I think that you would be perfectly able to upload images once you have been given some appropriate instructions, it is hard if you don't know where to start but easy once you've been given the know how.
Can you make toast? Uploading is the same - a series of things you need to have and a sequence of things to do in order. I know it is unfamiliar, but you'd get the hang of it. Don't forget that this is the friendiest community of Pentax users on the planet!
But I think that it is not worth the risk with the K10 focus, I defiantly do not feel confidant, and as its not an official Pentax option, plus I can’t afford a replacement camera, therefore I think that I will stick, as is.
That does not mean that I don’t truly appreciate your offer of help.
The upload problem is a sore point at the moment. As I tried to up load a couple of images to the (DPS), site of a camera mount/slide, I had made up for macro photography. The images did not upload, but that’s not the main problem. What ever I did has completely removed my folder of images. On the up side it did not remove the wife’s folder of images, that would have been curtains for sure.
What I am going to do now is to wait for the chap that does our house painting for us, to come and have a look, yes I know he is a painter, he is also very good with computers, and has images on a number of sites, so hope he can sort this “old fart” out.
Again many thanks for your offer of help, and your time taken typing your post, it really is appreciated.
Had a look at your gallery & Flickr, I do like b&w, takes me back a few years, when I had a darkroom, did mostly b&w then, made enough, to pay for all the equipment and materials. The past good old days, before those computer things.
Take care.
Chris R.
PS. Yesterday, I tried to change my gas account, to fixed tariff. British Gas, said it is easiest to do this on line, bad move on their part, whatever I did, locked up a part of their on line system, then had to do the change over the phone, that’s when I was told that I had locked their system. I think the two words -
“jinks and computer”, could be used.
Sorry for this post going way off topic.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Lens Fine Tune Adjustment at 22/07/2011 - 20:24
I like the close shot. Plus the first as evidence, that it really was a close encounter.
You are a very brave man to get that close to a horse.
I would not have been in the same field.
Take care.
Chris R.
You are a very brave man to get that close to a horse.
I would not have been in the same field.
Take care.
Chris R.
Comment by ChrisR posted on Willing model? at 21/07/2011 - 20:36
Great shot though, much better than I could ever achieve.
Take care.
Chris R.