"Retro Synths", the latest CD in the IronMeister range is out now! The CD includes 9 VST instruments that emulate the pioneering synths of the late 70s and the early 80s, a golden age of electronic music. The Yamaha CS30, the Roland JX-8P and the Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 are some of the great keyboard emulators that feature on this new title.

This CD follows-up the success of "Classic Synths", one of my most popular and successful CD titles. Buy now before stocks sellout!

Thanks jnr89

I spend a long time putting together my listing, so it's always disappointing and frustrating when I receive a neutral or negative comment that's incorrect. So please read my listings in full. I tend to use bulleted points to maximise my communication and place emphasis upon a range of product benefits.

After all, over 2400 eBayers can spot a bargain when they read one!

If you regularly check out the coins and tokens that I list on eBay then you have probably noticed that I never state a prescribed grade. In my experience, and probably yours, I have found that many coin sellers over state the quality of their coins. That's not to say that grading coins is easy, far from it.

For me grading is left to the bidder because it is clearly one of the key factors in price and value. I will often mention that a coin is of a good grade or collectable quality but I tend to steer clear of defining a coin as VF or EF. I place a great deal of importance on the quality of my images and as it was once stated that "a picture paints a thousand words" it should at least allow you to look at the coin in real close-up.

There are a few issues when photographing coins and here are my top tips.

• Ensure you use a camera with macro-lens. Don't photograph a coin from 3 foot and look to crop the image later.
• I use artifical light for my coins so I always use a tripod to produce sharp images as the exposure time is often slow.
• Consider the colour temperature of the lighting and correct it in the post-production phase. Otherwise your silver coins may appeal dull or tainted.
• Crop the images to 400 x 400 pixels. It's the ideal for up-loading to eBay.
• Use an angled lamp to create form and to reveal the quality of the coins surface. This is particularly important when it comes to dark copper coins.
• Provide details of any edge inscription.
• Use the auto-correct function on eBay Turbo Lister. I've found it makes all the right choices when it comes to contrast and brightness.

Having gone through this careful process you still have to rely on the quality and setting of eBay members monitors. On some computer monitors a coin can appear bright on another the same coin can appear dull and tinted. But if you've provided the best image of the coin possible then I believe you've completed your part of the deal. Now it's up to the bidder to determine the quality and grade.

Go into any PC World store across the country and you'll see shelves and shelves of packaged software. You find the one you like, gulp at the price but eventually commit to buy. After parting with your cash you arrive home to find that the glossy packaging contains.........a CD and occasionally a booklet printed in 10 languages making the majority of the content obsolete.

When you buy an IRONMEISTER CD, that's what you get. A professionally authored CD, in a protective paper sleeve, posted in a padded recyclable envelop. Not only is it good for the environment it also keeps the cost low and the value for money high. Instead of a multi-lingual booklet I usually provide links to web based tutorials or provide the installation instructions in the form of a Word document.