I spite of being treated well, getting extreme good service and fair prices, I've stayed loyal all these years.
Regards, DBT -----Original Message----- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Martin Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 1:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of our very firstonline sales from May 1999! >well when you treat people well, give extreme good service and prices and are fair... dont be surprised if they come back or tell thier friends!! you prove what I have always thought was important in any business or relationship.. honesty and service.. Keep it Up.best always, Tom > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: brucehershen...@gmail.com >To: dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com >Subject: Re: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of our very >firstonline sales from May 1999! >Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 06:04:12 -0500 > >>Thanks Tom. It really amazed me to look over the list of online >buyers from >>1999 and see just how many of them are *STILL *regular >eMoviePoster.com >>buyers! >> >> >>On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:18 PM, ><dreamfact...@hollywooddreamfactory.com>wrote: >> >>> >wow that's great Bruce !!! i am so glad you found that data! also >>> shows a growth pattern.. best of luck for many more years of >success >>> you have done a good job. >>> > >>> > >>> >---- Original Message ---- >>> >From: brucehershen...@gmail.com >>> >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >>> >Subject: RE: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of >our >>> >very first online sales from May 1999! >>> >Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 15:42:18 -0500 >>> > >>> >>*We recently discovered complete records of our very first >online >>> >sales >>> >>from May 1999 (which had been "lost" for many years!)* >>> >> We have always known that we started auctioning on eBay >early >>> >in May >>> >>of 1999, but our records from that time were in a very primitive >>> >Microsoft >>> >>Works table that we soon abandoned, and a few years later, when >our >>> >>computers were being formatted, we *THOUGHT* the file with those >>> >sales had >>> >>been accidentally deleted (we now back up *EVERYTHING* in >several >>> >ways, to >>> >>prevent this from ever happening again). But we just came across >>> >that table >>> >>among some super-old files, so not only are we now able to add >our >>> >first >>> >>1,906 Internet sales ever (from May 7th, 1999 through the end of >>> >that year) >>> >>to our *Auction History >>> >><http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archive.html>*table, but >we >>> >also >>> >>can right now share with you some interesting information about >>> >>how we began on eBay! >>> >> >>> >>Our very first auctions ever were on 5/7/99, and they were three >>> >"test" >>> >>auctions of linenbacked one-sheets at $49.95 each, and the three >>> >posters >>> >>sold to three different buyers for the minimum bid (none of >those >>> >three >>> >>buyers from May 7th, 1999 are still current customers). We added >>> >five >>> >>auctions on May 10th, five auctions on May 11th, and seven >auctions >>> >on May >>> >>14th, and those started at a variety of prices, all well under >the >>> >retail >>> >>value of the posters, and all sold (at that time, I solely >auctioned >>> >>posters that I owned personally, because I knew that at first I >>> >would be >>> >>selling for under retail, sometimes "giving" the posters away, >so I >>> >wanted >>> >>the loss to be mine and not that of any consignor, and it was >not >>> >until >>> >>12/6/1999 that I first ran an auction for a consignor that was >not a >>> >poster >>> >>I owned myself). >>> >> >>> >>You can see a chart of those first 20 auctions below: *Date >Sold* >>> >*Item >>> >>Title* *Item Size* *Price Sold* 5/7/1999 Young Philadelphians >linen >>> >>one-sheet $49.95 5/7/1999 Tentacles linen one-sheet $49.95 >>> >5/7/1999 Two >>> >>Minute Warning linen one-sheet $49.95 5/10/1999 Beast Within >>> >pressbook $5.50 >>> >> 5/10/1999 Hunter pressbook $8.50 5/10/1999 Airplane >pressbook >>> >$16.50 >>> >>5/10/1999 Xanadu linen one-sheet $99.06 5/10/1999 Gauntlet >folded >>> >>one-sheet $25.00 5/11/1999 Blues for Lovers linen one-sheet >$49.95 >>> >>5/11/1999 American Hot Wax linen one-sheet $50.00 5/11/1999 >>> >Fiddler on >>> >>the Roof linen one-sheet $50.95 5/11/1999 Oliver's Story >pressbook >>> >$2.00 >>> >>5/11/1999 Raiders of the Lost Ark pressbook $26.50 5/14/1999 >>> >Speedway folded >>> >>one-sheet $89.01 5/14/1999 Kagemusha Spanish folded one-sheet >>> >$4.95 >>> >>5/14/1999 Silver Streak folded one-sheet $9.95 5/14/1999 >Summer >>> >1999 >>> >>Sales List Sales List >>> >> $3.00 5/14/1999 Heaven Can Wait pressbook $12.09 5/14/1999 >>> >Meatballs >>> >>pressbook $15.50 5/14/1999 Spy Who Loved Me linen one-sheet >$77.00 >>> >> >>> >>The first of the posters that were auctioned on May 10th was >bought >>> >by one >>> >>of our current customers (in fact, he just had an order shipped >last >>> >>week!), so we are awarding him an *Ultimate Bonus Offer* >(containing >>> >books >>> >>with an original retail of around $500, plus a coffee table book >>> >that >>> >>retails for $50 or more, like Graven Images!), for being our >longest >>> >term >>> >>current online customer (he has been buying from us on the >Internet >>> >for 14 >>> >>years)! >>> >> >>> >>Starting on May 17th, we began adding around 10 auctions per day >for >>> >four >>> >>days each week, and over the next few weeks, we began adding >around >>> >50 >>> >>auctions per week. Over the course of the rest of 1999, we kept >>> >upping our >>> >>pace, and by the end of the year, we had auctioned 1,906 items! >It >>> >is also >>> >>interesting to note that not all of these items were auctioned >on >>> >eBay. >>> >>Four of those items we auctioned on May 11th were auctioned in >>> >>*AMAZON*auctions (yes, back then, Amazon had auctions just like >>> >>eBay's!). But the Amazon auctions never really took off, and we >>> >>quickly saw that >the >>> >eBay >>> >>auctions were far superior, so only 70 of those 1,906 auctions >were >>> >on >>> >>Amazon. Over the next three years, we saw really substantial >growth, >>> >as >>> >>seen in the chart below: >>> >> *Year* *Items Sold* *Total Sales* 1999 1,906 $83,731.09 2000 >>> >17,165 >>> >>$594,106.54 >>> >> 2001 23,311 $978,336.66 2002 31,785 $1,883,722.71 >>> >> >>> >>Of course, those numbers are dwarfed by our 2012 sales of >110,628 >>> >items for >>> >>a total of $4,072,951 (and our very similar numbers for our >first >>> >half of >>> >>2013). You can find sales results for all the years from 2002 to >the >>> >>present at * http://www.emovieposter.com/sales/postersales.php*. >But >>> >the >>> >>above 1999 sales are how our online business began, and I >thought >>> >many of >>> >>you would enjoy seeing this information (and I know that some >number >>> >of you >>> >>have been customers of ours over this entire 14 year period, and >I >>> >thank >>> >>you very much!). >>> >>-- >>> >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 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> >>> >> >>> >> * Complete Buyer >>> >>>Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emoviepost >e >>> >r_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>- >>> >>*No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware >>> >>* Hershenson Help >>> >>>Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_m >c >>> >w_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>- >>> >>*Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems* *Also, >>> >>please read the following three pages of in-depth* >Customer >>> >Reviews *of >>> >>our company * - Page >>> >>>1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pag >e >>> >1.jpg>, >>> >>Page >>> >>2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page >2 >>> >.jpg>, >>> >>Page >>> >>3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page >3 >>> >.jpg> >>> >>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what >makes >>> >our >>> >>company and our auctions so very different from all others! >>> >> >>> >> 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 29 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> >> >> * Complete Buyer >>Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposte >r_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>- >>*No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware >>* Hershenson Help >>Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mc >w_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>- >>*Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems* *Also, please >>read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer >Reviews *of >>our company * - Page >>1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page >1.jpg>, >>Page >2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2 >.jpg>, >>Page >3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3 >.jpg> >>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes >our >>company and our auctions so very different from all others! >> 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. 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