I think there's some confusion here. My example (for another auction, from about a month ago, for a 1/12 scale muti-media Ferrari 312 PB kit in excess of $200) was used here to illustrate what usually happens when I ask for additional photos. In the case of the model, the seller took three photographs of the outer box and none of the contents of the box. This type of model comes in a box that is not shrink-wrapped, therefore opening it to display the contents is normally not an issue.

I was unfamiliar with this kit and wanted to know if all body panels opened and what kind of detail was contained within. A pic of the contents would've satisfied my curiosity as I know what to look for in a model I like, but had no specifics as to this particular one. The seller took my question as an integrity-check instead of a request for "what am I getting for my money?"

Model builders will spend a great deal on kits that are highly detailed, but less on the basic "curbside" types that lack engines, opening panels and the like. I wasn't willing to plunk over $200 down unless I knew more.

Now, more often than not I ask for more photos in cases like this, or when an item is represented only from one side (sorta like looking for all angles of a bike). In the case of the brake bolts (which were a BIN), well, that's a part where I think one can assume all is well from a set of 4 photos, but in this case, upon review, the backside of the spring-carrier portion (alloy) was not shown in those auction photos. I didn't even note this until after I received the bolts and noticed the residue and stress-marks - I checked back to the auction pics to see how I'd missed something so obvious. When I saw that portion of the bolts wasn't depicted in the photos, I understood.

I still do. Even when I take pics of parts for sale, I probably don't get them from every single angle; the difference is that if someone were to ask, I'd be more than happy to provide whatever view they wanted.

I hope this clears everything up

DD