Hi all
I was under the impression that any of us can be thrown off ebay precisely
for contacting a buyer and warning him about something like this.
Anybody know anything about this ebay policy?
Walter
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From: "JR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] How bad is this bidder getting raped ??
Kirby,
I agree that one should not contact other people's bidders -- unless there
is a clear case of fraud being commited against those bidders by the
seller. Then I think that if we notice what's going down and just stand by
and say nothing that we are as culpable as those who watch any other crime
being commited but say or do nothing. In this case, the seller may know
know the item is not original, but he is clearly stating that it is --
even going so far as to claim that the frame it is in is "the frame that
it hung in the movie theaters" -- and then he quotes the size as being
slightly smaller than 11x17 (!) So, I don't even this this is a Porta
repro. I thought all Portals were full-size? I have no idea what this
thing is, but from the small low-res photo it looks like some kind of
poster-shop item printed up and sold over the counter a long time ago. So,
who knows if the seller is just being ignorant or deliberately misleading
in his description, but I think it is perfectly a!
cceptable for people to contact both the buyer and the seller in a
situation like this and let them know that no way is this an "original"
theatrical movie poster.
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
From: Kirby McDaniel
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Sent: Monday, August 07, 2006 15:52
Subject: Re: [MOPO] How bad is this bidder getting raped ??
In that material last week on ebay - the seller in Florida who had all the
Betty Grable posters - MOON OVER MIAMI et al -
there was a repro Belgian GILDA that hit $250.00 or so. Did any of you
guys alert the buyer? As a dealer I am reluctant
to e-mail other people's bidders. I did e-mail the seller, and suggest
that when the auction was over, he simply sell
the poster to him for ten bucks or so.
Kirby McDaniel
www.movieart.net
On Aug 7, 2006, at 2:47 PM, Tom A. Pennock wrote:
I find it surprising that some people don't even care if something is a
reproduction and not an original. Like the half sheet Portal reproductions
from "The Wizard Of Oz" that were on e-bay a few months back. The seller
was honest and forthright about them and the buyer knew what they were
after being informed. But the buyer still wanted them and paid a hefty
price for them. Not in the least bit caring what they were. He thought
they were attractive. Go figure.
--Tom Pennock
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