Re: [MOPO] SiZE MATTER: JUMBO QUAD?

2008-08-27 Thread MotionPictureArt.com
These one-stops were also used in the Netherlands. I was able to acquire them for Moonraker and Interiors. Ron MotionPictureArt.com Movie Posters, Lobby Cards and more... http://www.MotionPictureArt.com - Original Message - From: Bruce Hershenson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread channinglylethomson
I've heard that they're closing down EBAY Stores also. They seem to be trying to drive their sellers mad! Channing On Aug 26, 2008, at 9:44 PM, CK MacLeod wrote: Where'd you hear the rumor, Diana? On the basis of past experience, I wouldn't be surprised if eBay denied that they intended

Re: [MOPO] FS: DUEL Italian 1-panel SPIELBERG

2008-08-27 Thread pj Angel
Hi MoPo, Just want to give thanks to Dave for a couple fantastic off-eBay transactions. I purchased both from his excellent web site and had Dave send one of the items directly to Dario (which D did) for backing (which D's working on) and the other just arrived here, in the US, today. Nicely

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Colin et al: For the life of me I cannot figure out why they do anything they do. The only word I can use to describe them is DUMB. They sent me a survey to take to tell them what I thought of their service. What a joke! I couldn't think of anything to say. They had a fabulous idea once,

Re: [MOPO] SiZE MATTER: JUMBO QUAD?

2008-08-27 Thread Ari Richards
My Invasion of the Body Snatchers has NZ censor stamp Ari --- On Wed, 27/8/08, MotionPictureArt.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: MotionPictureArt.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOPO] SiZE MATTER: JUMBO QUAD? To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Received: Wednesday, 27 August, 2008, 4:13

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
There has been a rumour about this but I think that is all it is - rumour. I think it came about because eBay are introducing 30 day Fixed Price listings in what they call core. This means that the Fixed Price listings in core will receive a higher visibility in searches - far more than Store

Re: [MOPO] SiZE MATTER: JUMBO QUAD?

2008-08-27 Thread Phil Edwards
Mine didn't. But then it never went to NZ for use, nor did the HAIR, MANHATTAN, INTERIORS and a couple more that passed through the portals. INTENTERNATIONAL stamped on the back of both studio and NSS posters means they are for non US domestic use - i.e. international use, and as such, rarely

[MOPO] Fwd: Virus.....Dick C.....Delete if not interested

2008-08-27 Thread Richard Clark
Thought this was worthy of notice. Dick C. _http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp_ (http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/ups.asp) COMPUTER VIRUS WARNING

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread dianademail-lastmo
A friend of mine said he thought he recalled seeing it in an e- mailing from eBay. I never received such a message, so I thought I would ask you all. --- On Wed, 8/27/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [MOPO] EBay stores To:

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Gerrard
Hi Diana, Is this perhaps the ebay announcement- _http://pages.ebay.co.uk/pricechange08/_ (http://pages.ebay.co.uk/pricechange08/) ? This is ebay UK, but it mentions removal of Shop Inventory format (believe it is known as 'Store Inventory' for ebay US) in favour of Buy It Now. I have no

[MOPO] Question!?

2008-08-27 Thread Andy
Hi all, Only me! Can anyone recommend a good shopping cart to use? Not sure if there any free ones out there, no worries if not. Anything but paypal shopping cart. Cheers Andy www.movieposterforum.com Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] FS: DUEL Italian 1-panel SPIELBERG

2008-08-27 Thread Dave Rosen
Hey, PJ: Thanks so much for the kind words! Doing what I do, I get the greatest enjoyment from knowing and dealing with people such as yourself who love the same things I do: movies and movie posters. And, btw, your eyes are going to be even happier when they see the stuff I have lined up for

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Dave Smith
Ebay started yesterday ending my store listings where I had put that I would accept checks and money orders. So now I have to go in and fix them and relist them. OH - and they are not eligible for free relisting so that means I have to pay them again to relist all the ones they are ending!!

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Kenwick Cook
Question... Did you have the checks / money-orders mentioned in the item description? Or was it only in the pre-filled shipping Instructions which they should have control over without 'ending' your items... Thank GOD I removed the money-order info from my descriptions the other day...

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Dave Smith
I had the words PayPal, money orders and checks accepted in my writeup. Looks like they'll ALL be coming down courtesy of the Ebay police. There have been a few F-Bombs flying in my office today! Dave - Original Message - From: Kenwick Cook To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Dale Dilts
I just edited a bunch before they killed them. Probably anything that is listed starting today that ends on or after 9/1 will be brought down. When the cash exclusion went in, they did not go in and cancel active store listings, only newly listed items. -- Original message

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread CK MacLeod
There is a discussion thread devoted to the rumor in the eBay stores section at eBay community discussions. http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=520003098tstart=40mod=1219 797600487 http://forums.ebay.com/db2/thread.jspa?threadID=520003098tstart=40mod=121 9797600487 Quick summary: It

Re: [MOPO] Question!?

2008-08-27 Thread CK MacLeod
There's a zillion of them. Generally, cost varies inversely with the amount of work you're willing and able to put into them. Oscommerce is free, and has a large user community supporting it - it's what I used to create my store and there are a couple of other dealers on Mopo with

[MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread channinglylethomson
I am currently going through all my store listings (almost 700), removing check/cash/money order option, lowering shipping to the point where they don't tell me I'm overcharging and adding a full money back return policy. Channing Thomson EBAY STORE: channingposters Visit the

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Kenwick Cook
nothing like CONFORMITY!!! sheesh... Say, my buddy just sent this to me from eBay directly, which contradicts what they did to our poor MoPoer today: Checks and money orders no longer allowed What's changing with payments on eBay? Beginning in late October 2008, checks and money orders

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread CK MacLeod
It shouldn't really be such a big deal if you're use File Exchange or Turbo Lister - both of which are free. Either way, you should be able to get all of your descriptions in a single file, import them into Excel or some other program, just a simple find and replace unless you use unique language

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread Franc
I am dreading this because I have check and money listed as an option in about 3000 listings in my database at Turbo lister, that piece of junk that Ebay provides. Lucily I am computer savy and can export all these to Excel and can fix them in Excel. Otherwise it would be a real pain in the a** to

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Claude Litton
Channing Please don't construe this in the wrong way but your email sounds strange. You just wrote that you are lowering your shipping charges to a point where they appear fair and not too high. You are also adding a full money back return policy. I know of dealers on ebay and others

[MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread channinglylethomson
FYI Begin forwarded message: From: channinglylethomson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: August 27, 2008 12:20:21 PM PDT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings No offense taken -- I base my shipping charges on the actual charges from the Post Office. However, EBAY has a lower

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Franc
That depends. It becomes problematic in EXCEL if the text is too big for the Search and Replace feature in which case you'll need a progran that can do a bulk change. FRANC -Original Message- From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of CK MacLeod Sent: Wednesday, August 27,

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread channinglylethomson
Actually, Claude, I'm now selling a lot of sculptural items and Superhero action figures on EBAY -- it's become more lucrative than movie posters. So, sometimes these boxes can be large and heavy. There are a lot of variables including the fact that I like to buy new cardboard boxes for

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Franc
Channing didn't write that he was lowering shipping charges to an amounts that appear fair. I believe he wrote that he was lowering them to the point where virtually no one would complain. For some reason buyers on Ebay simply do not accept the idea that packaging securely and shipping with full

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Kenwick Cook
Channing; I read you loud and clear, myself... Again, to the MoPoers, my main sales are of Monster Magazines... some are raw and some are in the heavier CGC-Graded Holders, thus making my shipping costs vary, although they're in the same category so I am constantly getting red

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Kirby McDaniel
Will either of these work with the Apple platform? K. On Aug 27, 2008, at 1:27 PM, CK MacLeod wrote: It shouldn't really be such a big deal if you're use File Exchange or Turbo Lister - both of which are free. Either way, you should be able to get all of your descriptions in a single file,

Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread CK MacLeod
You can copy the descriptions into Word, use Word's Replace, then copy and paste the column back into Excel. In Excel 2000 there are peculiar complications involving the text that can be kind of tricky, but that are solvable (when you import the descriptions column as text, and then have to

Re: [MOPO] Fwd: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings

2008-08-27 Thread Susan Heim
I have been getting that shipping alert message for quite some time now. I have a fairly large inventory in my Ebay store and, while I charge shipping on larger frames and singles, I do offer many free shipping specials on multipacks. I can't afford to ship a large frame for free since the

Re: [MOPO] Here's a link to More Info/Ebay changes

2008-08-27 Thread Susan Heim
Here is a link that Channing forwarded to me. It has all kinds of interesting info about upcoming changes at Ebay. http://pages.ebay.com/sell/August2008Update/OtherFAQ/index.html#3 Sue www.hollywoodposterframes.com 700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MOPO] My EBAY Listings To:

Re: [MOPO] EBay stores

2008-08-27 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Are you sure that they ended your listings because you said you accepted checks and Money Orders? That's not supposed to happen until late Oct. They did start ending hundreds of listings yesterday because many sellers did not specify a postage charge in the specific box in the listing. Many

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2008-08-27 Thread Rixposterz
Hi, Everyone, I have about 40 Auctions CLOSING TOMORROW, including MANY Vintage 40's 50's NEAR MINT US 3 SHEET + 6 SHEETS on CLASSIC TITLES, plus much more, as well. If you have an extra minute, please take a look! Link to ALL Auctions and partial list is below: Thanks to all, Rick

[MOPO] Inserts Ending in 1 hour.. Last Warning

2008-08-27 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
http://www.comic-art.com/auctions/99cent/Click Here to See a Picture Gallery of all of the posters being sold in this auction http://www.movieposterbid.com/search.asp?nsearch=*comic-art.com*Click Here to go directly to the auction listing ends shortly.. lots of top titles.. get there now

[MOPO] Another Mighty River?

2008-08-27 Thread Phil Edwards
The idea that e*ay wants to be another Amazon is indeed an interesting notion. There are several other auctions sites across the world, but none of them have ever been able to replicate or even compete with the e*ay, and that includes several over the years that have poured millions of dollars

Re: [MOPO] Another Mighty River?

2008-08-27 Thread Richard Halegua Comic Art
Phil you got my personal email to you spelling out exactly what was going to happen a couple months ago, so you know what I've been saying. However you did ask one more question: why such a successful business as e*ay has never garnered ONE real major competitor the answer is simple..

Re: [MOPO] Another Mighty River?

2008-08-27 Thread JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia
Its good to see that Bruce and Rich are doing well with their sites and this is true of many others who have become fed up with eBay and redirected their resources to their websites. I have just about reached the stage where my website is doing better than my eBay store with half the hassles

Re: [MOPO] Another Mighty River?

2008-08-27 Thread ed
Hi All, I normally don't participate in these discussions since I'm not a dealer and I wish eBay would drown anyway.. BUT since Phil brought up the question of WHY I thought that I would chime in on this.. just to give my 2 cents worth.. (and that's about how much it's worth) I believe