I think it's odd when people in the industry ask the question. Tony
Perkins signed a Psycho lobby card for me, and he asked, "Where did
you get that?"
Wim Wenders signed a British Wings of Desire poster for me, and he
asked the same question.
This was before the rise of ebay, though, so maybe industry people no
longer ask this question.
-rk
On Feb 6, 2009, at 2:58 PM, lobby card invasion wrote:
Here's a question I'm ALWAYS being asked by people, not in the
hobby, when they first see my collection, or merchandize I have for
sale:
Where did you get them?
For some reason, It always surprises me and I find it difficult to
answer.
Zeev
----- Original Message -----
From: MotionPictureArt.com
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 3:28 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
I actually meant that the text is part of / in the image. This way
the words are not part of the auction and you don't have a problem
with searches. And you can give the image or animated gif certain
colors or animations to draw extra attention to it.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Claude Litton
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
This will not work if someone searches video or dvd
I suggest you write it as follows because then it will not show up
under video or dvd searches.
This is not a v-i-d-e-o This is not a d-v-d
People who search "video" or "dvd" will not pick up the fact that
you wrote a negative word in front of it.
CJL
In a message dated 2/6/2009 1:43:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
i...@motionpictureart.com writes:
Maybe an image with the text "THIS IS NOT A VIDEO. THIS IS NOT A
DVD" will do the trick. You may even make it a animated gif and
give it a red blinking border or something like that.
Ron
----- Original Message -----
From: Franc
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
Really good point but this should only happen if one is searching
by description, as opposed to title only and I have no statistics
on whether the totally unsophisticated search that way.
Unfortunately I think some people just don't read. FRANC
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Hershenson [mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 10:37 AM
To: Franc
Cc: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
All of you should realize that by putting "THIS IS NOT A VIDEO.
THIS IS NOT A DVD" in the description, you greatly increase the
chance of this happening, because by have those words in the
description means anyone searching for those items will find YOUR
items in their search!
Bruce
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Franc <fdav...@verizon.net> wrote:
You're lucky. I get these ALL THE TIME even though my postings all
say in big bold print: THIS IS NOT A VIDEO. THIS IS NOT A DVD.
Usually the buyer completes and pays for the transaction and then
sends an e-mail saying, "I just ordered a video from you." This
is to ensure additional work on my part, cancelling the transaction
through Ebay so that I can get my commission fee back and reversing
the PayPal payment. It also means I have to recreate the listing
for my dbase which automatically deletes listings once a purchase
is made. I love customers who don't read the listing.
The second dumbest question that I get ALL THE TIME and love to
death is from people who see I'm selling a lobby card from let's
say The Bride Wore Boots who'll write to me and ask where they can
find the DVD because they've been looking all over for it. FRANC
-----Original Message-----
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of
Sean Linkenback
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:21 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
I know I don't sell as many items as many of you all do, but I
still have yet (knock on wood) to have a single person complain
that they thought they were ordering a DVD, or ask a DVD question
while the auction was running.
From: MoPo List [mailto:mop...@sol03.american.edu] On Behalf Of
Richard Auras
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 10:08 PM
To: mop...@sol03.american.edu
Subject: Re: [MOPO] post your best "stupid questions"
How about an ebay standard...... Is that Firefox One Sheet in DVD
or VHS?
Rick
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