I would have 10,000 free lunches coming! I pretty much DO come close to this, taking 75% on under $8 items. But I DO lose money on sub-$20 items, so I have to do this to discourage them.
The good news is that a lot of the sub $10 items I auctioned last year were old consignments, and while I still have thousands of them left, I am coming near the end of them, and I HAVE been getting much more selective in the new consignments I take. As to Sean's "My hat is really off to him and his staff for all the hard work they do to ensure prices remain so affordable for so many", I completely agree. Many MoPo'ers have been in this a long time, and turn up their nose at "junk", but there really ARE a lot of new collectors who love their $5 and $10 posters almost as much as you love your $100 and $1,000 ones, and I provide an affordable way for them to keep collecting. Of course, there are also lots more of those types of collectors, which is why I have sold to 31,000 people, whereas the "hardcore" part of the hobby likely only numbers 5,000 or so. Bruce On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:47 PM, Roger Kim <roger...@iname.com> wrote: > I think Bruce should charge 100% commission for any poster that sell for > $9 or less, since that is his estimated cost of selling a poster. Anyone who > consigns a poster that sells for less than $3 should be required to buy him > lunch. > > I think I owe him a free lunch. > > -rk > > On Feb 5, 2009, at 7:19 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote: > > Very interesting. > And it definitely fits the notion that there are tons of bargains to be had > even at Bruce's site. > I think it's amazing that despite Bruce's begging for people to stop > sending him very inexpensive items (and having a consignment rate to > actively discourage it) still a full 30% of what he sold in 2008 was for > under $10. > Based on the numbers given, I wouldn't be surprised to see that 50% of all > his items actually sold for less than $20. > > He's already told us that he loses money (or at best breaks even) on > sub-$20 items, and some quick math from the numbers in his ad show that for > taking up 30% of the work, those less than $10 posters only bring in 3.6% of > his revenues. > > My hat is really off to him and his staff for all the hard work they do to > ensure prices remain so affordable for so many. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* MoPo List > [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu<mop...@sol03.american.edu> > ] *On Behalf Of *Bruce Hershenson > *Sent:* Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:00 AM > *To:* mop...@sol03.american.edu > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] those testimonials for tloceposters > > It seems that my latest Movie Collector's ad fits in this discussion. > Note that the ad was created before the first MoPo Loce/Professor Powers > post appeared! > > See the ad at > https://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20090130_februarymcw_ad.jpg > > Bruce > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
