this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
1 points (100.0% liked)

Photography

26 readers
2 users here now

A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
communick@viewfinder.pro
rglullis
1
Has anyone noticed that over the years reselling things has become more difficult? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by Mun-Mun@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro
43 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I've noticed recently that selling my lenses have been quite difficult. I keep getting young kids asking all sorts of questions that could be answered if they googled the model number. "Is it autofocus?" "Is this for full frame?" "Will this work on my camera?" "Is it good for real estate?"

It's like a whole younger generation of photographers don't know how to research things and get their information from youtube and tiktok where you can't search model names or technical specs.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[โ€“] lorarc@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Okay, so basically there are three people who ask questions:

  1. They find asking questions easier than just googling. It's not faster but they just type one question in message to you and you do all the answering part for them instead of them doing all the research

  2. People who are looking for engagment. They just are looking for human connection, usually you seem them asking general questions online but maybe some will bother you

  3. People who can't decide. They ask "Is it good for real estate" because they want someone to tell them yes or no. Maybe they've done their reasearch, maybe they didn't. In the end they are not sure and will accept answer of any person. It might also be that they made their decision but are looking for confirmation because they don't trust they made a good choice.

โ€‹

And I can't really say if things have gotten more difficult over the years as I don't have decades of experience but I think there were times when there was less choice so things were easier.