I guess we all have our shipping horror stories. I received another 1 sheet in a Christmas wrapping paper tube. Hope that's not becoming a common practice. Window cards do tend to be packed very poorly because of their size, and they are easily damaged when packed cheaply. Sometimes an Ebay seller surprises me how well they pack WC's, but most times they are packed as cheap as possible. (The professional poster sellers on Ebay are not a problem as far as packing goes.) The worst packed I've ever seen was the 1/2 sheet I received in a small envelope. The poster had been folded to 1/8's to get it in the envelope. A 50 year old poster totally destroyed. John W
________________________________ From: Phil Edwards <p...@cinemarts.com> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, June 7, 2010 11:34:36 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Lawrence of Arabia Oscars WC arrives in s*** condition. I have a stack of unused window cards. No great titles - probably all in the $10-$35 range. Certainly no LAWRENCE's but a few thing that colelctots might like. Of course unless they are very thin, and many w/cs are not, the only safe way to ship a w/c is flat, because they are almost impossible to roll tight enough without using a very wide diameter tube to avoid paper crinkle. And if you are using a gorilla tube, then that's about the same weight as boards that size and suitable strength.. which means that postage on such an item seems ludicrous - esp. if it's to the other side of the world. And so the eBay shipping cost nazis come out of their cells. Now with something like LAWRENCE here, or indeed any title that someone REALLY wants to arrive in pristine shape, even say a NIGHT THEY RAIDED MINSKY'S or similar value title, and are willing to pay the extra, and tell the seller etc etc, and this turns up, then it's time to see red. It's enough to give you the shits, as my mother used to say. Phil ----- Original Message ----- >From: flixs...@aol.com >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2010 9:45 AM >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Lawrence of Arabia Oscars WC arrives in s*** condition. > >DAVID, >YOU ARE JUST GETTING TOO PICKY FOR YOUR BRITCHES! IT WAS STILL AN ORIGINAL >RE-RELEASE! YEESH, SOME PEOPLE..........actually now it kind of looks like a >Kandinsky, all squished circles and squares........ > >freeman > >In a message dated 6/7/2010 4:38:46 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >davidmkusum...@hotmail.com writes: >Lawrence of Arabia Oscars WC arrives in s*** condition. >> >>OK, MoPo'ers, take a look: >> >>Despite excruciating shipping instructions to the seller of an unfolded >>"Lawrence of Arabia" window card -- for which I paid an even $50.00 >>out-the-door for -- this is what arrived today: >> >> >> >>The seller goes by "kandinsky55" at eBay. >> >>Her original eBay posting is here: >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110525153464 >> >>You already know what I'm thinking and how frustrated/angry I am -- I paid >>$50 for this, hardly a rare item -- but it was in super shape, no flaws. >> >>I'm now looking for an UNFOLDED replacement for this -- and of course -- I'm >>also still looking for the ROADSHOW STYLE, the latter for which I'll pay >>$900-$1K in super condition. -d. >> >> >> >>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. 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.
