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Photo-shop misrep

Started by bramstar
over 14 years ago
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Love it. They've photo-shopped a roaring fire in a decorative fireplace in this Elliman listing. http://streeteasy.com/nyc/sale/671946-coop-305-west-86th-street-upper-west-side-new-york?email=true Just entered contract--hope the new buyers aren't expecting to toast marshmallows in that thing...
Response by walpurgis
over 14 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2009

Well, you can add to that the picture of what I believe are the Metro North & Triborough bridges (you know...in the EAST river?!?) featured in the video clip.
Great demonstration of geographic knowledge & / or quality control.

Truly scary; it's not the marshmallow that's toasted.

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Response by uwsbeagle
over 14 years ago
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Looks like a legit gas fireplace in the non-photo-shopped picture. It may actually be real.

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Response by huntersburg
over 14 years ago
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>Just entered contract--hope the new buyers aren't expecting to toast marshmallows in that thing...

Because the buyers likely never even visited the place before they wired the money.

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Response by bramstar
over 14 years ago
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>>Looks like a legit gas fireplace in the non-photo-shopped picture. It may actually be real.<<

Not according to the Elliman listing (check the website) which clearly describes the fireplace as 'decorative'. That crackling fire, along with the furniture, are all photoshopped in.

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Response by bramstar
over 14 years ago
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OMG, walpurgis, I hadn't even looked at the video--oh what a GEM!. "Steps to Riverside Park" except--whoops! some idiot either doesn't know the East River from the Hudson or assumes buyers are too dumb to notice... Wow. Just wow.

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Response by NWT
over 14 years ago
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It started out as a gas fireplace, as uwsbeagle said. There's a valve off to the left and the gas pipe inside. There're no flues on the roof, though, and ventless gas fireplaces are no longer allowed in NYC. That gas line would've been shut off in the cellar.

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Response by bramstar
over 14 years ago
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NWT--precisely. That thing has been defunct for years, if not decades.

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