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Car advert photos with white background

Hi all

I am selling a car worth only £1600. I have some photos of the car with a plain white background (boring background removed). Is it weird to list a used car like this? Should there be a "normal" background.

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  • Hi all

    I am selling a car worth only £1600. I have some photos of the car with a plain white background (boring background removed). Is it weird to list a used car like this? Should there be a "normal" background.

    If background has been Photoshopped I would wonder what else has been.
    Let's Be Careful Out There
  • HampshireH
    HampshireH Posts: 5,004 Forumite
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    If you don't want your house on display for example I would take photos in a carpark of somewhere.

    Editing them would seem strange.
  • tifo
    tifo Posts: 2,160 Forumite
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    Traders seem to use generic backgrounds.
  • forgotmyname
    forgotmyname Posts: 32,994 Forumite
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    Had no issues editing the background out on cars I have sold and listed for others. Never had anyone mention it. Just a close(ish)
    crop around the car to remove the background.

    With some buyers expecting everything in the picture they maybe unhappy your not giving them a street full of cars or will I be
    delivering the tree thats also in the advert.

    Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...

  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 19,025 Forumite
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    tifo said:
    Traders seem to use generic backgrounds.
    I've noticed that. I was very odd to see multiple traders across the UK with vehicles parked in front of the same building
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
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