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So after a long wait I finally got the pictures in the mail today.

They came out alright, I wasnt expecting the pictures to be as close as they are.

$750 bucks for 3 pictures. If I buy all three I can save a whole 2%. Thats right, 2%

Anyone ever negotiate with boatpix? Ill probably keep one. I could have had a friend take the same picture from a boat running along side of mine..

Any advice...
 
They negotiate.
You can probably get 3 for $500
1 is like $175
 
I bot them. All three. I love them -- I can sit in my office, stare at them and dream of what I should be doing. As for the cost, sometime you just have to say WTF.
 
Dave, what did you say to them?

Ill try and post the pics. They are of my center console, nothing to run home and get all excited about...
 
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No offense, BC, but those photos are crap! They're not even in focus, and your boat name is partially obscured. I wouldn't pay to print them at Wally World for $.50 each.
 
None taken. I was disappointed as well..The focus part is my fault, I took pics with my iphone and sent them to e-mail and what not..

I was kind of annoyed that the boat name wasnt visible. Then again, its an "action shot"
 
They have pretty good touch-up people and you can request that they Photoshop the pictures. When I got mine I had a horrible Chesapeake Bay brown waterline stain. They removed it for me. In the shot where you're waving (the best shot I think BTW), they can probably re-create the name and remove the white water.
 
Yeah those are not great. Email them. I made offer, they countered, etc.
Especially considering its your center console. I took pics of them with a high quality digital camera. I still bought them as well but mine were awesome.
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Also, call BP and have them email all photos to you. We ended up getting one they didn't send us in the initial shipment.

For your CC you're right that someone may be able to take a good pic of you. Someone from a FB could give you the same shots you show.
 
Dave, your pictures are sick! The first one is worth the money alone. Your pictures show that it was taken from a helicopter, mine are just lame. I am going to e-mail them and tell them I am disappointed.

Mark, totally someone one a fly bridge could have taken the same exact pictures.

lets see what boatpix says...
 
I like that in all of Currentsea's shots the dog is watching the helicopter.

BC - I would wait until they shoot your boat again and in the meantime let them know you did not like the photos and why.
 
They could at least crop out all that orange junk.

George
 
The "orange junk" is the wood table he had the proofs on when he took a picture of them with his phone to post here.

Have any of you read the Boatpix copyright disclaimer? Obviously not! :-)
 
no comparison to Dave's pictures. I wouldn't pay for any of those.
 
We have a helicopter company that takes pictures during big events, not just boats.
He captures everyone's boat and puts them on his website, then sends the word out.
People look, then buy for around $100/picture.
Just need to find someone who is not boating related with a helicopter to take pictures
during a big event. He will make more money and you will save more money.

http://maxairhelicopters.smugmug.com/
 
I personally think Boatpix is a great service.
The prices are high, but this is not a big event, so their costs are high.

I wish they did the website thing as opposed to the just mail them.
They seem to like that better.

I said this before, get one guy standing on the Robert Moses Causeway with a nice camera and get boats to parade past him below.
He will get some great shots.
 
These are from our ******FREE***** helicopter shoot we do every other year for our company. We do not charge anybody for the pictures. Boatpix sent me an offer one year when I was crossing from Chicago, their pictures were junk compared to what I already had.

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This is what they should look like

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