Hey, Give the guy the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he's not in the office for the past couple of days. I know he has kids college age, so maybe he's out of state at a graduation. I know in the past, he is usually quick to respond to any questions we have here on the forum....just a thought.. Sue Hollywood Poster Frames Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 23:44:39 +0100 From: tommymb...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [MOPO] Heritage charges To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
'Grey doesn't have time to mess with the group. he's making money for his employer' Really? We know HA access this site as they promote their listings here, but he is so busy making money that he simply ignores a forum of collector/dealers, possibly some of his best clients, when his business model is being criticized, and that's not corporate arrogance? On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:29 PM, MPB Warehouse <wareho...@comic-art.com> wrote: unlike HA who have no outlay other than the cost of listing the item. sorry Tommy, that is such a simplistic definition of the work involved in A) listing material for sale.. and B) being in business I wish it was as simple as snapping my fingers, but first you have to gather (in HA's case) 500 posters then you have to send them down to the photography dept then they have to be individually catalogued then the catalogued list needs to be converted or uploaded etc to the site you have to promote the auctions you have to answer the questions then you have to have the orders pulled individually you have to send them down to shipping shipping has top package & post them all that is just the A) the B) is that you have to pay for your website, your rent, your lights. you have to pay your employees, your software designer you have to pay for all that advertising you do I probably haven't even touched the surface this is why I have fewer auctions, even when we work out the bugs on the new software - the labor is extensive and I have other stuff to do as I said before, the silence from HA on this forum is quite deafening. Grey doesn't have time to mess with the group. he's making money for his employer Tommy On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Kirby McDaniel <ki...@movieart.com> wrote: David is correct. Who wants to work for NOTHING? Thanks, David. Kirby McDaniel On Jun 17, 2016, at 4:37 PM, David <shadow....@gmail.com> wrote: Have read all comments I guess the overriding point is going to be one of cost. Like everyone, it costs the same to handle a $200 poster as it does a $20 and so rather than turn away business at the bottom end HA are are simply going to charge you for it - why shouldn't they? How many dealers sell posters for a $1, and are happy to do so? I bet there is very few, most would not even bother stocking a $1 poster let alone selling one. Try selling a poster on eBay for $1 - by the time eBay take their slice of the action, the cost of materials, your time what's left for you? For others who sell via their websites you probably already know you can set a minimum purchase value on the shopping cart - if you have set one then what's the difference between you and HA? It's expensive to sell stuff cheap. David Tommy Barr wrote on 16/06/2016 7:21 PM: Just noticed that from this weekend Heritage Auctions is charging a minimum buyer's commission of $19, an increase of 36%. I just wonder how they justify that? Tommy To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2016.0.7640 / Virus Database: 4604/12440 - Release Date: 06/17/16 To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
