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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 04:12 AM
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Greetings everyone,

I'm still continuing my search for my first LS and was wondering why does it seem that the photographs of various LS's for sale are more descriptive on Ebay than on other sites like Autotrader or CarGurus. I realize that I would need to check out the car in person but that can get pretty expensive based on where the car is located from where I reside. Thanks.

Here are some examples just for comparison:

Ebay listing:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Lexus-LS-ULTRA-PKG-2004-LS430-ULTRA-LUXURY-PKG-TOP-LOADED-EVERY-OPTION-HWY-MILES-CLEAN-499-SHIP-/321106070499?pt=US_Cars_Trucks&hash=item4ac369cbe3
Autotrader listing:

http://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-s...archRadius=300

CarGurus listing:

http://www.cargurus.com/Cars/l-Used-...sting=57577059
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 01:24 PM
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it just depends on who's selling the vehicle. some people are just lazy and feel the car wil sell itself.. wouldn't worry about. just ho checkout the car


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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 02:14 PM
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Like bootnylee said, it depends on who is selling the car. I've seen some people take high quality photos of their cars and other people who either don't bother to post pictures or use extremely poor quality pictures. You also get people who may not have a decent camera laying around so they use a cell phone to take the pictures.

From my experience the cars with terrible pictures were the cars I should've avoided. Usually it was a shady dealership that used blurry pictures to hide the fact that the car looked/ran like crap.
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 07:33 PM
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Thanks for your feedback.
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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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when I bought mine they purposely left out the pic of cracked mirror (got the mirror fixed for $200) and went to look at it test drove it and I
didn't leave til I brought my white girl home.lol. check carfax. make sure it has what you want as far as specs then go check it out. take your time and good luck. kira thank for elaborating! I rushed my response.


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