I think you're missing my point. A hi-res photo will never be as good as an
accurate description (you need both)... What are the most common defects on
movie posters? Pin-holes (which can be hard to see on hi-res photos).
Small tears (can be made to look invisible on hi-res photos). And, fold
separation (often impossible to see on hi-res photos)...
So, why should we praise dealers for doing something that gives us (buyers)
far less useful info - and saves them a ton of time/money in the process???
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From: "Alan Heimann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 4:06 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] is this " FAIR TO GOOD" ???
The trouble is that people have not accepted a uniform grading system and
even if they did its still subjective as what one person sees as excellent
the next person might see as good...i think a high quality picture is
worth a thousand words...show the picture describe the flaws and that
should be sufficient for a buyer to make a decision..
From: Bob Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 2006/09/07 Thu PM 05:00:11 CDT
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] is this "FAIR TO GOOD" ???
Bruce H. gives you extremely fine pictures and tells it like it is Now,
I've always wondered why on Earth everyone praises dealers for doing this
(in fact, it should probably be the opposite)??? They don't give you a
hi-res photo so you can see defects more clearly. In fact, it has nothing
to do with the buyer at all. The only reason they give you hi-res pics is
so that they don't have to grade any posters anymore! It's to save
themselves a boat-load of time and money - so they can grade a poster in
2 seconds - not 2 minutes this way (it's pretty easy to grade a poster
when you only have two possible grades). And, if they don't give you an
accurate grade - you can't complain when you get the poster (you had
hi-res pics, right). It's a way of automating the process, like eBay is
continually doing, that keeps their customers at arms-length. It's the
internet version of a phone-tree where you press buttons for half an hour
before being abruptly disconnected without ever speaking to anyone. How
that's in the buyer's</U> best interest, I'll never know... High
resolution pics are only half of the whole picture - not the whole
thing... Hi-res pics cost no extra money (except for increased bandwidth,
which is negligible now), take no extra time, no extra effort - and
provide the buyer with a lot less information than they were used to
(with a medium-res pic and an accurate description). Now, how about
praising sellers who have hi-res pictures AND detailed descriptions!?!
Cheers,
Bob The grading is irrelevant because the seller has given you a very
clear picture. This is far more important than a poor, fair, good, etc.
rating. Bruce H. gives you extremely fine pictures and tells it like it
is with either frameable "as is" or "lesser", which means restoration
required. The fact that the star's face needs restoration is of utmost
importance as faces are the hardest for a restorer to bring back to as
close to original as possible. Seeing the poster in such a state makes
your buying or not buying decision easy and I only wish all sellers would
provide such a good picture because it would make bidding decisions
easier. I have very little use for a seller's grading unless the seller
calls the poster very poor or mint. There are certain aspects of a poster
that are important to each one of us and to me the faces of the stars are
number one. If the faces are defaced then I don't want the poster no
matter how fine the rest of the poster may be. CJL Visit the MoPo
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