Agree with gump. Don't want to step on toes here and don't want to come over as an a..e i just always understood it working as asking for pics if you wanted to see pics, and asking for pics and first dibs if you wanted to buy. Went straight in with offer to buy because there's so many times here when people have asked for pics but the item has remained unsold after pics have been sent and then later someone asks if item has been sold and if not they'll have it. Offering to buy straight away seemed the way to alleviate that. But if that causes problems i understand. Up to simon, and maybe we should have a sticky outlining an agreed procedure so everyone knows the agree 'etiquette' in future?