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Comment by paullucas posted on Paypal fees at 27/03/2009 - 10:16
The only real way of doing it is to bump up the starting price.
I never start my items of lower than they are worth, if they don't sell then hey ho, that's life, may re-list, may sell somewhere else.
I have never charged buyers for the PayPal fee. Why not accept chqs or cash only, don't send them until payment has been completed
I never start my items of lower than they are worth, if they don't sell then hey ho, that's life, may re-list, may sell somewhere else.
I have never charged buyers for the PayPal fee. Why not accept chqs or cash only, don't send them until payment has been completed
Comment by paullucas posted on Paypal fees at 27/03/2009 - 10:09
Be careful with PayPal though!
I hadn't used ebay for trading for a month or so before Christmas. Somehow some piece of *!%$ manage to get into my PP account and go onto ebay and spend £968 on a debit card that I had registered on there and then TRY to spend £15,000 on my business credit card.
Luckily my credit card twigged something was wrong and they stopped all the payments going through.
It took 10days for me to get my money back from PP from my debit cards.
So that was a nice Christmas present.
It was all reported to the police and everything.
The only ones that were gits were ebay, they didn't pick up on it until I called them and even then they didn't act straight away.
So be careful and follow the 4 steps stated by Steve above!
Paul
I hadn't used ebay for trading for a month or so before Christmas. Somehow some piece of *!%$ manage to get into my PP account and go onto ebay and spend £968 on a debit card that I had registered on there and then TRY to spend £15,000 on my business credit card.
Luckily my credit card twigged something was wrong and they stopped all the payments going through.
It took 10days for me to get my money back from PP from my debit cards.
So that was a nice Christmas present.
It was all reported to the police and everything.
The only ones that were gits were ebay, they didn't pick up on it until I called them and even then they didn't act straight away.
So be careful and follow the 4 steps stated by Steve above!
Paul
Comment by paullucas posted on Protect yourself on ebay & paypal...some tips. at 26/03/2009 - 17:07
That is the weirdest contraption I have ever seen.....but it works!
I love images 1 and 6
In my opinion, I would go for a dedicated macro lens but if it means selling a lens that you rely on then no. Yes your homemade lens is odd in looks but the results are amazing.
Looking at the images again, I actually like them all.
I doubt it if you will be taken seriously if you took that you on the field and I can imagine that even on a tripod that will be hard to hold still with the sellotape holding it together, but you obviously get the results.
I'm not sure if people will agree with what I have said, but it's down to your preference, that's what counts!
Paul
I love images 1 and 6
In my opinion, I would go for a dedicated macro lens but if it means selling a lens that you rely on then no. Yes your homemade lens is odd in looks but the results are amazing.
Looking at the images again, I actually like them all.
I doubt it if you will be taken seriously if you took that you on the field and I can imagine that even on a tripod that will be hard to hold still with the sellotape holding it together, but you obviously get the results.
I'm not sure if people will agree with what I have said, but it's down to your preference, that's what counts!
Paul
Comment by paullucas posted on Macro Bodgification at 26/03/2009 - 13:35
Why don't you just filter what you see?
If you don't like the birds and insects then don't look at them.
Personally I like them and want to see more
Keep up the good work peeps
Paul
If you don't like the birds and insects then don't look at them.
Personally I like them and want to see more
Keep up the good work peeps
Paul
Comment by paullucas posted on Too many similar insect and bird pictures. at 25/03/2009 - 13:32
sanderscapes wrote:
Read and immerse yourself then read someore
That sounds like an old Chinese Proverb Read and immerse yourself then read someore
Comment by paullucas posted on Lens for low light,Dark scenes at 24/03/2009 - 15:04
nathanever82 wrote:
I would learn a bit about photography.
Possibly before spending hundreds of pounds on equipment.
That is sound advice!!! I would learn a bit about photography.
Possibly before spending hundreds of pounds on equipment.
Paul
Comment by paullucas posted on Lens for low light,Dark scenes at 24/03/2009 - 14:13
I've had 2 SD cards fail on me, one when I was at a dinner event and I had taken shots of about 20 guests, then the card wouldn't take anymore, popped it into the laptop to check it and it said that the files were corrupt. The second was at a wedding and one of the bits of plastic on the contacts had snapped off.
I'm extremely careful with my equipment and treat everything from the cameras to the memory cards with care.
I have 6 memory cards at a time, but I do buy new ones and bin the old periodically, say every 4-5 months. Sounds extreme but in my line of work I need to fully rely on those cards.
Oh and they are all 4GB cards, the next ones I buy will probably be 8-16GB.
Paul
I'm extremely careful with my equipment and treat everything from the cameras to the memory cards with care.
I have 6 memory cards at a time, but I do buy new ones and bin the old periodically, say every 4-5 months. Sounds extreme but in my line of work I need to fully rely on those cards.
Oh and they are all 4GB cards, the next ones I buy will probably be 8-16GB.
Paul
Comment by paullucas posted on Whats your Failure Rate of SD cards? at 21/03/2009 - 10:01
Ok fair enough, never bought one as they came free with my K10 & K20
Still the self timer is free
Still the self timer is free
Comment by paullucas posted on Using 200mm lens query at 20/03/2009 - 13:24
I save mine firstly to the internal drive on my pooter, then to an external drive, then to CD/DVD
Then, and I bet no-one else does this, maybe because I am slightly crazy, I make another copy of the CD/DVD and send or hand it to my mother and father inlaw. Sounds mad but there are reasons.
1. If there was a fire then both the hard drive and the external drive could be destroyed
2. As the images are mainly portraits and weddings of my clients, I don't ever want to lose them so I back them up 3 times.
Yes I could store online but that's where I get paranoid about servers going down and the whole lot getting lost
Does anyone else share the same insanity/paranoia as me
Then, and I bet no-one else does this, maybe because I am slightly crazy, I make another copy of the CD/DVD and send or hand it to my mother and father inlaw. Sounds mad but there are reasons.
1. If there was a fire then both the hard drive and the external drive could be destroyed
2. As the images are mainly portraits and weddings of my clients, I don't ever want to lose them so I back them up 3 times.
Yes I could store online but that's where I get paranoid about servers going down and the whole lot getting lost
Does anyone else share the same insanity/paranoia as me
Comment by paullucas posted on Storage & Back-up at 20/03/2009 - 12:51
"Why not accept chqs or cash only"
....on ebay you cannot do that either. As of about a year ago, all ebay sellers HAVE to offer paypal..which means in effect that sellers have to take it, whether they want to or not. If you fail to accept a paypal payment from a buyer, or refund one and ask for different payment, you are infringing ebay terms & conditions and ebay can terminate your listings, or basically throw you off if they wish to.
I guess that now ebay owns PayPal that's when that rule came in