What are your thoughts on this Craigslist GMC listing?

[Richard RV]

Is it real, enhanced or bogus?

1978 GMC motorhome - antiques - by owner - collectibles sale - craigslist

1978 GMC TRANSMODE MOTORHOME THE GMC MOTORHOME: THE RV GENERAL MOTORS BUILT WHEN AMERICA STILL DREAMED BIG Before you look at this 1978 GMC Transmode, you need to understand what you’re actually...

inlandempire.craigslist.org

 

[bdub]

Terrific ad. Best I've ever seen. I have the vin in the registry.

 

[boybach]

Devil in the details

 

[Don Jaksa]

I saw that as well and it is definitely AI enhanced

 

[Christo]

When AI is applied too heavily it detracts, like so many things in life. But more likely than not a legit offer. In-person eval would be needed to assess the price.

 

[Don Jaksa]

It sure portrays "The Dream" of the perfect day in your GMC Motorhome

Very impressive presentation

but IF they used AI enhancement for any INSIDE image, the that would be a problem
...like ths image is suspect

window over the kitchen sink?
where's the door?

 

[Richard RV]

When AI is applied too heavily it detracts, like so many things in life. But more likely than not a legit offer. In-person eval would be needed to assess the price.

When the "Photoshopping" of photos gets to a certain level it becomes intentionally misleading.

Case in point:

What? Your GMC doesn't have a removable door when camping?
The kitchen window with the partially grafted sunset, right next to the blocked off window in front of it.

My question isn't if it's a real coach, Billy said it's in the registry so it surely is, but is the owner the one that doctored the photos and Craigslist listing?

They've been scams where people simply copied a GMC listing and posted it on the other side of the country.

 

[Richard RV]

Very impressive presentation

but IF they used AI enhancement for any INSIDE image, the that would be a problem
...like ths image is suspect

window over the kitchen sink?
where's the door?

A removable door would be a nice feature though.

 

[Don Jaksa]

You don't sell the steak; you sell the sizzle...

 

[Tybalt39]

Zipdee there and gone in the next image? Beauty/marker lights in the vents?

 

[Christo]

Zipdee there and gone in the next image? Beauty/marker lights in the vents?

And yet it's mostly correct. Slop factor 50%, caution advised.

 

[Kendra]

Kitchen sink has a unique innovation to prevent water leaks: No faucet.

 

[boybach]

Kitchen sink has a unique innovation to prevent water leaks: No faucet.

And an invisible stove too

 

[Kendra]

Phone number in the listing is also used on this site: https://heavyhandscom.com/

 

[Richard RV]

Phone number in the listing is also used on this site: https://heavyhandscom.com/

Yeah, the phone number tracks. I would've contacted them and said you're shooting yourself in the foot with the unbeliev-AI-ble photos. But the guy is in marketing so...

 

[pvfjr]

Goodness, this sure is over the top isn't it?
Why would someone in marketing do this? They have to realize people want to feel like they're buying it from people, not Temu. It really reeks of the over-photoshopped ads you see from Chinese suppliers, that make you wonder if the product has ever really seen the light of day! The product is always real on Amazon/Aliexpress, but the photos are always faked. Doing that with a unique serialized motorhome seems like an odd choice.

Here's are a couple funny ones that went viral on Amazon years ago. AI has just made this sort of thing more sophisticated/complex/detailed.