Hi all, *selling low value posters for any business is in reality, a dead end, and the only people who can afford to do that are those that sell from their garage after they get home from their regular job, and just doing it for extra cash.*
Bingo .. That would be me. Also, consigning to local auctions and selling off my collections of stuff, as my wife and daughter feel it is all trash. ad On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM Rich Halegua <[email protected]> wrote: > Helmut > > I already did this three years ago, or just removed these low valued > items. It isn't worth the time to sell stuff below $100 for me, because my > business costs only keep increasing and I'm needing to make more and more > money to cover the bills and my own paycheck. > > fact: it costs at least $25 to cover the expense & time of selling > anything, and then there is merchandise costs, so where is the profit > margin? > > also, I honestly have no idea why people send low value posters to any > auction, beyond their own ability to sell them or having any interest to do > the shipping part. > > Campbell's soup isn't even $1 anymore and unlike poster dealers, the > supermarket sells through daily. I'll let Wal Mart & Wal Mart type auctions > sell $1 posters. > > Even the non-Heritage auctions that sell posters for $1 aren't selling $1 > posters. They're selling $50 posters for $1 (and being proud of it, for > some odd reason, as their daily promotions exclaim) or if it's on linen, > they're selling a $100 poster for that dollar, because as stated in their > promo, they won't take posters under $50 value and when they do, they > bundle them up in lots of 50-100 posters or more (netting the consignors > pennies per poster) > > selling low value posters for any business is in reality, a dead end, and > the only people who can afford to do that are those that sell from their > garage after they get home from their regular job, and just doing it for > extra cash. > > Auctions only take low value stuff in in order to get the higher value > material anyway. > > Rich > > > > On 1/6/2026 4:43 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > > Mmmh... If that's the road to success, I should probably copy it and stop > selling movie posters for €20 or €30 or €40 and introduce a minimum price > of €50 for everything I have. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Januar 2026 um 05:42 > *Von: *"Larry Brooks" > <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *An: *[email protected] > *Betreff: *[MOPO] Heritage .... Ouch! > Just received this in their new email. > > *Important Buyer’s Premium Change Notice:* Please note that for all Movie > Posters auctions closing after January 1st, 2026, the minimum Buyer's > Premium will be $49. > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
