Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!

2021-05-26 Thread Kirby McDaniel 
And just so you know:  Greg is an EXCELLENT guitarist!

All the Best, Greg,

Kirby McDaniel



> On May 26, 2021, at 12:42 PM, Greg Douglass  wrote:
> 
>  
> John, I think a big part of the problem with Ebay is that it started out as 
> an auction site and has now become a place where posters are sold for fixed 
> prices. Those fixed prices are often absurdly high (I just saw a seller 
> asking $4500 for a high-quality slide of a desirable poster. I did not reach 
> for my credit card.Is there something I'm missing?)
> Ebay was fun in the beginning, where the auction format allowed poster prices 
> to reach their natural price level. As the years go on, I see the same 
> overpriced posters sitting there, year after year.
> I save my pennies for Bruce's Super Auctions, some Heritage material, and 
> movieposterexchange. I also have some friends I do business with where I can 
> do trades or pay monthly for a poster I've been lusting after for years but 
> can't afford to pay for all at once.
> Ebay has also made it harder and harder to sell material, changing the rules 
> every other week.
> I still buy 3D DVDs on Ebay, however. As soon as the press proclaimed "3D has 
> jumped the shark!", I started buying 3D DVDs on a regular basis. I have a 
> couple of 3D geek buddies and we have watching parties once a month.
> In the meantime; I'm looking forward to Bruce's Major July auction.
> Gotta go practice guitar for an upcoming major concert. I'll get back into 
> poster lust after June 5th.
> Greg Douglass
> The Harmony House
> Lake Hodges, CA
> PS-Still waiting for that 'THE DEVIL COMMANDS" 1941 one sheet to surface. I 
> knoe someone's sitting on it!
>  
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:57 AM
> From: "Moviemem Original Movie Posters" 
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct 
> an error we made 23 years ago!
> Small sellers seem to be doing very well on Facebook. There are many popular 
> pages for movie posters and people who have small collections are offering 
> their posters on those pages and there seem to be new buyers who have never 
> looked at eBay or other sites.
> 
>  
> The funny thing is that there is very little research into prices by either 
> buyer or seller.
> 
>  
> I am fortunate that my website gives me more than enough business but I do 
> see things changing with more people ignoring eBay and moving to Social Media 
> to sell their posters.
> 
>  
> Regards
> 
>  
> John
> 
>  
> John Reid
> 
> Moviemem Original Movie Posters
> 
> www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/>
> PO Box 92
> 
> Elanora
> 
> Qld 4221
> 
> Australia
> 
> Phone: 0414 720 369
> 
>  
> From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm
> Sent: 25 May, 2021 8:42 PM
> To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
> Subject: Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct 
> an error we made 23 years ago!
> 
>  
> Those were the days, my friend… Compare that to 10% on auction price + 
> shipping costs + sales tax + whatever they are charging to 'handle your 
> payment'.
> 
>  
> The $100,000 question is: What to do about it? Some people (including myself) 
> do well with their own website, but what about all the small and private 
> sellers? Any alternative in sight? Any ideas?
> 
>  
> Helmut
> 
>  
> www.filmposter.net <http://www.filmposter.net/>
>  
> Am 23.05.2021 um 05:32 schrieb Bruce Hershenson  <mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com>>:
> 
>  
> And eBay only charged me 2% commission,
> 
>  
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Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!

2021-05-26 Thread Greg Douglass 
 


John, I think a big part of the problem with Ebay is that it started out as an auction site and has now become a place where posters are sold for fixed prices. Those fixed prices are often absurdly high (I just saw a seller asking $4500 for a high-quality slide of a desirable poster. I did not reach for my credit card.Is there something I'm missing?)

Ebay was fun in the beginning, where the auction format allowed poster prices to reach their natural price level. As the years go on, I see the same overpriced posters sitting there, year after year.

I save my pennies for Bruce's Super Auctions, some Heritage material, and movieposterexchange. I also have some friends I do business with where I can do trades or pay monthly for a poster I've been lusting after for years but can't afford to pay for all at once.

Ebay has also made it harder and harder to sell material, changing the rules every other week.

I still buy 3D DVDs on Ebay, however. As soon as the press proclaimed "3D has jumped the shark!", I started buying 3D DVDs on a regular basis. I have a couple of 3D geek buddies and we have watching parties once a month.

In the meantime; I'm looking forward to Bruce's Major July auction.

Gotta go practice guitar for an upcoming major concert. I'll get back into poster lust after June 5th.

Greg Douglass

The Harmony House

Lake Hodges, CA

PS-Still waiting for that 'THE DEVIL COMMANDS" 1941 one sheet to surface. I knoe someone's sitting on it!

 

Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2021 at 3:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!




Small sellers seem to be doing very well on Facebook. There are many popular pages for movie posters and people who have small collections are offering their posters on those pages and there seem to be new buyers who have never looked at eBay or other sites. 

 

The funny thing is that there is very little research into prices by either buyer or seller. 

 

I am fortunate that my website gives me more than enough business but I do see things changing with more people ignoring eBay and moving to Social Media to sell their posters.

 


Regards

 

John

 

John Reid

Moviemem Original Movie Posters

www.moviemem.com

PO Box 92 

Elanora

Qld 4221

Australia

Phone: 0414 720 369


 



From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm
Sent: 25 May, 2021 8:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!



 


Those were the days, my friend… Compare that to 10% on auction price + shipping costs + sales tax + whatever they are charging to 'handle your payment'.



 



The $100,000 question is: What to do about it? Some people (including myself) do well with their own website, but what about all the small and private sellers? Any alternative in sight? Any ideas?



 



Helmut



 



www.filmposter.net


 




Am 23.05.2021 um 05:32 schrieb Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com>:


 


And eBay only charged me 2% commission,




 

 




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Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!

2021-05-25 Thread Moviemem Original Movie Posters 
Small sellers seem to be doing very well on Facebook. There are many popular 
pages for movie posters and people who have small collections are offering 
their posters on those pages and there seem to be new buyers who have never 
looked at eBay or other sites.

The funny thing is that there is very little research into prices by either 
buyer or seller.

I am fortunate that my website gives me more than enough business but I do see 
things changing with more people ignoring eBay and moving to Social Media to 
sell their posters.

Regards

John

John Reid
Moviemem Original Movie Posters
www.moviemem.com<http://www.moviemem.com/>
PO Box 92
Elanora
Qld 4221
Australia
Phone: 0414 720 369

From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Helmut Hamm
Sent: 25 May, 2021 8:42 PM
To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU
Subject: Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an 
error we made 23 years ago!

Those were the days, my friend… Compare that to 10% on auction price + shipping 
costs + sales tax + whatever they are charging to 'handle your payment'.

The $100,000 question is: What to do about it? Some people (including myself) 
do well with their own website, but what about all the small and private 
sellers? Any alternative in sight? Any ideas?

Helmut

www.filmposter.net<http://www.filmposter.net>

Am 23.05.2021 um 05:32 schrieb Bruce Hershenson 
mailto:brucehershen...@gmail.com>>:

And eBay only charged me 2% commission,




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Re: [MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!

2021-05-25 Thread Helmut Hamm 
Those were the days, my friend… Compare that to 10% on auction price + shipping 
costs + sales tax + whatever they are charging to 'handle your payment'.

The $100,000 question is: What to do about it? Some people (including myself) 
do well with their own website, but what about all the small and private 
sellers? Any alternative in sight? Any ideas?

Helmut

www.filmposter.net

> Am 23.05.2021 um 05:32 schrieb Bruce Hershenson :
> 
> And eBay only charged me 2% commission,


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[MOPO] We at eMoviePoster.com have FINALLY been able to correct an error we made 23 years ago!

2021-05-22 Thread Bruce Hershenson 
In 1998, I, Bruce Hershenson, had a very successful two million dollar a
year auction business, "Bruce Hershenson Vintage Movie Posters, which ran
one giant "live" auction every December, and which issued semi-annual sales
catalogs with fixed prices. But in 1998 I started to hear about this
newfangled invention, "the Internet", which was experiencing exponential
growth, and there were *LOTS* of movie poster auctions there, mostly
through a site called "eBay", but quite a few on another site called
"Amazon"!

I ran a few auctions on eBay, and I was hooked! Not only could I reach a
lot of collectors I had never reached before (both in the U.S. and
worldwide), but I also could use giant full-color images on my auctions,
and I didn't have to pay an arm and a leg to print and mail catalogs to my
customers. And eBay only charged me 2% commission, as long as I started my
auctions at 99 cents each, which I loved to do, because even then I loved
*HONEST* no reserve auctions, because it set my auctions apart from all the
rest, which often pretended to have no reserves, but they not only often
had hidden reserves, but they also mostly had buyer premiums, which turned
most great buys into not-so-great ones.

I knew my website needed a catchy name, but what? The two most obvious
ones, movieposter.com and movieposters.com were both taken, but that early
in the game just about everything else was available. I thought and thought
and finally decided on either "eMoviePoster.com" or "eMoviePosters.com"
(because the "e" signified ecommerce, and it also was similar to eBay,
where I had decided to solely auction, and both were available.

But which one to choose? I *COULD* have had both, but they each cost around
$50 a year back then, and it seemed like a waste of money to get both, and
I settled on "eMoviePoster.com". But soon after I realized I had made a
*BIG* error! Why? Because a lot of people were easily confused, and would
type in "eMoviePosters.com", and a crafty competitor website had bought the
name, and had it redirect to their site, and so *LOTS* of people
accidentally went there by mistake. For many years I have been correcting
people when they post about loving "eMoviePosters.com", and whenever I said
the name I had to say "Remember it is "eMoviePoster" with no "s", and
believe me that got very old very fast!

*But all that came to an end a few days ago when a good friend alerted me
that the folks who owned "eMoviePosters.com" had put the website name up
for sale! I rushed and bought it (at a premium price), because if I hadn't,
one of my current competitors might well have bought it, so that THEY could
then use it to deceive collectors and consignors, just as the previous
competitor had done for so many years!*


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