I'm not sure of your point. Are you suggesting that nobody should use these phrases because they bother you? Or that they're misleading and therefore shouldn't be used? Or what?
The only one that I'd take issue with is the bellows pinhole one since anyone with a flashlight can do a real pinhole test. The others either convey useful information or do no harm that I can see. Any buyer would want to know of scratches on a lens but it is in fact possible to have small scratches that don't affect image quality, especially if they're at the edges. Telling a prospective buyer about both facts (assuming they're true of course) seems like something any seller should do. Saying the shutter speeds sound right is telling you the seller doesn't have the equipment to do shutter speed tests but there are no blatantly obvious bad speeds. CLAd a few years back isn't worth much without knowing how many years "a few" is but a prospective buyer is always free to ask questions before buying, such as "how long ago?" PayPal only, add 3% for PayPal, is perfectly legitimate. No different than "shipping by Priority Mail only, buyer pays shipping." The seller is saying he will accept only one method of payment and he wants to recoup the PayPal fee. Last chance before I put it on ebay? If I were wavering why wouldn't I want to know that it's going on ebay soon and might not be available at the same price after that?
As I said before, maybe you have some point that I'm missing but all I can see is you don't like these phrases and because you don't like them you think they shouldn't be used.
Bookmarks