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May 19, 2014 18:46

Will just stop a bit new item is to carry, maybe just comics.

Each species has its own laws and I do not intend to read all the rules before entering ...................

For example, someone from books wants you to photograph with a white background,

For the stamps you have to buy a scan again, etc.

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May 20, 2014 00:11

You mean the rules in the manual?

They are just there to make sure your input is properly entered in the CataWiki Catalog. The intention is that administrators then do not have much work to have it properly entered in the Catalog or perhaps even rejected. If an item is properly listed in the CataWiki Catalog, other collectors will also be able to find the item better and recognize or not recognize it as a copy that they may or may not have! is that the images must at least be clear to be able to check for the administrators. Furthermore, collectors can better see whether or not they have an item based on the visible features. Usually a scan is the right solution, sometimes a photo (especially with large or 3D objects). The tips you mentioned above should be read as tips and nothing more. If you enter your images clearly and fill in the details correctly, as far as you know, then it doesn't matter what you use to enter your clear images.

I hope you understand and that you will introduce many more great items in the future.

Read the manuals and see them as tips and keep my words above in mind. At least that's how I think about it and I hope several people,

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May 20, 2014 13:36

I had entered a postcard the other day and since it was an FDC + day of the stamps I had entered it at stamps (photos were good)

Removed because I had not scanned the stamp, but I did scan the photo of the postcard.

The stamp was already in the catalog.

Then enter it under postcards, where ordinary photos are good enough.

I think the standard letter is the worst because it starts with:

Nice to see that you are active on Catawiki! Unfortunately

The fun is over immediately when you see the sad, all your work for nothing.

I have already entered more than 3000 items and when someone told me to scan the item, I replied that it would give me 3 to 5 minutes more work per item or 9000 to 15000 minutes or 150 to 250 HOURS more work.

The system is also not good, because the removal is too fast (then the administrators may have less work, but whose work is the most important, this from the author or this from the remover)

Last week an item was removed because the photos were not good.

Can't they first warn that if no other photos are posted, the item will be removed????

Now I had to take new photos, re-enter the item completely (this also means measuring again, sometimes looking up the year of issue, etc.) and placing it in my shop again.

A standard e-mail that the photos have to be replaced is a few seconds' work, but it means a lot less work for the person submitting the request.

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May 20, 2014 14:22

Let's face it, Ernie. Your images are generally of a sad quality. Then you shouldn't be surprised if something is rejected every now and then. You can even be happy that more is not being disapproved.

If we had to send you an email about every item, it would be an almost full-time job.

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Yes Arco, I have such a small cheap camera and it doesn't have very good fofos.

But I try to make the best of it and sometimes it has to go a little too fast due to lack of time.

I thought Catawiki was for enthusiasts and collectors, but it's gradually becoming something for professionals. Of course it has its pros and cons.

Personally, I am more in favor of a good description of the object, which usually leaves much to be desired. The photos are a surplus for me, so I do my best to describe the item as well as possible, which is often omitted.

Can maybe take a little more time in the future to take better pictures and only fill in what needs to be????

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@ lordernie : I'm glad you're taking pictures too. Have been able to check something regularly on the basis of my own photos that you place (in your shop). The quality may not always be good, but you do it to the best of your knowledge and for that I take my hat off.

A tip from my side, get a scanner. Also takes some time, of course, but gives really good results. ;-)

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Got a scanner and made a strip of scans (15 mb) about 15 minutes of work and now I'm trying to add it. get twice already:

The connection to the server was reset while the page was loading.

So for the moment all is lost time?

Will try with photos and then replaced by the scans

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May 20, 2014 22:20

With photo 'done in 5 minutes

4701027

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May 20, 2014 23:08

@ lordernie : It was just a tip. Started with photos myself, but switched to scanning anyway. And I also had the problem of long scan time at first, but it turned out that my quality (DPI) was much too high. You can easily reduce that value to 200 DPI and then you still have good scans. These will cost you a maximum of half a minute at a time. Your scanner is probably set to 1200 DPI by default and that's why it takes so long.

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@ lordernie : Ultimately, it is of course your own choice. That should be clear, huh. ;-)

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May 20, 2014 23:19

"Succeeded" in 5 minutes, but an administrator got stuck with extra work (which still makes the information very incomplete).

And yes, since you "don't intend to read all the lines for entering ...... ", of course you don't know that a scan can be a maximum of 5 MB (which is much more than necessary for Catawiki, as Vincent already indicated).

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May 20, 2014 23:26

We learn every day, but with aging it becomes more difficult

and book warehouse, I mentioned in a previous letter that I was going to enter with only what needs to be done the computer and then you also know how much work we sometimes do to get a message that everything has simply been deleted.

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May 20, 2014 23:50

Think 4701191

will score very well, but still have fifteen minutes of work.

If I need fifteen minutes of work for everything that I still have to enter, I still need a full-time job for a few months

another ps: does it have something to do with copyrights, that one should not use good pictures from the internet ???

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May 20, 2014 23:56

indeed

and if you scan at 200 to 300 dpi then a scan only takes 30 seconds

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May 21, 2014 00:53

With photo 'done in 5 minutes

4701027

Did you not have time to fill in more fields?

And a scan of the front and back can also be done in 1 minute

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May 21, 2014 00:54

Morits, have scanned at lowest 75

but my scan is not close to my computer, so back and forth to run book etc.

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May 21, 2014 00:55

Succo, that was a test, have now filled in the rest, but yes, if we have such a quick administrator that he fills in everything within five minutes after admission, then we did very well;)

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May 21, 2014 01:44

Think 4701191

is going to score very well, but still fifteen minutes of work.

After 15 min. you might have found out that it is a Swedish album.

Entering the title and searching would have been enough. (5sec)

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May 21, 2014 09:33

bought at catawiki auction as Danish:

http://veiling.catawiki.nl/kavels/245631-kuifje-5-deense-uitgaven-van-kuifje-en-jo-suus-en- jokko-pharaoh-cigarer-mane-tur-och-retur-tintin-og-haj-soen-cobra-en-kurs-mod-nw-york-sc

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Yes, the auction explains a lot, it is really Swedish, on the other Swedish editions it says Tintins äventyr and on the Danish Tintins vendor , with that of you are the first. Also just googled Månen tur och retur and then you come across only Swedish.

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June 20, 2014 11:29

@lordernie

Got a scanner and made a strip of scans (15 mb) about 15 minutes of work and now I'm trying to add it. already get twice:

Have you already found and read the manual, I see that you are still taking pictures?

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