# Unfortunately explicit Ebay photography **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 31, 2003, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847 "2003-01-31T13:22:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![kirk280980](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c77e96/32.png) [@kirk280980](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk280980)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/21 "2003-02-01T00:18:03Z")
I don’t think it’s the kettle guy; that was on an Australian auction site I believe, whereas this TV is being offered on eBay UK. Possibly this seller has heard all about the kettle incident, and decided to recreate the scenario himself for a giggle. ---
**Author:** ![Batsinma\_Belfry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Batsinma\_Belfry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batsinma_Belfry)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/22 "2003-02-01T00:36:59Z")
There was one awhile back, where a woman selling clothes on ebay had captured her nude husband’s reflection in a mirror. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/23 "2003-02-01T00:53:33Z")
“Everyone is busy sending it to their friends. I sent it to three people. How many did you send it to?” Oh one, but I put it on the newsgroup for ebay marketing…the comments were just hysterical: “Hmmm… seems to be very small…” "\> Hmmm… \> seems to be very small… Looks like 28" to me. moe!" ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/24 "2003-02-01T03:53:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Screeme \* > \*\*Duke… its a completely different photo. (Although I’m assuming a very similar situation.) \*\* Yes…my friend from the Snopes board sez they’ve been talking about this one. They think it’s the same guy. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/25 "2003-02-01T04:23:13Z")
On the plus side we now know that a TV screen reflection is **much** more flattering than a tea kettle reflection. Who says we aren’t fighting ignorance around here ? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/26 "2003-02-01T05:50:44Z")
Maybe he lives in a nudist colony? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SnugTheJoiner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e8c25b/32.png) [@SnugTheJoiner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnugTheJoiner)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/27 "2003-02-01T06:06:29Z")
I can’t see a darn thing. Maybe it’s like the “canals” on Mars: you can see them if someone points them out to you, then you say, “Oh, yeah!” ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/28 "2003-02-01T06:29:58Z")
Here’s the kettle guy, I had saved it and out it on my website. It’s **much** less grainy than the OP’s link, so I wouldn’t open it at work. [http://fathom.org/jjtm/dungeon/QuickEbayTip.html](http://fathom.org/jjtm/dungeon/QuickEbayTip.html) (Ah, this is also the pic in **Duke** ’s Snopes link.) ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/29 "2003-02-01T18:59:42Z")
Gosh you guys have extremely good eyesight, I can’t actually _see_ any details on the TV thing, just the blurry shape and the fact that it looks like he has no pants on. I still can’t help feeling he deserves the benefit of the doubt, and it might be a mistake. (I mean he could have made it a lot more obvious if he was a real flasher, couldn’t he?) ---
**Author:** ![SCSimmons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e495f1/32.png) [@SCSimmons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCSimmons)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2003, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/30 "2003-02-01T19:18:34Z")
Or if he’d had a better flash! (I can’t believe I just typed that. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Gundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b782af/32.png) [@Gundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gundy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/31 "2003-02-02T00:50:58Z")
The Snopes link has both the kettle and the TV pictures now. ---
**Author:** ![handy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5a626/32.png) [@handy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handy)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/32 "2003-02-02T17:00:53Z")
“Gosh you guys have extremely good eyesight, I can’t actually _see_ any details on the TV thing” If you could see detail, they couldn’t post such a link on the board. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2003, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847/33 "2003-02-02T18:32:24Z")
Me thinks he misunderstood what the “HD” in HDTV means. He better stick with a GameBoy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unfortunately-explicit-ebay-photography/151847.md?page=1)