Maybe I am selling the wrong items. If I could just get some Finnish posters, you'd be there like a bear. Of course, everyone knows those are the true world's rarest movie posters, so I won't be getting any of them anytime soon!
Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Sean Linkenback <slinkenb...@comcast.net>wrote: > ok, so the copy should be "we have as many auctions as all those other > guys combined, and still get REAL current values for everything" > how's that? :-) > > that way we won't discuss the difference between a good deal for a > collector and a good deal for a retailer. > besides, everyone knows I'm pretty much a wholesaler anyways. :-) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> > *To:* Sean Linkenback <slinkenb...@comcast.net> > *Cc:* MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu > *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2010 1:58 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... > > If prices are SO cheap in my auctions, how come you only buy the very best > items? Why not take some easy money and buy some of those "great deals" and > re-sell them for lots more? > > If the items can't be re-sold for more than what I get for them, maybe > those are the REAL current values for those items, and maybe some of those > other prices are simply highly inflated "Mrs Miniver" type prices. > > Bruce > > On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Sean Linkenback <slinkenb...@comcast.net > > wrote: > >> I can see the copy now - "I'm flooding the market with so many auctions >> that there has never been a better time to be a buyer and find great deals" >> ;-) >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >> *To:* Sean Linkenback <slinkenb...@comcast.net> >> *Cc:* MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu >> *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2010 1:53 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... >> >> Really? Li'l ol' me? That would make a good selling point for my ads! >> >> Thanks. >> >> Bruce >> >> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Sean Linkenback < >> slinkenb...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> Really? 400,000 "auctions"? >>> Or 235,000+ repros, plus another 150,000+ "fishing expeditions" where the >>> prices are usually Mrs. Miniver high above FMV buy-it-nows, with "only" >>> around 10,000 actual auctions posted - and again a great majority of those >>> are at starting prices which could be considered FMV or higher. >>> >>> I would suggest that you run as many auctions on a weekly basis as there >>> are actual auctions on eBay combined. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> *From:* Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >>> *To:* Sean Linkenback <slinkenb...@comcast.net> >>> *Cc:* MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu >>> *Sent:* Friday, August 13, 2010 1:01 PM >>> *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... >>> >>> Absolutely! There are over 400,000 eBay auctions for posters alone, and >>> another half million or more of all other types of movie memorabilia. >>> >>> If all of those would just "go away" there would be *WAY *more buyers >>> for auctions like mine and Rich's, and lots more buyers for dealers like you >>> and Kirby, but of course that is unlikely to happen, until the eBay >>> implosion is complete, and that might be a year or too off. >>> >>> I don't know about new buyers coming in, but I do know that the current >>> over-supply will surely get absorbed (except on the bottom end stuff, which >>> will NEVER get absorbed) and then the prices will steadily rise and that is >>> when people will look back at today's prices as a golden buying opportunity. >>> >>> Bruce >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Sean Linkenback < >>> slinkenb...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Bruce, >>>> would you say the number of weekly auctions at this point in time has >>>> something to do with there being more items for sale than buyers? >>>> And do you see a few thousand more collectors coming into the hobby the >>>> next few years and that is why it is a golden buying opportunity? Or can >>>> you explain a little further? >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Bruce Hershenson" <brucehershen...@gmail.com> >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:26:32 AM >>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... >>>> >>>> I think this has more to do with the size of the hobby than anything >>>> else. If there were more than a few thousand active collectors, there would >>>> surely be buyers for posters like these. >>>> >>>> Right now, there is an imbalance in the hobby, with more items for sale >>>> than there are buyers. This creates lots of buying opportunities, except >>>> among those dealers who choose to "wait things out" and not lower their >>>> prices (which is absolutely their right to do!). I am 100% certain that a >>>> few years from now collectors will look back at this time as a golden >>>> buying >>>> opportunity (even if some prices fall even further). >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Michael Spampinato < >>>> poverty...@pacbell.net> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Well, honestly there is certainly a difference between "buying" a >>>>> poster for 99.99 and having a starting bid of 99.99. >>>>> >>>>> ----- >>>>> May the holes in your collection be filled and the ideas in your head >>>>> be shared. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --- On *Thu, 8/12/10, Glenn Taranto <exit...@gte.net>* wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> From: Glenn Taranto <exit...@gte.net> >>>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... >>>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>>> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 11:53 AM >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I was curious because I have two linen backed one sheets I'm >>>>> selling on eBay right now. Both are listed at 99.99. With a couple more to >>>>> follow next week. >>>>> >>>>> I can't believe they wouldn't sell at this price no matter what the >>>>> graphics. >>>>> >>>>> I decided I wasn't going to bombard MOPO with another >>>>> ho-hum listing only to annoy people. >>>>> >>>>> If anyone is interested. I am also offering free shipping on one of the >>>>> posters. If you took more than one the shipping would still be free! >>>>> >>>>> Here is the link to my auctions... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> http://shop.ebay.com/gomex/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 >>>>> >>>>> Best - >>>>> >>>>> Glenn >>>>> 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.
