[MOPO] Did you know... that on Sunday 12/11 we once again set our all-time record for sales in a single year?
*Did you know... that on Sunday 12/11 we once again set our all-time record for sales in a single year?* It's true! On Sunday 12/11 we set our all-time record for sales in a single year (it is now *$3,415,035.00*), and we have eight auctions left to go, and every one of those will increase our record total by that much more. We had *thought* that it was going to be very close as to whether or not we would break our yearly sales record, but the huge successes of our Halloween auction ($225,000+ in sales) and our current * December 2011 Mini/Major Auction *($310,000+ in sales)* * have let us *SHATTER* our old record (of *$3,362,657.00*, set last year)! *This marks our fourth consecutive THREE million dollar year (setting a new record each year), our ninth consecutive TWO million dollar year, and our twenty second consecutive ONE million dollar year! We also have sold to over 34,000 people (over 10,000 of whom have registered on our site), and we currently have 7,210 active registered bidders who, as of this writing, have purchased the 97,294 items we auctioned this year (so far!).* We will sell our 100,000 item of the year on Thursday, December 15th (and if you include all the items that are in our bulk lots individually, then we will have auctioned over 150,000 items this year alone, and if you count all of the items in the sets of stills and lobby cards individually, then we will have auctioned well over 200,000 items in all)! Not only has no other auction we are aware of auctioned 100,000 items in a single year, we don't know of many auctions anywhere that have ever auctioned that many items during their entire existence! 862 different people have consigned to us. When we get our 1,000th consignor, we will have a random draw of all 1,000 of them, and give that lucky one $1,000 of retail from our fixed price movie posters (our choice). If *YOU *have never consigned to us, why not send us off your first package today (after reading our terms at* http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consignmyfrom=menu* so your name will be included in that drawing (and you'll also quickly see why so many members of the hobby, both dealers and collectors consign to us, and the vast differences between consigning to us and consigning to anyone else)? 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg 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.
[MOPO] define Original
we agree that a poster for a British film released in the UK is an original UK release when a film was released in the USA, and RE-TITLED, is called an original USA release poster but, is it or is it NOT an original release? the film/poster i have in mind is 1949 UK film, OBSESSION. TMC had this film on this past saturday. Excellent! i am providing links to a sale of heritage and emovieposter. (bruce's description/synopsis is great) _http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=58012lotNo=52230_ (http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=58012lotNo=52230) _http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/9670044.html_ (http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archiveitem/9670044.html) lots of titles are changed. the 1947 LURED was retitled PERSONAL COLUMN in the UK. the renamed poster has a snipe over LURED, making the value less. THOUGHTS? is 1949 THE HIDDEN ROOM an original release? thanks michael 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.
[MOPO] The Edward G. Robinson Collection of Rare Cigar Bands
kid galahad--22003500---hb/hb12.JPGhttps://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/HumphreyBogart#5185228021014494802 bullet for joey---16---4080---g6/us354.JPGhttps://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/USTitles1#5185537048206450978 christmas carol--75150---g6/us460.JPGhttps://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi/USTitles1#5185537842775402434 oliver twist---10---3050---g6 great expectations---22---100k7 singles sets of 8 CATALOG: VIEW 145 LISTS 5,000 sample JPGS: ## http://posterazzi.blogspot.com http://picasaweb.google.com/posterazzi http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=posterazzip=v ## 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 item=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Franc, here's a copy of the actual Paypal regulations: 4. Proof of shipment. 4.1. General. The payment recipient proofs the shipment of an item by providing an online tracking number of an independent shipping service or a shipping receipt issued by an independent shipping service, which may be uploaded via the PayPal website. In certain cases, providing an online tracking number will not suffice, so the payment recipient will be requested to provide a shipping receipt. They want a proof of SHIPMENT, not a proof of delivery, so the Certificate of Mailing should absolutely suffice. About buying postage online: If I can do it from here, anyone in the US should be able to do it as well. You CAN buy the appropriate postage on the USPS website, but there is one restriction: If your package is 13 oz or more, for so-called 'security reasons' it has to be presented at the post office. (Seeing this restriction makes me once again wonder, whatever happened to the 'land of the free and the home of the brave' but that's a different topic, and it certainly does not belong here.) As you know, I'm also a dealer, and I STILL charge about $10 for a folded poster to any destination worldwide, which barely covers my costs for postage and packing and includes a tracking number. I usually cover transport insurance from my end (through my gallery policy). I consider this part of the costs of doing business, and I DO NOT make my buyers pay for it, regardless actual value. Quite frankly, I FREQUENTLY receive well packed, sometimes expensive lobby cards, well packed, with First Class Mail at a postage cost of under $12. Whenever I see a postage quote of $40 or the like on eBay, I usually don't even bother to bid. Cheers, Helmut Am 12.12.2011 um 16:10 schrieb Franc: Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
I'm basically on the same page with Franc on this. Domestic shipping is a breeze for now. What happens if and when the FEDS hand over the Post Office to UPS or FED EX is anybody's guess.* We use USPS for most shipment. International shipping has gotten very expensive. It not uncommon for the dollar amount of the shipping to outstrip the value of the poster. Yet some international buyers do not balk at paying the money. Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Fortunately and finally, all of these items but one finally arrived. We go to our local post office every day, so we do not have the same strictures as those who do business on USPS.com . * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Franc wrote: Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___
Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping
Helmut, As many know I do the shipping for another dealer on MOPO and overseas sales are a big part of the biz. I made a decision to always send overseas via Priority Mail (also size and weight come into play frequently therefore one has no choice.) Either way Priority Mail gets to the buyer consistently faster and by a significant shorter window of time. I have tried to send simply first class and damn it can take up to three to four weeks for delivery. By that point the buyer is freaking out as only Europeans can do, wondering where their purchases are. You can just see their hands gesticulating in the air as they type out their emails as if their talking about whose soccer team is the best. But Germany does seem to be a problem. For example that delivery to you of a rolled poster without the end cap because it was inspected at customsand the inspector didn't have the courtesy to re-plug. My guess is it rolled under their Mercedes. We Americans can only do so much on this end by sending to you and your countrymen the fastest way (save for Express Mail which is prohibitive) to get to you before something weird happens to the parcel. freeman On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg 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.
Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping
Helmut is correct. I ship First Class oversees and find it typically arrives close to the 6-10 days Priority claims to. Significantly cheaper. Interestingly, I find foreign buyers for the most part to be more reasonable and patient for their material than domestic. Peter -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Freeman Fisher Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:10 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping Helmut, As many know I do the shipping for another dealer on MOPO and overseas sales are a big part of the biz. I made a decision to always send overseas via Priority Mail (also size and weight come into play frequently therefore one has no choice.) Either way Priority Mail gets to the buyer consistently faster and by a significant shorter window of time. I have tried to send simply first class and damn it can take up to three to four weeks for delivery. By that point the buyer is freaking out as only Europeans can do, wondering where their purchases are. You can just see their hands gesticulating in the air as they type out their emails as if their talking about whose soccer team is the best. But Germany does seem to be a problem. For example that delivery to you of a rolled poster without the end cap because it was inspected at customsand the inspector didn't have the courtesy to re-plug. My guess is it rolled under their Mercedes. We Americans can only do so much on this end by sending to you and your countrymen the fastest way (save for Express Mail which is prohibitive) to get to you before something weird happens to the parcel. freeman On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg 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
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Use stamps.com. you can ship First Class Int and get insurance and tracking. Peter Contarino From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:50 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I'm basically on the same page with Franc on this. Domestic shipping is a breeze for now. What happens if and when the FEDS hand over the Post Office to UPS or FED EX is anybody's guess.* We use USPS for most shipment. International shipping has gotten very expensive. It not uncommon for the dollar amount of the shipping to outstrip the value of the poster. Yet some international buyers do not balk at paying the money. Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Fortunately and finally, all of these items but one finally arrived. We go to our local post office every day, so we do not have the same strictures as those who do business on USPS.com . * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Franc wrote: Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 item=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent
[MOPO] FA: Heritage has Beau Geste, Who Done It, Davy Crockett, In Name Only, Cabaret, Saigon, To Kill a Mockingbird, West Side Story, and more!
Heritage has 576 lots of some of the Best of vintage movie posters closing Sunday evening, Dec. 18th, at 10pm CT! www.ha.com/161151http://www.ha.com/161151 Featuring a great selection of affordable posters, lobby cards, photos, pressbooks, and related Memorabilia! Heritage has offered over 150,000 lots (all searchable with images, descriptions and prices in our free permanent auction archive)http://movieposters.ha.com/common/search_results.php?N=54+790+231+showHall=1ic=Center-Archives-althome1-102009 of some of the very rarest and most desirable in the hobby. Serving over 600,000 collectors, including 40,000 Movie Poster bidder-members, HA.com is the place to go to buy and sell your vintage movie posters! There are so many great Highlights for this week's auction we can't list them all - but they include: Andy Warhol Exhibition Poster (Tate Gallery, 1971) Marilyn Monroe British Poster http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51023 Beau Geste (Paramount, 1939) Gary Cooper Jumbo Window Card http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51049 Who Done It? (Universal, 1942) Abbott Costello Window Card http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51567 Call Northside 777 (20th Century Fox, 1948) James Stewart Film Noir One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51094 Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (Buena Vista, 1955) Fess Parker/Disney One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51161 Cabaret (Allied Artists, 1975) Czech Poster w/ awesome art http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51091 Saigon (Paramount, 1948) Alan Ladd Veronica Lake One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51449 The High and the Mighty (Warner Brothers, 1954) John Wayne One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51261 To Kill a Mockingbird (Universal, 1963) Gregory Peck One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51519 Rhythm of the Saddle (Republic, 1938) Gene Autry One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51433 West Side Story (United Artists, 1961) Original Release Deluxe Set of 12 Color Photos (11 X 14) http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51562 Donovan's Reef (Paramount, 1963) John Wayne John Ford Lobby Card Set of 8 http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51187 The Long Haul (Columbia, 1957) Diana Dors Insert http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51324 An Affair to Remember (20th Century Fox, 1957) Cary Grant Deborah Kerr One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51008 In Name Only (RKO, 1939) Two Lobby Cards w/ Cary Grant Carole Lombard http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51283 The Man from Laramie (Columbia, 1955) James Stewart Western Insert http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51332 Rita Hayworth by A. L. Whitey Schafer (Columbia, 1939) Beautiful Pinup Photo http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51440 Tom Mix Circus Poster (Tom Mix, 1936) Tom Mix riding an elephant! http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51522 My Fair Lady (Warner Brothers, 1964) Audrey Hepburn Portrait Lobby Card http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51358 Diamonds Are Forever (United Artists, 1971) James Bond/Sean Connery One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51176 The Invisible Woman (Realart, R-1948) John Barrymore Half Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51287 The Bohemian Girl (Film Classics, R-1946) Laurel Hardy One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51073 Water Rustlers (Grand National, 1939) One Sheet w/ Dorothy Page - The Singing Cowgirl http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51559 Tarzan Triumphs (RKO, 1943) Johnny Weissmuller Title Lobby Card http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51501 The Cheyenne Cyclone (First Division Pictures, 1931) Lane Chandler stone litho Western One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51116 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (MGM, 1941) Spencer Tracy Window Card http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51191 The Far Country (Universal International, 1955) James Stewart Insert w/ Reynold Brown art http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51209 Lost Canyon (United Artists, 1942) Hopalong Cassidy One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51326 Around the World with Nothing On (Union Films, 1961) Great Classic Nudist One Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51036 Thunderbirds Are Go (United Artists, 1968) Cult Sci-Fi Half Sheet http://movieposters.ha.com/c/item.zx?saleNo=161151lotNo=51514 Circus of Horrors (American International, 1960) Cult Horror One Sheet
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Dear Kirby and Freeman, within the last month, I received a significant number of packages sent First Class, not a single one took longer than two weeks, some got here within less than ten days, all of them were delivered straight to my mailbox. USPS claims that Priority Mail takes about 7-10 days or so. In my experience, this is NONSENSE: I had TWO packages shipped Priority Mail recently: The first one shipped a full month ago and I just got notice from customs that I can pick it up, so I'm going to waste half a work day on that one. (And we're talking about a value of merely US-$50 here.) The other package was apparently shipped mid-November, no trace of it so far and as it seems, the seller has lost the tracking number. I do not doubt that he shipped it, but it's been a month and it's no here yet. If agreed upfront, and if I feel confident about the seller, I'm perfectly happy to cover the risk of an actual loss. With this seller, I would have been happy to do so in this case, all I would have requested is postage at actual cost and the said Certificate of Mailing, and he wouldn't have any worries. On the other hand, when I'm made to pay for Priority and the seller can't show the tracking number, I will obviously file a Paypal claim, if my order has not arrived after a month. In over 15 years of mail order business, I think I had less than 10 items that were actually lost in the mail system, and that counts for both incoming AND outgoing mail. I lost a lot more money to sellers who never actually shipped my order. To each his own, but as I said before, in my personal every-day experience, Priority Mail holds NO advantage for me, it costs a lot of my money AND my time through the now inevitable customs hassle, so unless I'm really crazy about something and/or it's an irresistible deal, I more and more avoid sellers who are unwilling to work with me on this. Helmut 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Franc, you're saying It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. Since you're a professional, I figure you should know what you're talking about here... Yet, for mere curiosity's sake, I just checked the actual cost on usps.com: I assumed a weight of one pound, which we both know is ample for a single lobby card, and I further assumed the package cannot bent easily. If purchased online, the actual cost is $28.03, $29.50 at the post office counter so that would be an overcharge of $11.97, respectively $10.50. Now, when Rich (rightfully) complained about an overcharge of a mere $5 you gave the following advice: I recommend you leave him a negative feedback and explain why in the comments and report him to Ebay for charging excessive postage. He's an idiot. FRANC Cheers, Helmut 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Well said, Helmut, and your examples of what it has cost you to both ship and receive items to Germany certainly shows that the high shipping prices, discussed by others, DO NOT need to be charged to clients. It's simply another way for sellers to line their pockets with additional cash, especially when no secondary, cheaper shipping methods are offered. 40.00 to mail a single lobby card to the UK?? THAT is absurd and beyond unwarranted. It's no different than the seller in Canada who charges a flat 25.00 (even to the US) to mail what could potentially be a folded, 99 cent poster. Outrageous. -KL On 12/12/11, Helmut Hamm texasmu...@web.de wrote: Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Dear Kirby and Freeman, within the last month, I received a significant number of packages sent First Class, not a single one took longer than two weeks, some got here within less than ten days, all of them were delivered straight to my mailbox. USPS claims that Priority Mail takes about 7-10 days or so. In my experience, this is NONSENSE: I had TWO packages shipped Priority Mail recently: The first one shipped a full month ago and I just got notice from customs that I can pick it up, so I'm going to waste half a work day on that one. (And we're talking about a value of merely US-$50 here.) The other package was apparently shipped mid-November, no trace of it so far and as it seems, the seller has lost the tracking number. I do not doubt that he shipped it, but it's been a month and it's no here yet. If agreed upfront, and if I feel confident about the seller, I'm perfectly happy to cover the risk of an actual loss. With this seller, I would have been happy to do so in this case, all I would have requested is postage at actual cost and the said Certificate of Mailing, and he wouldn't have any worries. On the other hand, when I'm made to pay for Priority and the seller can't show the tracking number, I will obviously file a Paypal claim, if my order has not arrived after a month. In over 15 years of mail order business, I think I had less than 10 items that were actually lost in the mail system, and that counts for both incoming AND outgoing mail. I lost a lot more money to sellers who never actually shipped my order. To each his own, but as I said before, in my personal every-day experience, Priority Mail holds NO advantage for me, it costs a lot of my money AND my time through the now inevitable customs hassle, so unless I'm really crazy about something and/or it's an irresistible deal, I more and more avoid sellers who are unwilling to work with me on this. Helmut 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Helmut, To Germany and England, for me to send a lobby card or a folded one sheet, it is always $33 to $36, priority mail. I think Franc was just rounding. That said, one has to go to the Post Office counter to ship overseas, a rule that has everything to do with post 9/11 security. The cheaper rates you are seeing are possibly those rates for the standardized pre-printed Priority Mail boxes that one acquires from the post office. But those boxes do not safely ship a valuable lobby card..they are just a couple of inches short of adequate protection from the gorillas handling between here and there. And don't get me started on those people who simply leave said boxes flattened and ship a valuable piece sandwiched in between two of them just to save money on cardboard. Also in response to others, I have absolutely NOT had luck with timely delivery overseas via first class. I have tried several times with an inexpensive photo, lobby or Belgium poster and almost always its an extended snails pace which ultimately results in distressed emails inquiring as to the arrival of their purchase. Believe me this is about satisfying the customer in getting their treasures to them in a timely fashion and not just to spend more of their money trying to keep the Post Office afloat. fwf On Dec 12, 2011, at 10:07 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: Franc, you're saying It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. Since you're a professional, I figure you should know what you're talking about here... Yet, for mere curiosity's sake, I just checked the actual cost on usps.com: I assumed a weight of one pound, which we both know is ample for a single lobby card, and I further assumed the package cannot bent easily. If purchased online, the actual cost is $28.03, $29.50 at the post office counter so that would be an overcharge of $11.97, respectively $10.50. Now, when Rich (rightfully) complained about an overcharge of a mere $5 you gave the following advice: I recommend you leave him a negative feedback and explain why in the comments and report him to Ebay for charging excessive postage. He's an idiot. FRANC Cheers, Helmut 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
[MOPO] FS: THE BAD SEED
VERY FEW ITEMS, ON EBAY NOW. two styles of The Bad Seed priced low with a few watchers, and a few books _http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK %3AMESELX%3AIT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562_ (http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK:MESELX:IT_tr ksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562) thanks michael 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Helmut, it isn't just about the $5, the facts are that his ebay page flatly misrepresents what was supposed to happen, that my package was going to be shipped by Priority Mail, for $8. It was not You know me too well to think that I would do the same thing and you may or may not know that my secretary Anna regularly lets buyers know if the postage money they sent to get their items shipped was too much, and they therefore have a credit of some nature. She keeps a list by her desk to reference. my fees for shipping do include a small amount - maybe a couple bucks - to cover supplies used a tiny bit for labor and I allowed the fleaBay jackass something for that, but I do not charge anyone $5 to put the package in my car drive over to the post office. Also, I think many people will agree, that this is happening too much now on these jackass fleaBay sellers AND it is strictly prohibited by the fleaBay rules. I did file a report, but the time involved in trying to find the right complaint forms at ebay is ridiculous and to be honest, fleaBay does something that goes against a potential buyer seeing a true feedback rating for the sellers because they drop off ratings over 12 months old, and if you go into the guy's feedback file, you can see he has a few complaints about just this issue, but they were more than 12 months old (one just barely) so his feedback is 100%, giving buyers a false sense that he is a good seller. the good news for buyers following me? this donkey only has one feedback comment for the past 12 months (maybe he was staying off with the lowered rating?) and so when I neg him, he'll be at 50% and the likelihood he will be selling anything to anyone with a 50% rating is pretty close to zero and that is EXACTLY WHAT FEEDBACK IS FOR - to warn other potential buyers that the seller is a complete and utter moron who cannot be trusted Rich At 04:16 AM 12/12/2011, Helmut Hamm wrote: Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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
Re: [MOPO] FS: THE BAD SEED
It this an original US release? A foreign retitled re-release? Is it faded? vibrant? 4 folded? 4 4 4 folded? perhaps even the folded in the rare 8 fold style? If it IS a US re-release of the first run in the UK, does that make it original? Good times. On 12/12/11, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: VERY FEW ITEMS, ON EBAY NOW. two styles of The Bad Seed priced low with a few watchers, and a few books _http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK %3AMESELX%3AIT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562_ (http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK:MESELX:IT_tr ksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562) thanks michael 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.
Re: [MOPO] FS: THE BAD SEED
you are seen as such a loser In a message dated 12/12/2011 1:53:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, loveno...@gmail.com writes: It this an original US release? A foreign retitled re-release? Is it faded? vibrant? 4 folded? 4 4 4 folded? perhaps even the folded in the rare 8 fold style? If it IS a US re-release of the first run in the UK, does that make it original? Good times. On 12/12/11, Michael B dialmbb...@aol.com wrote: VERY FEW ITEMS, ON EBAY NOW. two styles of The Bad Seed priced low with a few watchers, and a few books _http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK %3AMESELX%3AIT_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562_ (http://www.ebay.com/sch/dialmbbmbb/m.html?item=200686993817sspagename=STRK:MESELX:IT_tr ksid=p3984.m1555.l2649_trksid=p4340.l2562) thanks michael 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such. Helmut Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
you are 100% correct Helmut, that dealers are not meant to profit from shipping/packaging costs I can't sell you something if I can't ship it to you if I'm not going to be happy with the price I get for what I sell you, then I should start it higher, where I will be happy of course, in my case, as all MoviePosterBid.com bidders know - I'm happy with whatever I get for any particular item, even when something sells for just 99 cents, but to a tee, almost every fleaBay seller whom I have this gripe with loves to add what a great price the item is even with the extra charge it's the same as stealing, he's picking my pocket At 11:06 AM 12/12/2011, Helmut Hamm wrote: I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such. Helmut Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
I pay an employee to review all 500 orders we send each week, and we refund anyone who paid more than $1 over the cost of shipping plus $3 for packaging supplies and third party insurance. We send lots of $2 and $3 refunds (plus lots more to people who pay multiple shipping charges on stuff that can be combined). I figure this is far more effective advertising than buying splashy ads and printing elaborate catalogs. Bruce On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Helmut Hamm texasmu...@web.de wrote: I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such. Helmut Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. *The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service*. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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 25 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
I don't know if you've ever tried to place a claim with Ebay or PayPal. I have. I had a Customs Tracking number and a postal receipt for International AirMail. Ebay and PayPal would not accept it and insisted on proof of delivery. You can't buy postage on-line from USPS.com for International First Class, only Priority or Express Mail. Nor can one buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line from USPS. I'm not even sure if you can buy one in a post office. Hence some buyers like myself insist on using Priority International, even though we realize it will cut into our sales because of the exorbinant postal fees. FRANC -Original Message- From: Helmut Hamm [mailto:texasmu...@web.de] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 10:53 AM To: Franc; mop...@sol03.american.edu Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Franc, here's a copy of the actual Paypal regulations: 4. Proof of shipment. 4.1. General. The payment recipient proofs the shipment of an item by providing an online tracking number of an independent shipping service or a shipping receipt issued by an independent shipping service, which may be uploaded via the PayPal website. In certain cases, providing an online tracking number will not suffice, so the payment recipient will be requested to provide a shipping receipt. They want a proof of SHIPMENT, not a proof of delivery, so the Certificate of Mailing should absolutely suffice. About buying postage online: If I can do it from here, anyone in the US should be able to do it as well. You CAN buy the appropriate postage on the USPS website, but there is one restriction: If your package is 13 oz or more, for so-called 'security reasons' it has to be presented at the post office. (Seeing this restriction makes me once again wonder, whatever happened to the 'land of the free and the home of the brave' but that's a different topic, and it certainly does not belong here.) As you know, I'm also a dealer, and I STILL charge about $10 for a folded poster to any destination worldwide, which barely covers my costs for postage and packing and includes a tracking number. I usually cover transport insurance from my end (through my gallery policy). I consider this part of the costs of doing business, and I DO NOT make my buyers pay for it, regardless actual value. Quite frankly, I FREQUENTLY receive well packed, sometimes expensive lobby cards, well packed, with First Class Mail at a postage cost of under $12. Whenever I see a postage quote of $40 or the like on eBay, I usually don't even bother to bid. Cheers, Helmut Am 12.12.2011 um 16:10 schrieb Franc: Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add
Re: [MOPO] Did you know... that on Sunday 12/11 we once again set our all-time record for sales in a single year?
Congratulations on a great year Bruce. I was a little worried a couple of months ago when you said that you were $300,000 short that we might see you list 300,000 items in the last few weeks of the year just to make sure you reached your goal and I was feeling bad for the other 29, I mean 25, e 24 members of the emovieposter.com team for all the extra work they were going to be doing. Glad your mini-major was such a huge success! :) Sean - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:00 AM Subject: [MOPO] Did you know... that on Sunday 12/11 we once again set our all-time record for sales in a single year? Did you know... that on Sunday 12/11 we once again set our all-time record for sales in a single year? It's true! On Sunday 12/11 we set our all-time record for sales in a single year (it is now $3,415,035.00), and we have eight auctions left to go, and every one of those will increase our record total by that much more. We had thought that it was going to be very close as to whether or not we would break our yearly sales record, but the huge successes of our Halloween auction ($225,000+ in sales) and our current December 2011 Mini/Major Auction ($310,000+ in sales) have let us SHATTER our old record (of $3,362,657.00, set last year)! This marks our fourth consecutive THREE million dollar year (setting a new record each year), our ninth consecutive TWO million dollar year, and our twenty second consecutive ONE million dollar year! We also have sold to over 34,000 people (over 10,000 of whom have registered on our site), and we currently have 7,210 active registered bidders who, as of this writing, have purchased the 97,294 items we auctioned this year (so far!). We will sell our 100,000 item of the year on Thursday, December 15th (and if you include all the items that are in our bulk lots individually, then we will have auctioned over 150,000 items this year alone, and if you count all of the items in the sets of stills and lobby cards individually, then we will have auctioned well over 200,000 items in all)! Not only has no other auction we are aware of auctioned 100,000 items in a single year, we don't know of many auctions anywhere that have ever auctioned that many items during their entire existence! 862 different people have consigned to us. When we get our 1,000th consignor, we will have a random draw of all 1,000 of them, and give that lucky one $1,000 of retail from our fixed price movie posters (our choice). If YOU have never consigned to us, why not send us off your first package today (after reading our terms at http://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consignmyfrom=menu so your name will be included in that drawing (and you'll also quickly see why so many members of the hobby, both dealers and collectors consign to us, and the vast differences between consigning to us and consigning to anyone else)? 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 our auctions 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.
Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping
Check back Peter when you ship a valuable shipment by International Air Mail and the lying thief in Europe such as Giluvi claims he never received it and see what recourse you have with Ebay or PayPal. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of peter contarino Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:28 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping Helmut is correct. I ship First Class oversees and find it typically arrives close to the 6-10 days Priority claims to. Significantly cheaper. Interestingly, I find foreign buyers for the most part to be more reasonable and patient for their material than domestic. Peter -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Freeman Fisher Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:10 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Overseas Shipping Helmut, As many know I do the shipping for another dealer on MOPO and overseas sales are a big part of the biz. I made a decision to always send overseas via Priority Mail (also size and weight come into play frequently therefore one has no choice.) Either way Priority Mail gets to the buyer consistently faster and by a significant shorter window of time. I have tried to send simply first class and damn it can take up to three to four weeks for delivery. By that point the buyer is freaking out as only Europeans can do, wondering where their purchases are. You can just see their hands gesticulating in the air as they type out their emails as if their talking about whose soccer team is the best. But Germany does seem to be a problem. For example that delivery to you of a rolled poster without the end cap because it was inspected at customsand the inspector didn't have the courtesy to re-plug. My guess is it rolled under their Mercedes. We Americans can only do so much on this end by sending to you and your countrymen the fastest way (save for Express Mail which is prohibitive) to get to you before something weird happens to the parcel. freeman On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:16 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 his shipping says $8.00 and clearly indicates it will be shipped Priority Mail Package arrives, with the flimsiest of cardboard but amazingly the card got here undamaged however, this moron did not send by Priority mail, he mailed it 1st Class for $1.68. so I send him a message: Buzz two things #1 fortunately the card did not get folded in shipping, but if yuo don't use some sturdy cardboard, you're courtig danger #2 you charged me $8 for Priority Mail shipping and yet you sent it first class for $1.68 I'm expecting a partial refund of my shipping.. $5 will be fine his response: Hello: The shipping is for postage and handling and it was sent expedited. I do not refund postage. thank you. Buzz --- so I say it is yet another fleaBay MORON getting a neg 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:
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Helmut --- I just shipped a lobby by Priority International. It weighed 1.9 oz with my packaging and it required additional insurance. That's why it cost $40. There was no overcharge and you shouldn't insinuate there was. There's no reason to be so nasty on a forum in which we are exchanging information. FRANC From: Helmut Hamm [mailto:texasmu...@web.de] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:07 PM To: Franc; mop...@sol03.american.edu Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Franc, you're saying It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. Since you're a professional, I figure you should know what you're talking about here... Yet, for mere curiosity's sake, I just checked the actual cost on usps.com: I assumed a weight of one pound, which we both know is ample for a single lobby card, and I further assumed the package cannot bent easily. If purchased online, the actual cost is $28.03, $29.50 at the post office counter so that would be an overcharge of $11.97, respectively $10.50. Now, when Rich (rightfully) complained about an overcharge of a mere $5 you gave the following advice: I recommend you leave him a negative feedback and explain why in the comments and report him to Ebay for charging excessive postage. He's an idiot. FRANC Cheers, Helmut 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Of course we need the post office. No commercial service would take on daily letter delivery and certainly not at a cost of $.44 a letter. This free market BS is just that. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
And you have no idea what you're talking about, since I made not one penny on the shipment to the UK. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of lovenoir2 Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:13 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Well said, Helmut, and your examples of what it has cost you to both ship and receive items to Germany certainly shows that the high shipping prices, discussed by others, DO NOT need to be charged to clients. It's simply another way for sellers to line their pockets with additional cash, especially when no secondary, cheaper shipping methods are offered. 40.00 to mail a single lobby card to the UK?? THAT is absurd and beyond unwarranted. It's no different than the seller in Canada who charges a flat 25.00 (even to the US) to mail what could potentially be a folded, 99 cent poster. Outrageous. -KL On 12/12/11, Helmut Hamm texasmu...@web.de wrote: Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Dear Kirby and Freeman, within the last month, I received a significant number of packages sent First Class, not a single one took longer than two weeks, some got here within less than ten days, all of them were delivered straight to my mailbox. USPS claims that Priority Mail takes about 7-10 days or so. In my experience, this is NONSENSE: I had TWO packages shipped Priority Mail recently: The first one shipped a full month ago and I just got notice from customs that I can pick it up, so I'm going to waste half a work day on that one. (And we're talking about a value of merely US-$50 here.) The other package was apparently shipped mid-November, no trace of it so far and as it seems, the seller has lost the tracking number. I do not doubt that he shipped it, but it's been a month and it's no here yet. If agreed upfront, and if I feel confident about the seller, I'm perfectly happy to cover the risk of an actual loss. With this seller, I would have been happy to do so in this case, all I would have requested is postage at actual cost and the said Certificate of Mailing, and he wouldn't have any worries. On the other hand, when I'm made to pay for Priority and the seller can't show the tracking number, I will obviously file a Paypal claim, if my order has not arrived after a month. In over 15 years of mail order business, I think I had less than 10 items that were actually lost in the mail system, and that counts for both incoming AND outgoing mail. I lost a lot more money to sellers who never actually shipped my order. To each his own, but as I said before, in my personal every-day experience, Priority Mail holds NO advantage for me, it costs a lot of my money AND my time through the now inevitable customs hassle, so unless I'm really crazy about something and/or it's an irresistible deal, I more and more avoid sellers who are unwilling to work with me on this. Helmut 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.
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in our case, we don't send the refunds anymore - we let you know you have a credit. it's more time consuming to send the refunds and all buyers do not use Paypal (some actually do send checks) At 11:14 AM 12/12/2011, Bruce Hershenson wrote: I pay an employee to review all 500 orders we send each week, and we refund anyone who paid more than $1 over the cost of shipping plus $3 for packaging supplies and third party insurance. We send lots of $2 and $3 refunds (plus lots more to people who pay multiple shipping charges on stuff that can be combined). I figure this is far more effective advertising than buying splashy ads and printing elaborate catalogs. Bruce On Mon, Dec 12, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Helmut Hamm mailto:texasmu...@web.detexasmu...@web.de wrote: I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such. Helmut Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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 http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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 25 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) http://www.emovieposter.com/our site http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.htmlour auctions [] 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.
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Nor can one buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line from USPS. I'm not even sure if you can buy one in a post office. you can indeed get a slip that the USPS rubber stamps for this service 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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Sellers are not supposed to make money on shipping but postal fees are not the only cost of shipping. There is also the cost of packing materials and in some cases labor. Now if one ships in a flimsy manner to keep costs to a minimum, package materials cost virtually nothing but if one packages securely there is an expense for mailers or boxes and cardboards that have to be calculated in estimating the cost of shipping. Bruce used to have a nice page explaining to the uninformed what goes into handling. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:07 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I also agree with Kirby on this, but I go one step further: In my humble opinion, SHIPPING COSTS are not supposed to be a source of extra revenue. They are supposed to be a CUSTOMER SERVICE, and should be calculated as such. Helmut Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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Franc people don't realize that the USPS is an integral part of our nations history and that it was created as a vehicle to promote economic benefit. For more than 150 years, Postmaster General was a Cabinet level position (eliminated in the 1970s) The original purpose of the USPS was to provide a way for newspapers, magazines and advertising to reach consumers, which in turn created an economic engine. This is still the purpose of the USPS. 70% of all revenues come from bulk and commercial mailings (yeah that junkmail). However, if we eliminate the USPS, the cost of shipping packages are much higher with UPS and Fed-X and I have no doubt that it would kill my business and other mail-order sales. we need it and anyone who says otherwise is simply uninformed At 11:42 AM 12/12/2011, Franc wrote: Of course we need the post office. No commercial service would take on daily letter delivery and certainly not at a cost of $.44 a letter. This free market BS is just that. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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Well put, Richard. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 2:56 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Franc people don't realize that the USPS is an integral part of our nations history and that it was created as a vehicle to promote economic benefit. For more than 150 years, Postmaster General was a Cabinet level position (eliminated in the 1970s) The original purpose of the USPS was to provide a way for newspapers, magazines and advertising to reach consumers, which in turn created an economic engine. This is still the purpose of the USPS. 70% of all revenues come from bulk and commercial mailings (yeah that junkmail). However, if we eliminate the USPS, the cost of shipping packages are much higher with UPS and Fed-X and I have no doubt that it would kill my business and other mail-order sales. we need it and anyone who says otherwise is simply uninformed At 11:42 AM 12/12/2011, Franc wrote: Of course we need the post office. No commercial service would take on daily letter delivery and certainly not at a cost of $.44 a letter. This free market BS is just that. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [ mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU ] On Behalf Of Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 1:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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That's true but unlike USPS.com, stamps.com charges a monthly fee in additional to the cost of postage. That's fine, if you get a lot of foreign orders and need to avail yourself of this service but for one or two foreign orders a month, it doesn't pay to do this, especially since buyers like Helmut and lovenoir2 would object if you attempted to amortized this fee in connection with the shipping fee for their orders. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of peter contarino Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 12:33 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Use stamps.com. you can ship First Class Int and get insurance and tracking. Peter Contarino From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 11:50 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I'm basically on the same page with Franc on this. Domestic shipping is a breeze for now. What happens if and when the FEDS hand over the Post Office to UPS or FED EX is anybody's guess.* We use USPS for most shipment. International shipping has gotten very expensive. It not uncommon for the dollar amount of the shipping to outstrip the value of the poster. Yet some international buyers do not balk at paying the money. Last winter we shipped some posters to the UK during the extreme inclimate weather by First Class Mail. These items were hung up for over two months. Fortunately and finally, all of these items but one finally arrived. We go to our local post office every day, so we do not have the same strictures as those who do business on USPS.com . * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 9:10 AM, Franc wrote: Helmut You can not pay for First Class Mail on-line at USPS.com in the US and to my knowledge you also can't buy a Certificate of Mailing on-line in the US as proof of shipment. Nor so I believe Ebay or PayPal will accept this as proof of shipment because they both insist on proof of delivery. If a US seller ships Ebay sale items overseas the only protection that the US seller will be offerred by Ebay and/or PayPal is through Priority International which tracks delivery and is outrageously expensive. It costs almost $40 to ship a lobby card from NY to England by Priority International. I have to insist on it however for all purchases over $150 in value in connection with buyers that I do not know because I have been burned too often by foreign buyers who lie and claim they did not receive my parcels when I have sent them by First Class International Air Mail which does not provide tracking. One such liar based in Italy named Giluvi even had the audacity to turn around and sell the items he claims not to have received from me on Ebay and Ebay would do nothing about it. So Ebay sellers are nopt trying to cheat you when they insist on Priority International Postage. They are only trying to protect themselves from frauds. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 7:16 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Rich, frankly, if I were to complain about a $5 overcharge in shipping, I could post here every other day. For some reason, a vast number of eBay sellers feel entitled for a $5 to $10 extra for shipping international, sometimes even more. If I were to leave negative feedback for this, I would probably neg about 50% of my eBay sellers. And don't even get me started on the people who insist of shipping International Priority, which has NO advantage for me whatever. If you buy First Class Mail International postage online, you can purchase a Certificate of Mailing for a mere $1.15 or so. This way you have a proof of shipping for Paypal, and everybody could be happy. But no, I HAS to be Priority Mail. Almost anything I buy can be shipped for no more than $12 with First Class, yet I constantly find myself confronted with guys asking $30 and more for Priority Mail. How does an $18 overcharge sound to you? Add the fact, that ANYTHING shipped Priority Mail is inevitably stopped by customs these days, regardless of declared value. So evertime this happens, I go on a three-hour round-trip to pick the darn thing up. How's THAT compared to your $5 loss? Cheers, Helmut Am 11.12.2011 um 21:44 schrieb Richard Halegua Comic Art: so I buy an Ocean's 11 lobby card from a guy on ebay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=320802002865 item=320802002865 his
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I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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I'm with you, David, in fact I've said the same thing to various people for years, about how incredible it is that we pay less than 50 cents to hand someone an envelope and have them deliver it by hand a few days later anywhere else in the country. People order pizzas and pay a delivery fee AND tip the driver a few dollars, essentially to save themselves a trip to the pizza place, but they balk at paying over 50 cents to have the postal service deliver their mail across the country. It's insane. I wish the USPS would just raise first class postage to whatever amount would put them in the black. (And I think I read somewhere that all it would take would be $0.63 or something!) (Sorry for contributing to the off topicness) -- Steven Warren Hill shil...@sbcglobal.net shil...@yahoo.com From: David Kusumoto davidmkusum...@hotmail.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, December 12, 2011 3:20:44 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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there is nothing off-topic about a business integral to happy mail ordering of movie posters I don't care what they charge for a letter - I rarely send such mail, except for Holiday cards next week - but the concept that I would have to ship via UPS, which is considerably more expensive than USPS, is a scary thought. Such a move could be the end of small business mail order in America At 01:41 PM 12/12/2011, Steven Hill wrote: I'm with you, David, in fact I've said the same thing to various people for years, about how incredible it is that we pay less than 50 cents to hand someone an envelope and have them deliver it by hand a few days later anywhere else in the country. People order pizzas and pay a delivery fee AND tip the driver a few dollars, essentially to save themselves a trip to the pizza place, but they balk at paying over 50 cents to have the postal service deliver their mail across the country. It's insane. I wish the USPS would just raise first class postage to whatever amount would put them in the black. (And I think I read somewhere that all it would take would be $0.63 or something!) (Sorry for contributing to the off topicness) -- Steven Warren Hill shil...@sbcglobal.net shil...@yahoo.com From: David Kusumoto davidmkusum...@hotmail.com To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Mon, December 12, 2011 3:20:44 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. -- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.comwww.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 http://www.filmfan.comwww.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
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David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From: sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. 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.
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I am not for a tax on email, except for spammers if they had to pay a tax on email, I'd get a lot less of their garbage to deal with everyday At 02:29 PM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby http://www.movieart.netwww.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. -- Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From: mailto:sa...@comic-art.comsa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To: mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDUMoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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 http://www.filmfan.comwww.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: mailto:lists...@listserv.american.edulists...@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
[MOPO] WTB: Juice 1sh.
Hi all, I am interested in purchasing the 1992 one sheet movie poster for Juice with Tupac Shakur. Please let me know. Thank you, Lumi 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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You nailed it with FedEx Kirby. If you file a claim with them, they are very quick to point out that they do not offer insurance at all (and they point to their service manual, which they never give you a copy of or have available to back them up). They simply have a declared value section where they charge you an additional fee to transport packages that are worth more than $100.00 Of course this doesn't stop their clerks from asking if you would like to purchase insurance for your package. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 05:29 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From:sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think.Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site atwww.filmfan.com___How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to:listserv@listserv.american.eduIn the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site atwww.filmfan.com___How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed to:listserv@listserv.american.eduIn the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe 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 ListSend a message addressed to: listserv@listserv.american.eduIn the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-LThe author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site
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Absolutely. You have explained it better than I have. I have never been able to discern WHY they have this policy --- and NO ONE at Fed Ex -- and I have talked to some folks very high up the food chain -- has been able to explain it to me. Why they care what it is you are sending (as far as valuation goes) is beyond me. The fee for upper levels of declared value act just like an insurance premium from what I can see. So why it makes a difference what is being shipped -- I'm not smart enough to figure that out. I think they fear the inside job. One can get good third party insurance for Fed EX shipments, and policy holders with Collectibles Insurance can insure through them - it comes with the policy. Kirby On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote: You nailed it with FedEx Kirby. If you file a claim with them, they are very quick to point out that they do not offer insurance at all (and they point to their service manual, which they never give you a copy of or have available to back them up). They simply have a declared value section where they charge you an additional fee to transport packages that are worth more than $100.00 Of course this doesn't stop their clerks from asking if you would like to purchase insurance for your package. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 05:29 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had turned quickly into night. I assessed her situation in a few seconds and was in awe. And the next day she no doubt went through the same thing all over again, elsewhere. Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 10:31:22 -0800 From:sa...@comic-art.com Subject: Re: Another fleabay Moron To:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Kirby is so right about this: At 08:49 AM 12/12/2011, Kirby McDaniel wrote: * Don't get me started on this. The postal services are NOT a business. They were never intended to be a business. They are a government service. We still need them, despite what some who worship the free markets think.Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site atwww.filmfan.com___How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing ListSend a message addressed
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Exactly, Kirby, third party insurance is the only way when using FedEx. They have a real self serving deal going by offering insurance on items they will NOT insure and selling it all the time to the unsuspecting. I understand Sean made them see it differently on at least one occasion, if I heard correctly, and think that's great. How many thousands of people will not protest once the diamond ring is lost and they have insured it with FedEx thinking all is well? USPO offers Registered mail which is a very secure method as far as I'm concerned. It just takes the snail mail time frame, but you can insure up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:11 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Absolutely. You have explained it better than I have. I have never been able to discern WHY they have this policy --- and NO ONE at Fed Ex -- and I have talked to some folks very high up the food chain -- has been able to explain it to me. Why they care what it is you are sending (as far as valuation goes) is beyond me. The fee for upper levels of declared value act just like an insurance premium from what I can see. So why it makes a difference what is being shipped -- I'm not smart enough to figure that out. I think they fear the inside job. One can get good third party insurance for Fed EX shipments, and policy holders with Collectibles Insurance can insure through them - it comes with the policy. Kirby On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote: You nailed it with FedEx Kirby. If you file a claim with them, they are very quick to point out that they do not offer insurance at all (and they point to their service manual, which they never give you a copy of or have available to back them up). They simply have a declared value section where they charge you an additional fee to transport packages that are worth more than $100.00 Of course this doesn't stop their clerks from asking if you would like to purchase insurance for your package. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 05:29 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of reliability of delivery, we've got one of the best postal systems anywhere. This is corny but what Franc wrote about the USPS as part of our nation's heritage rings true for me. I try my best to greet my postal carrier every day. Just last week, in the black of night, a different carrier, a younger woman, came to my door carrying a large box on her shoulder. She had one of those those beamed LED lights attached to the front of her cap so she wouldn't fall. She was late but determined to get through that day's deliveries that had
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Grey is right about Registered Mail people don't realize that every person at the post office that handles a Registered Mail item must sign a form so that every person in the chain can be identified if there is a loss and that any overnight stay it makes at any location, it is either in a vault or a locked cage that only one person at the post office can access it's the single way that items over $50,000 can be shipped for financial security without having a specific insurance rider above that level in any policy At 03:23 PM 12/12/2011, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: Exactly, Kirby, third party insurance is the only way when using FedEx. They have a real self serving deal going by offering insurance on items they will NOT insure and selling it all the time to the unsuspecting. I understand Sean made them see it differently on at least one occasion, if I heard correctly, and think that's great. How many thousands of people will not protest once the diamond ring is lost and they have insured it with FedEx thinking all is well? USPO offers Registered mail which is a very secure method as far as I'm concerned. It just takes the snail mail time frame, but you can insure up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:11 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Absolutely. You have explained it better than I have. I have never been able to discern WHY they have this policy --- and NO ONE at Fed Ex -- and I have talked to some folks very high up the food chain -- has been able to explain it to me. Why they care what it is you are sending (as far as valuation goes) is beyond me. The fee for upper levels of declared value act just like an insurance premium from what I can see. So why it makes a difference what is being shipped -- I'm not smart enough to figure that out. I think they fear the inside job. One can get good third party insurance for Fed EX shipments, and policy holders with Collectibles Insurance can insure through them - it comes with the policy. Kirby On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote: You nailed it with FedEx Kirby. If you file a claim with them, they are very quick to point out that they do not offer insurance at all (and they point to their service manual, which they never give you a copy of or have available to back them up). They simply have a declared value section where they charge you an additional fee to transport packages that are worth more than $100.00 Of course this doesn't stop their clerks from asking if you would like to purchase insurance for your package. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 05:29 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the insurance things with them is not applicable to film posters. I've posted about this in the past. If you insure a film poster with FED EX and it gets lost, they are not required to pay you. Because works of art, collectibles, jewelry and furs are distinctly excepted from liability in their service manual. Kirby www.movieart.net On Dec 12, 2011, at 3:20 PM, David Kusumoto wrote: I'm a moderate conservative who swings left socially and right fiscally - yet I agree completely with what Kirby, Franc, Rich and others have said about how critical it is to preserve our beleaguered USPS. Free markets cannot apply to a service that by law, goes EVERYWHERE. Most people don't know the post office gets its revenue almost ENTIRELY through the sale of postage, NOT tax dollars. If the post office raised its first class rate for a one-ounce letter to $1, I would still pay it. The idea that strangers in USPS uniforms will carry a letter for you for less than 50 cents - and deliver it to a rural location with a high degree of reliability - is amazing to me. I'm also a sucker for the neither rain, nor sleet nor snow, slogan long associated with the USPS. That's what the USPS is all about. I've been all over the world and in terms of
Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron
Adding to what Richard and Grey have said: there is the issue of the money and the issue of the irreplaceability of certain items. With registered mail, you not only get solid insurance but also the internal locked-down handling and tracking that the post office provides. Registered mail items go under lock and key and each handler must sign for each piece they process before passing it on down the line. In my entire career, only one piece of registered mail (it was insured) did not show up. It was coming from Los Angeles to Austin and ended up after tracing/tracking it -- in Mexico. It finally got delivered here safe and sound, and with no need to file the insurance claim. In this case I was especially concerned because it was poster that belonged to a client and it could not be replaced. I don't know if it was the only one, but I had nowhere to go to find a replacement. It is cold comfort to a collector who wants the poster, NOT the five or ten or fifteen or whatever thousand dollars the poster costs. That irreplaceability is something that insurance cannot fix. Kirby On Dec 12, 2011, at 5:35 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote: Grey is right about Registered Mail people don't realize that every person at the post office that handles a Registered Mail item must sign a form so that every person in the chain can be identified if there is a loss and that any overnight stay it makes at any location, it is either in a vault or a locked cage that only one person at the post office can access it's the single way that items over $50,000 can be shipped for financial security without having a specific insurance rider above that level in any policy At 03:23 PM 12/12/2011, Smith, Grey - 1367 wrote: Exactly, Kirby, third party insurance is the only way when using FedEx. They have a real self serving deal going by offering insurance on items they will NOT insure and selling it all the time to the unsuspecting. I understand Sean made them see it differently on at least one occasion, if I heard correctly, and think that's great. How many thousands of people will not protest once the diamond ring is lost and they have insured it with FedEx thinking all is well? USPO offers Registered mail which is a very secure method as far as I'm concerned. It just takes the snail mail time frame, but you can insure up to hundreds of thousands of dollars. -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Kirby McDaniel Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 5:11 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron Absolutely. You have explained it better than I have. I have never been able to discern WHY they have this policy --- and NO ONE at Fed Ex -- and I have talked to some folks very high up the food chain -- has been able to explain it to me. Why they care what it is you are sending (as far as valuation goes) is beyond me. The fee for upper levels of declared value act just like an insurance premium from what I can see. So why it makes a difference what is being shipped -- I'm not smart enough to figure that out. I think they fear the inside job. One can get good third party insurance for Fed EX shipments, and policy holders with Collectibles Insurance can insure through them - it comes with the policy. Kirby On Dec 12, 2011, at 4:52 PM, Sean Linkenback wrote: You nailed it with FedEx Kirby. If you file a claim with them, they are very quick to point out that they do not offer insurance at all (and they point to their service manual, which they never give you a copy of or have available to back them up). They simply have a declared value section where they charge you an additional fee to transport packages that are worth more than $100.00 Of course this doesn't stop their clerks from asking if you would like to purchase insurance for your package. -Original Message- From: Kirby McDaniel [mailto:ki...@movieart.net] Sent: Monday, December 12, 2011 05:29 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] Another fleabay Moron David, et al If a small tax were levied on email and text messages -- and it wouldn't have to be very large either - the revenues could be used to support snail mail 6 days a week for everybody. And it would help to control spam and frivolous email as well. When J Crew, L.L. Bean, Williams-Sonoma, Lands End and all these other good folks have to hand off that catalog delivery business to UPS, then we'll hear a caterwauling for sure. Personally, I really dislike UPS. Here in Austin they simply will leave a 12 thousand dollar package on your porch whether a signature is required or not. Either they just don't care or their drivers are intentionally ignoring it. FED EX is, of course, quite good where speed is necessary. But the
[MOPO] WTB: Battle of Britain Movie Poster
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[MOPO] GLASS SLIDES, SERIAL POSTERS MORE ENDS WEDS
Our Auctions Ending the WEDS are a mixed variety of materials First the auction starts off with another selection of 1930s Glass Slides Then we have a selection of Serials 1-sheets and Lobby Cards. This is pretty much the last of our Serials paper, so get them while they're here. Then we have a selection of French posters including Liberty Valance and others http://www.movieposterbid.com/supersize/99cent/index.htmClick Here to See a Gallery of the posters being sold in this auction http://www.movieposterbid.com/search.asp?nsearch=*comic-art.com*Click Here to Go to the Auctions www.movieposterbid.com Coming up Next we have another Mixed Varieties auction with more Glass Slides, Bulk Lots, Photoplay Editions, Exhibitor Annual and other items http://www.movieposterbid.com/supersize/99cent_216 here is a complete list of this week's auctions current bid price: A CHRISTMAS CAROL 1938 Glass Slide .. Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart$4.00 BLUES in the NIGHT 1941 Glass Slide .. Priscilla Lane, Betty Field *COOL*$4.00 CAFE SOCIETY 1939 Glass Slide .. Madeleine Carroll, Fred MacMurray$4.00 CONFIRM OR DENY 1941 Glass Slide .. Don Ameche, Joan Bennett *SAM FULLER*$0.99 DAY-TIME WIFE 1939 Glass Slide . Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, W. William$0.99 DOCTOR TAKES A WIFE 1940 Glass Slide .. Loretta Young, Ray Milland$0.99 EARL of CHICAGO 1940 Glass Slide .. Robert Montgomery, Edward Arnold$0.99 FOUR SONS 1940 Glass Slide .. Don Ameche, Alan Curtis, E. Leontovich$0.99 GIRL FROM AVENUE A 1940 Glass Slide .. Jane Withers, Kent Taylor$3.00 HE MARRIED HIS WIFE 1940 Glass Slide . Joel McCrea, Nancy Kelly, R. Young$0.99 HONKY TONK 1941 Glass Slide .. Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Claire Trevor$4.00 IRENE 1940 Glass Slide .. Anna Neagle, Ray Milland, Roland Young$4.00 LADY HAS PLANS 1942 Glass Slide ..Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, R. Young$4.00 LIFE BEGINS FOR ANDY HARDY 1941 Glass Slide .. Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney$0.99 LUCKY CISCO KID 1940 Glass Slide . Cesar Romero, Mary Beth Hughes$0.99 MARRIED BACHELOR 1941 Glass Slide ..Robert Young, Ruth Hussey, Lee Bowman$0.99 NIGHT TRAIN to MUNICH 1940 Glass Slide .. Lockwood, Harrison *CAROL REED*$6.00 OUR TOWN 1940 Glass Slide .. William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter$0.99 PEOPLE vs DR. KILDARE 1941 Glass Slide .. Lew Ayres, Lionel Barrymore$0.99 REMEMBER? 1939 Glass Slide .. Robert Taylor, Greer Garson, Lew Ayres$0.99 RULERS of the SEA 1939 Glass Slide ..Doug Fairbanks Jr, Margaret Lockwood$0.99 STAR DUST 1940 Glass Slide . Linda Darnell, John Payne, Roland Young$0.99 SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON 1940 Glass Slide .. Thomas Mitchell, Edna Best$4.00 THEY SHALL HAVE MUSIC 1939 Glass Slide .. Jascha Heifetz, Joel McCrea$0.99 TOO MANY GIRLS 1940 Glass Slide . Lucille Ball, Rich Carlson, Ann Miller$4.00 UNEXPECTED FATHER 1939 Glass Slide .. Dennis O'Keefe, Shirley Ross$0.99 WE WHO ARE YOUNG 1940 Glass Slide .. Lana Turner, John Shelton, Lockhart$0.99 YOUNG AS YOU FEEL 1940 Glass Slide .. Jed Prouty, Spring Byington$0.99 DICK TRACY vs PHANTOM EMPIRE 1952 Incomplete 3-Sheet .. Ralph Byrd$0.99 DON WINSLOW of the NAVY 1952R 3-Sheet .. Don Terry, Walter Sande$6.00 GUNFIGHTERS of the NORTHWEST 1954 3-Sheet .. Jock Mahoney *CRAVATH ART*$8.00 JUNGLE DRUMS of AFRICA 1952 3-Sheet .. Clayton Moore, Phyllis Coates$6.00 KING of JUNGLELAND 1949R 3-Sheet ..Great art of Clyde Beatty + Killer Ape$6.00 KING of the CARNIVAL 1955 3-Sheet .. Ed Lauter, Robert Shayne$9.00 RIDING WITH BUFFALO BILL 1954 3-Sheet .. Reed, Vallin *CRAVATH ART*$11.00 TRADER TOM of CHINA SEAS 1954 3-Sheet .. Harry Lauter, Aline Towne$0.99 KING of the ROYAL MOUNTED 1940 Chapter 1 1sh ..Allan Lane, Robert Strange$4.00 ADVENTURES of SMILIN' JACK 1942 Chapter 4 1sh .. Tom Brown, Keye Luke$3.00 BLACKHAWK 1952 Chapter 5 1sh .. Kirk Alyn, Carol Foreman *CRAVATH ART*$15.00 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 5 1sh .. Lee Roberts *CRAVATH ART$5.00 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 7 1sh .. Lee Roberts, Tom Bridger$0.99 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 9 1sh .. Lee Roberts, Tom Bridger$0.99 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 10 1sh ..Lee Roberts, Tom Bridger$0.99 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 11 1sh .. Art by GLENN CRAVATH$0.99 BLAZING the OVERLAND TRAIL 1956 Chapter 12 1sh ..Lee Roberts, Tom Bridger$0.99 CODY of the PONY EXPRESS 1950 Chapter 1 1sh ..Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore$3.00 CODY of the PONY EXPRESS 1950 Chapter 7 1sh .. GLENN CRAVATH ART$0.99 CONGO BILL, KING of the JUNGLE 1948 Chapter 4 1sh .. GLENN CRAVATH ART$3.00 CONGO BILL, KING of the JUNGLE 1957R Chapter 3 1sh ..Comic Hero *CRAVATH*$0.99 CONGO BILL, KING of the JUNGLE 1957R Chapter 6 1sh ..Comic Hero
[MOPO] FA-Posters of Polish movies from 1950s, etc....
Hi, I listed on eBay some Romanian posters of Polish movies from 1950s. Thanks for looking. Ioan Real End of the Great War-dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz-Poste... Fun in Acapulco-Elvis Presley, Ursula Andress, Paul Luk... Dirty Harry-Clint Eastwood, dir. Don Siegel The Chase(1954) -Barbara Marszel, Urszula Schweitzer--P... The Depot of the Dead -Wieslaw Golas, Iozef Lopynski-Po... Black Cross -dir. Alexander Ford, after H.Senkiewicz -P... Mr. Anatol's Hat-Tadeusz Fijiewski, Helena Makowska -... The Atlantic Tale-Damian Damiecki, Michel Bustamante-Po... Matter to Be Settled-Adolf Dymsza, Gizela Piotrowska -P... Unvanquished City-Jan Kurnakowicz, Zofia Mrozowska-Post... Devil's Ravine-Tadeusz Schmidt, Alina Janowska, Wladysl... The Steel Hearts-Irena Laskowska, Helena Buczynska -Pos... The Warsaw Debut-Jan Koecher, Jan Koecher, Jerzy Duszyn... Lenin in Poland-Maksim Strauch, Anna Lisianskaia -Poste... PC Shirley Temple #2. Ross Verlag La Reina de Chantecler-Sarita Montiel MICHAEL JACKSON on Romanian Magazine -Bravo Special-Oct... Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (horror)-Sheryl Lee, Davi... The Star Wars: The Clone Wars (advanced)-dir.George Luc... The End of the Holiday -Marek Sikora, Agata Siecinska-P... The Quack-Anna Dymna, Jerzy Binczycki, dir. Jerzy Hoffm... Top Agent-Adriana Andreeva, Barbara Bargielowska -Poste... Ashes and Diamonds-Zbigniew Cybulski, dir. Andrzej Wajd... My Fair Lady (OSCAR 1964)-Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison,... 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.
[MOPO] For Auction/Sale on EBAY: CHANNINGPOSTERS -- alphabetical list of new items (movie posters/cards/toys/collectibles) added to my EBAY store for this week's sales!
12/13/2011 Dear Mopo Members -- This is a list of the new items that have been added to my EBAY store as Buy It Nows and auctions ending Tuesday, 12/13/11. Just click on this store link and put the title in the search box to locate the actual item: Store Link (SEARCH BOX IN ON LEFT SIDE OF PAGE): http://stores.ebay.com/CHANNINGPOSTERS New Listings (alphabetical): The Arnelo Affair (Film noir one-sheet) Baron Zemo (Captain America comics mini-bust) Behind the High Wall (Prison window card) The Big Break (film noir half-sheet) The Bigamist (Ida Lupino/Joan Fontaine half-sheet) Black Tuesday (Edward G. Robinson window card) Bobby Ware is Missing (film noir half-sheet) The Boss (film noir insert) Both Sides of the Law (Peggy Cummins British half-sheet) The City Stands Trial (half-sheet) Cloudburst (Robert Preston British window card) Compulsion (Leopold/Loeb Orson Welles half-sheet) Counselor at Law (John Barrymore half-sheet) The Counterfeit Plan (film noir half sheet) The Courtmartial of Billy Mitchell (Gary Cooper half-sheet) Crashout (film noir insert) The Creeper (1940s horror window card) Criminal Investigator (film noir insert) The Dam Busters (lobby cards) Desert Comand (John Wayne three-sheet) The Detective (Frank Sinatra window card) The Devil's Own (Deborah Kerr one-sheet) Don't Give Up the Ship (Jacques Kapralik Art one-sheet) The Enforcer (Clint Eastwood repro) Evil Under the Sun (Agatha Christie/Hercule Poirot one-sheet) Fargo (1950s Western one-sheet) Find a Witness (1937 insert) The Fuigitive Kind (Anna Magnani/Marlon Brando window card) The Great Muppet Caper (one-sheet) Having Wonderful Crime (Carol Landis half-sheet) Highly Dangerous (Margaret Lockwood/Dane Clark insert) Hold Back Tomorrow (Cleo Moore film noir three-sheet) I Cheated the Law (Tom Conway/Barbara Billingsley half-sheet) Jiggs and Maggie in Court (Comic strip insert) Jiminy Cricket (WDCC figurine) The Judge (Milburn Stone half-sheet) Killer at Large (film noir insert) The Last Man to Hang (Elizabeth Sellars film noir insert) Lost in Space Robot Talking Keychain Man in the Dark (British film noir insert) Man of Courage (Film noir District Attorney insert) Men of Action (Frankie Darro/Hoover Dam one-sheet) The Miami Story (film noir insert) Mid Century Modern Coffee Creamer (Salem Pottery) Mister 880 (Burt Lancaster/Dorothy McGuire half-sheet) Mr. Soft Touch (Glenn Ford/Evelyn Keyes film noir one-sheet) The Moon Spinners (style A and B Hayley Mills one-sheets) The New Centurion (George C. Scott insert) Parole Racket (1937 insert) Penitentiary (1930s window card) Prisoners in Petticoats (film noir insert) The Prodigal Judge (1922 Vitagraph half-sheet) Road to the Big House (film noir insert) Rough Cut (Burt Reynolds one-sheet) Seven Thieves (Joan Collins one-sheet) Shoot to Kill (film noir insert) Silent Rage (Chuck Norris insert) Spiderman Ornament Starship Troopers (Micro Machines miniature figures) Sudden Impact (Dirt Harry Clint Eastwood insert) The Sun Shines Bright (John Ford Remake of Judge Priest) That Brennan Girl (film noir insert) Thunderbird (John Derek one-sheet) Two Gun Mickey (rare Mickey Mouse one-sheet) The Wayward Bus (Jayne Mansfield/Joan Collins one-sheet) What Price Vengeance (rare 1937 film shot in Victoria, BC, Canada, one- sheet) The Whistle at Eaton Falls (one-sheet) White Nights (Mikhail Barishnikov insert) The Winslow Boy (half-sheet) A Woman is the Judge (1930s half-sheet) The Wrong Arm of the Law (Peter Sellers half-sheet) Young Man With Ideas (Glenn Ford window card) Thanks, Channing Thomson/CHANNINGPOSTERS http://stores.ebay.com/CHANNINGPOSTERS 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.
