Do you have a small object that you can not take a good picture of so you can sell it on ebay? Do you want to sell something on ebay but do not have a digital camera? Well, This instructable will teach you how and all you need is a scanner. Please Rate This instructable!!!!!!
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For this project you will need a scanner, a computer, object small enough to fit in scanner (flash drive for me but you can even scan Ipods), Blank sheet of paper... Sorry Camera Phone used
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Get bigger scanner.. :D
well.......use a mirror
Either Google images search or find another ebay listing for the same item. chances are, you will find a picture of what you want to sell. (and maybe even get a good idea what it is worth.) Just make sure you don't use copyrighted images and that you fully explain any "differences" between the photo and your item.
It was white and I could not keep it clean enough to get good photos. So I just grabbed some off the the net. The car I found even had the same cabin trim piece missing as my friend's car.
I took that as a divine sign that it was okay to do this. ;-)
The one you took yourself has wear and tear
This is actually common on ebay, as people may have 20 or 30 of the same item. Instead of taking a picture of each one, and worring about each listing separately, a single photo worked.
I did this when I was selling memory chips. The photo on the manufactures webpage was much nicer than mine. I had about 40 chips to sell. SO I used theirs and made a note in my listing. No one minded.
Again, this wouldn't work for selling a car, but it works for some items, and it is a completely vaild way to do it if you don't have a camera, or scanner.
I'm horrible at explaining thing, but I'll give it a shot.
Scanners work the the same way as any camera does(or even the human eye). The shutter opens up to expose the film or sensor to incoming light and that's how you get an image. To much light and the image becomes washed out, hence the door over the scanner, and shutter times on cameras.
The 3rd one is great!
I wonder...
*goes and sits on scanner*
And there was an spot of a manufacturer of copying machines showing exactly this: an artist producing portraits, Oh, can your scanner handle color? ;-)
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