r/ThriftStoreHauls•6 yr. ago

Rule clarification. "Hauls should be photographed well"

Hauls should be photographed well and the main focus of the image, showing as much of the original unaltered item as possible.

What does this mean. Simple.

To the best of your ability at the time, it should be lit somewhat decently, rotated the correct orientation (not that big of a deal), be the original item (before painted, restored, etc. you can post the after also in the thread or as an album).

But the main reason I am bringing this up is because there is a difference between you wearing your sweatshirt and posting a picture of you modeling it (which is fine), and you taking a selfie with that sweatshirt on. The difference, how it is cropped.

Showing half of the the shirt/sweatshirt etc with your smiling face, and showing half your head but the whole item is in frame makes the difference.

The item is the important thing in the photo. Not your cat standing on your shirt in the picture, not your face, or that you took your picture outside where it is pretty but you are 30 feet from the camera taking up 1/15th the image. The important thing is the item you are showing off.

This rule will be more heavily enforced from now on. There will be things that skirt that line, and we will make that judgment call.

If anyone has any questions about this rule, or any other rule, please leave a comment.

imgur album with informational pictures!

Posted Feb 3, 2020, 10:27 PM UTC · edited

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JIMMYJAWN•6 yr. ago

Thanks, this sub has been getting rather instagram for my taste.

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insertnamehere02•6 yr. ago

Thank you!

I saw one earlier today and rolled my eyes since it was a really... Questionable "find" pic. Could barely see the find because of the way they were posed and the pic clearly was focused on the selfie.

PSA - fishing for compliments is so, SO easy to spot, people. You aren't being sneaky or subtle. People see it and you should be embarrassed for being so vain and attention starved.

humanman42OP•6 yr. ago

Please report stuff. It really does help a whole lot. Sometimes when clearing stuff from the new queue we sometimes go blind to stuff like that. So a report helps bring it right in front of our face for having something wrong with it.

insertnamehere02•6 yr. ago

Just did that with the aforementioned post. I've been pretty good reporting the questionable stuff. Wasn't sure if it was being seen or not since we were getting an onslaught of questionable posts.

Where do you guys stand on these antique roadshow "appraise my shit" posts? Some are really bad and don't come off about the find at all and are just digging for info so they can flip it. Are those going ignored when reported or is that one you'd consider "not a haul post?"

humanman42OP•6 yr. ago

Reports will always be gone through at least once a day.

As for the appraisal stuff. Depends on how it's done. If the title is "How much is this worth" , removed. If it's "$5 at the Goodwill, how much is it worth" removed. "I got this awesome Pendleton at my local Goodwill. Fits great. It's just my color! How much do these go for? I always see people getting excited about them" is okay.

But that's with the current level of those types of titles. That could change depending on how often it happens.

insertnamehere02•6 yr. ago

👍🏻 Those are the same ones I report. It's one thing to be excited about a find and want more info whether it be brand or worth if a Google search provided no info. But the other types you mentioned reek of people trying to get info for reselling, which isn't bad per se, but that's not what this sub is for. Kinda ruins the fun of it when you gotta weed through demands for info so they can sell it.

hr00ns•6 yr. ago

fishing for compliments is so, SO easy to spot, people

preach it!! It doesnt have to be a "feeling cute, might go thrifting later" type thing!!

insertnamehere02•6 yr. ago

It's kinda ridiculous. "Compliment me! I'm an insecure ass!" 🙄

hr00ns•6 yr. ago

Showing half of the the shirt/sweatshirt etc with your smiling face,

Or... other features...

(trying to remain tactful)

humanman42OP•6 yr. ago

Yeah. There is some give and take with that. Like a shirt that is made to show off...things. Depending on how the photo is taken/cropped quality of the photo, the title, etc. Might be left up, might be taken down.

We keep the rules rather stripped down. Generally that works but some people like to push the envelope which is why we have the "We reserve the right to remove posts/comments that we feel abuse the spirit of the subreddit or its rules," at the bottom.

Some things we just should not have to make rules for on a thrifting sub. Common sense stuff. So we reserve the right to just remove stuff that really does not belong on the sub for whatever reason.