"Watermarking" scans

How do people feel about marking their scans before posting? Some people put text on their scans to identify the owner/company, but not many people seem to do it. It seems like a good idea - keep scammers from selling cards they don't own - but it does take extra work to edit and re-save each scan. Why do or don't you do it? Does it bother you when scans are marked? Other views?

I've never tried it, and I'm not sure I'd know how to watermark. But I can see the benefit of watermarks for protecting images of scarce/valuable cards. For the more common stuff, not so much.

I don't care if people steal my scans, just my avatar.

Ben, an easy way to mark a picture is to open it with Microsoft Paint, click the transparent background button (circled in red below), then select the text button and type. Remember to do a Save As so you don't overwrite your original scan.

I have always thought it was a great idea on high ticket items. I always liked the guys that had the duck for a "watermark".

Lee