Franc,
if Richard is decent, funny AND honest...then he is a 'triple-threat'
and has no business being on this list.
I am shocked by how this list grows tiresome with the increasing
number of high-quality members.
I knew I should never have wanted to join a club that would accept me
as a member!
Patrick
On Sep 7, 2008, at 6:52 AM, Franc wrote:
I would like to go on record and say that I was NOT offended by
Richard's response. Nor do I think his response was inappropriate.
What I do think is inappropriate is publicly airing a personal
grievance with a member on this board in an attempt to embarrass
him, forcing that member to then publicly responding. You could
have written to Richard directly or phoned him to discuss the
matter and frankly you probably would have accomplished a lot
more. I have met Richard several times at various shows and found
him to be a decent, funny guy and an honest seller. FRANC
-----Original Message-----
From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Irvin J Gelb
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 1:09 AM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: [MOPO] OBSENITY AND CRUDE LANGUAGE SHOULD BE BANNED FROM MOPO
Dear Members,
I’m certain that you read Richard Halegua’s email listed below. I
don’t think that anyone likes to hear that type of language and
tone on this site that’s meant for information purposes. I propose
that we ban such language in any future communication amongst us.
Best wishes,
Irv
P.S. To respond to Mr. Halegua, I did email him when he announced
his new auction site and invited members to participate but
received no response.
From: Richard Halegua Comic Art [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 10:02 PM
To: Irvin J Gelb; MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] POSTER SALES
You know Irvin, your email has so many incorrect statements I can't
hardly point them out, but I'll try
first of all, I'm not sure what you mean when you say "invited us
to join"
I don't believe I sent you any special invitation to do anything,
though I did in 2006 and again in 2007 and again earlier this year
advertise that I am open for dealers who wished to get away from
fleabay and sell on MPB. Unfortunately, no one wanted to, no matter
how much griping they were going to do about fleabay and at some
point I decided that having MPB open to sellers I did not know
personally may not be the right direction for me to take the site.
As such, there is no link to request seller status on MoviePosterBid.
I will of course happily look at requests from people on a one-on-
one basis
But because the fees are so low at MPB, I realized that even if
other dealers sell the lofty goal of $1,000,000 in sales.. I only
get $35,000, which begged the question "do I really want sellers at
all?"
after all, I might have to hire someone to deal with all the
problems for dealers & buyers which would wipe out any value - if
$35,000 was much of a value to begin with - and to have competitors
for my own auctions is probably also a negative.
Phil Edwards said "There is, however, little doubt that MPB is now
presented with its greatest opportunity to function as a specialist
poster (and comics/pulps etc) site and build its functionality to
allow professional and full time dealers to utilize its interface
to a fuller advantage" and for professional, full time dealers the
site is still open, on the one-on-one basis. There are definitely
dealers who have no chance of ever listing anything on my website
because I may not trust them, because their reputation stinks, or
even because I just don't care for them.The Phil Edwards's,
Channing Thompsons, Bruce Hershensons, Moe Everetts and Grey Smiths
will always be allowed to sell on MoviePosterBid
I have a feeling, because of your rude behavior.. that Irvin Gelb
will never be allowed to sell
But there's more.. You sent me the link to your poster listings at
fleabay.. Hey, if you think your prices are some kind of bargains..
then you better start looking at people's results again, and then
come to the conclusion that your prices are way over the top for
anyone
concerning your belief that I am jealous of your sales at Profiles
in History...
LMMFAO
You have to be kidding.. I could care less what you or any other
gets for anything. Big effin deal what you got.
My question was more along the lines of "what could this schmuck
have been unhappy about with Profiles that he wants to sell the
stuff himself?" Of course I know.. it's because even on your Wasp
Woman poster you think that the astronomical result wasn't good
enough for you. and for absolute clarity.. the only person on earth
I'm jealous of.. is Michelle Pfeiffer's husband
Look.. there's an old line "you slow, you blow"
I tried to tell people that "fleabay is headed in the wrong place
for you and that you should join MPB now"
you didn't come, and now the door is locked.. suck it up
one more thing.. the fact that you took my private response and
posted it to MoPo means you wanted to - in your tiny little mind -
try to embarrass me in some way. The only thing you succeeded in
was embarrassing yourself, and getting yourself told off to boot
now go back to your little corner and stand there until poppa says
you can come out and have dinner
best Regards
Rich=================
At 04:18 PM 9/5/2008, Irvin J Gelb wrote:
Hi Richard,
When you invited us to join your new poster auction site you never
responded. I thought that you didn't receive my email but now it's
come to
my attention that you are jealous of my successful results with
Profiles in
History last year. I have more posters in my collection and just
wanted to
help you out by bringing some high end titles and see how we could do
together. I was also going to refer other big collectors to you.
How odd
that you show such keen jealousy - I thought that your site's
intention was
to bring more sellers to help build up the business. Unfortunate and
perplexing that you're taking another position. I can't understand
why the
results of my Profiles auction would have anything to do with
selling more
posters on your site.
Best wishes,
Irv Gelb
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Halegua Comic Art [ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 3:51 PM
To: Irvin J Gelb
Subject: Re: RICHARD HALEGUA
Hi Irv
I did get your emails
right now, I'm not adding any sellers
Sean is one of my very best friends and he is always welcome to sell..
other people who have supported me are also welcome.. but at this
point, I'd rather have the site for just a few people
one reality is that even if people sell a million bucks worth.. it
isn't worth alot to me based on % and so I prefer to not really have
competitors
but I have a question for you.. if Profiles did so well for you.. why
aren't they selling more of your stuff???
Rich===================
At 09:33 AM 9/5/2008, you wrote:
>Hi,
>I've been trying to reach Richard Halegua at movieposterbid.com
with no
>luck. I hope that he's OK. Could someone give me alternative email
addresses
>to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ?
>Thanks,
>irv
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