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Stove in a real estate listing

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  1. blacktail

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  3. MikeInMa

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    The pictures look altered to me.
     
  4. MeanJoe

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    That has to be an AI alteration. Ugh. False advertising. I see altered listings often enough that I wonder the disappointment a prospective buyer has when they see the real house.
     
  5. The Wood Wolverine

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    I'd say AI too.
     
  6. Woodtroll

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    I think so too. But I’m at a loss to understand why someone would go to the trouble to make that alteration, out of all the details in all the photos. It makes me wonder if that beautiful log house is really just a tarpaper shack? LOL
     
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    Buyer Beware!
     
  8. Backwoods Savage

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    Cheap. Should be lots of buyers for that place... :whistle: :loco: :crazy:
     
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    Totally AI. Or a stove that magically has front glass then suddenly front and side glass. Can't imagine why anyone would fall for this.
     
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    Magically has fire in the "end" pic, but not from the front...
     
  11. lukem

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    These pictures look like they were taken with an AI potato.
     
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    I used to see a lot of altered listings when I was shopping for a house, but this one is pretty bad. Why not edit a fire into the stoves existing glass?
     
  14. Jeffrey Svoboda

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    Why edit anything in? Seems like false advertising.
     
  15. billb3

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    The fire photo also has the wrong/no perspective applied. It's square where it shouldn't be. Sloppy job.

    I have seen furniture/things edited in/out of RE pics before, but that's just weird.
     
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    I've seen this before on freestanding stove sides in real estate listings. I think the AI recognizes it as a stove so puts a fire where it thinks there should be one.

    I always try and identify the woodstoves in listings. Then criticize the flue install. Or find the obvious safety violations.
     
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    :thumbs: :)
     
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