Some food for thought on this subject: http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m11/i06/s01 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/C/blog/blog.pl?%2Fpl%2F2013%2F11%2F1383704417.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3LFoW_wDSk&feature=youtu.be
On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:16 AM, peter contarino <pcontar...@triad.rr.com>wrote: > Ah. I hate this company. My disgust with ebay was in part the impetus for > starting Movie Poster Exchange. I really wanted to target sellers and > dealers, *particularly those dealers with sites solely carrying fixed > price items. * > > > > I wanted to hold auctions but I also wanted to offer dealers with existing > sites a seller-friendly place to move their product. For example, if you > are an established dealer you know very well that people come to your site, > look at everything and perhaps purchase something, and then they go away > until you send an email out alerting them that you have new acquisitions. > They come and then the process repeats itself. > > > > With MPE, dealers have the ability to take however much of their inventory > they choose and keep it on their site(and hold the product) but also upload > it to our site. So you now have your traffic as well as an average of 3000 > unique customers a month with over 80,000 views seeing your product because > of our auctions driving the traffic. It is very common for a buyer to > purchase a fixed price item while they are sitting at their computer > browsing on auction nights(in particular), waiting to either place bids or > watch the auction close. > > > > We have a bulk uploader for dealers who have an inventory on file or > material can be uploaded manually(we will also write script at no charge > specifically for dealers who have any issue with the bulk uploader for any > reason). The commission is 15%, which is an amount just about any dealer I > know will discount to make a sale. The benefit is obvious. I have only had > a few dealers take advantage of this and this is my fault due to a lack of > time for marketing this feature. The auctions are a time vampire. > > > > So there is in fact an alternative way and an amazon–like venue for > selling material. Granted it does not have the massive customer base that > these behemoths have but that isn’t necessarily critical as this is a very > small niche hobby and MPE is targeted at only poster collectors. > > > > Any dealers who are interested and want to skip our mind-numbing FAQ can > reach me at 336.402.4123. If I am not able to answer please leave a > message and I will get back to you asap. > > > > Thanks-peter > > > > > > *From:* Bruce Hershenson [mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* Thursday, November 07, 2013 3:22 PM > *To:* peter contarino > *Cc:* MoPo-L > > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Scary news for ebay sellers > > > > Actually, you *CAN *"improve" without selling a thing! These notices are > generated by bots, and you must have had a low rating or two that "fell > off" your score between the first time and the second time (because they > only go back so far), and that raised your rating. > > And in the first "purge" a while ago, 5,000 sellers were kicked off in a > day, and they haven't revealed the size of this second purge yet. > > So it is NOT some kind of isolated case. And I didn't say it made sense to > do this, just that they *THINK *it does! > > These are scary times. > > > > On Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 9:58 AM, peter contarino <pcontar...@triad.rr.com> > wrote: > > Ebay sucks. I received an email recently stating that I was > underperforming and I may be restricted to how many items I can sell and > that ebay may hold on to monies collected for a period of time before > releasing. A few weeks later I received another email saying that my > selling had improved and I was no longer on the hit list. Here is the > kicker: *I haven’t sold on ebay in the past year*! I put one piece on the > other day just for advertising purposes for MPE. This company has > incoherent and absurd policies that the customer support idiots you speak > with don’t even understand. And they don’t care a bit about their sellers. > They let Hershenson walk away and he had to be their biggest poster seller. > And don’t get me started about paypal. Worst merchant services on the > planet. > > > > -Peter > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] *On Behalf Of *Helmut > Hamm > *Sent:* Thursday, November 07, 2013 9:33 AM > *To:* MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > > > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Scary news for ebay sellers > > > > For sellers who rely solely on ebay, this must be quite frightening. > However, depending on what you're selling it may be pretty hard to build up > an independent business at this point. > > > > Personally, I've said good-bye to ebay several years ago, but from their > very beginning, ebay has always supplied some 'extra income' for me, but I > never trusted them enough to base my business model on their welfare. Of > course, both my brick-and-mortar shop and my website are fairly established > at this point, and I'm selling a fair number of medium and higher priced > posters. > > > > For those who are selling lower priced material (and I know a few dealers > here in Germany, who are doing pretty well for themselves with stuff in the > $10 range, combined with a high turnaround rate) getting banned from ebay > would probably be quite devastating. > > > > Highly recommended to anyone interested in the actions and motivations of > the modern day 'corporation', I highly recommended THE CORPORATION (2003), > which can be watched for free on the web: > > > > http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-corporation/ > > > > 'It begins with the revelation that, according to a Supreme Court ruling, > a corporation must be considered a person rather than an entity. > > Under this definition, reasons profiler Robert Hare, corporations can be > categorized as psychopathic because they exhibit a personality disorder: > that of single-mindedly pursuing their objectives without regard for the > people in and around them.' > > Pretty long, but well worth watching. > > > > Helmut > > > > > > > > http://www.ecommercebytes.com/cab/abn/y13/m11/i06/s01 > > > > > > > > > > > > > JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA > Websites: > www.moviemem.com > www.OzeFilm.com > www.OzeAuction.com > www.BodyCorporateNews.com > Facebook: > www.facebook.com/moviemem > Mailing Address: > John Reid > PO Box 92 > Elanora > Qld 4221 > Australia > > 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. > > > > > -- > > 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_emovieposter_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_mcw_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_page1.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. > > -- 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_emovieposter_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_mcw_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_page1.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! 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