I agree...we are truly in a circus... Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T
-----Original Message----- From: lovenoir2 <loveno...@gmail.com> Sender: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:45:28 To: <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> Reply-To: lovenoir2 <loveno...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [MOPO] More Clarification Speaking of heavyweight items and clarification. When is there going to be some about the Metropolis 3 sheet? That's about as heavy hitting an item as one can get, yet clarification about it (sold? not sold? why has it gone from the MPE site) has yet to be made. -KL On 4/23/12, Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> wrote: > Not me. I only auction cheap junk. I leave major posters like these to the > heavyweights of the hobby, like MoviePosterExchange or Heritage. > > Bruce > > On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 8:58 PM, <rixpost...@aol.com> wrote: > >> ** >> I have inside information that Rudyard Kipling collected classic silent >> movie posters. In fact, he had an original Greed one sheet on his living >> room wall the night that he died. Will that one sheet eventually appear in >> Bruce's auction or in Heritage? Only time will tell. >> >> In a message dated 4/23/2012 6:41:01 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >> brucehershen...@gmail.com writes: >> >> P.S. I just was re-reading this classic poem, and it seems to fit this >> discussion quite well: >> >> If you can keep your head when all about you >> Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; >> If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, >> But make allowance for their doubting too: >> If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, >> Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies, >> Or being hated don't give way to hating, >> And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise; >> >> If you can dream---and not make dreams your master; >> If you can think---and not make thoughts your aim, >> If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster >> And treat those two impostors just the same:. >> If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken >> Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, >> Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, >> And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools; >> >> If you can make one heap of all your winnings >> And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, >> And lose, and start again at your beginnings, >> And never breathe a word about your loss: >> If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew >> To serve your turn long after they are gone, >> And so hold on when there is nothing in you >> Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!" >> >> If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, >> Or walk with Kings---nor lose the common touch, >> If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, >> If all men count with you, but none too much: >> If you can fill the unforgiving minute >> With sixty seconds' worth of distance run, >> Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it, >> And---which is more---you'll be a Man, my son! >> >> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Bruce Hershenson < >> brucehershen...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sounds like you have it all figured out. Best of luck! >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 23, 2012 at 6:59 PM, <s...@platinumposters.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Bruce, thank you clarifying. >>>> >>>> Yes - you would be responsible for paying to ship your items to >>>> MoviePosterExchange.com. I believe this is standard in the industry. >>>> Do >>>> you reimburse people when they ship items to you? Having never >>>> consigned >>>> anything to you I am unaware if you do this. >>>> >>>> Of course, using the figures you provided, even at the lowest end the >>>> numbers come out very favorable compared to your rates. >>>> For example you wrote: "So this means that when we sold a $30 poster, we >>>> would pay MoviePosterExchange a $3 commission, PLUS the approximately >>>> $11 >>>> shipping. So we would pay $14 to sell a $30 poster. It gets even worse >>>> the >>>> lower the price goes. On a $20 poster we would pay $13, and on a $10 >>>> poster >>>> we would pay $12, for a net LOSS of $2 for every $10 poster we sold!" >>>> >>>> The numbers you have given seem like a bargain compared to the >>>> consignor who sells a $30 poster on eMovieposter.com >>>> Where there they would pay a $12 commission and when you add in the >>>> approximately $11 shipping, they pay $23 to sell a $30 item on >>>> eMovieposter.com. I am sure it also gets worse as the price gets lower. >>>> >>>> The point being if you have a single $30 item to sell, there are >>>> probably better options than eMovieposter.com or >>>> MoviePosterExchange.com. >>>> >>>> And if you have a bunch of $30 items that you would like to dump (and >>>> don't mind if approximately half of them sell for $14 or less as you >>>> tell >>>> us every week), eMovieposter.com might be a good if not great option for >>>> you. >>>> MoviePosterExchange is probably not your best bet for this type of >>>> dumping, we understand and accept this. >>>> >>>> But, if you have higher quality items (either a single piece or a whole >>>> collection) and you have a fixed price in mind for them, there is not a >>>> seller that offers better terms than MoviePosterExchange.com >>>> >>>> Take for example an item like the Gimme Shelter one-sheet >>>> eMoviePoster.com is offering at a fixed price. If it sold on >>>> eMovieposter >>>> for the $264 asking price, you would pay a 28% commission, or almost $74 >>>> - >>>> which isn't horrible compared to other sites. But if you sold it on >>>> MoviePosterExchange.com for that price you would only pay a $26.40 >>>> commission and even if it cost you $11 to send it to us, your effective >>>> rate would still be about half that of eMovieposter.com >>>> >>>> And again, we do appreciate the offer you gave us to list items on our >>>> site - if you will remember we even offered to have our programmers >>>> convert >>>> your information at our cost so you would not have to pay anything to do >>>> this and I apologize if your last email went unanswered. Ultimately it >>>> is >>>> probably for the best - the items we have listed for sale are from real >>>> collectors wishing to sell real posters, and not dealer leftovers that >>>> have >>>> been extinsively advertised elsewhere on the web to give the illusion of >>>> greater numbers. >>>> >>>> We are both committed to building a better hobby and giving customers >>>> the best possible service that they can ask for, certainly nothing wrong >>>> with that. >>>> >>>> Best of luck with your current auctions, Sunday's selection looks great >>>> and I am looking forward to seeing the rest. >>>> >>>> Sean >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of >>>> Bruce Hershenson >>>> Sent: Friday, April 20, 2012 6:46 PM >>>> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Potential Conflict of Interest? Is Gavel-Snipe owned >>>> by Heritage? >>>> >>>> Just a clarification: >>>> >>>> When I saw that MoviePosterExchange had way less than 1,000 items >>>> listed, I offered to list my 700 fixed price items there, because it >>>> would >>>> nearly double their total, I was naive enough to believe that nearly >>>> doubling their listings would be something they might want to do >>>> (perhaps >>>> just to create the illusion they were getting lots more listings) and I >>>> was >>>> willing to help this new enterprise out, even though at best it might >>>> result in a handful of sales for me, and that would not even come close >>>> to >>>> covering the cost of my programmers converting our auctions to fit their >>>> software. >>>> >>>> But when I took the time to read their terms of sale, I realized that it >>>> would be eMoviePoster.com who would have to pay for the shipping to >>>> MoviePosterExchange and that the customer would not pay us back for >>>> that. >>>> >>>> So this means that when we sold a $30 poster, we would pay >>>> MoviePosterExchange a $3 commission, PLUS the approximately $11 >>>> shipping. >>>> So we would pay $14 to sell a $30 poster. It gets even worse the lower >>>> the >>>> price goes. On a $20 poster we would pay $13, and on a $10 poster we >>>> would >>>> pay $12, for a net LOSS of $2 for every $10 poster we sold! >>>> >>>> Now of course, we sell lots of fixed price posters that sell for the >>>> above amounts (and even quite a bit less), and many dealers have mostly >>>> items they ask much higher prices for, so maybe for them, >>>> MoviePosterExchange is a truly viable option (for example, on a $100 >>>> poster, they would pay around $21 counting shipping, even less if they >>>> pack >>>> less securely than we do. >>>> >>>> But once I realized the above, I knew the only way we COULD possibly >>>> list our items there was if we could send them directly to their buyers, >>>> and I asked if we could do that. I never even got a reply of any kind, >>>> and >>>> I apologize for apparently unknowingly insulting them. >>>> >>>> I wish them the best of luck with their enterprise, and hope they have >>>> great success with their April auction. >>>> >>>> Bruce >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >>> P.O. Box 874 >>> West Plains, MO 65775 >>> Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we >>> take lunch) >>> our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> >>> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> >>> >>> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >> P.O. Box 874 >> West Plains, MO 65775 >> Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we >> take lunch) >> our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> >> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> >> >> <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/signature/20111028Frankensteinemployeegroupphotosignature.jpg> >> >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 24 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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