Re: [MOPO] Fw: Musings on the Age of Obama - The president seems determined to repeat every disastrous mistake of the 1930s.

2009-04-08 Thread Victor Medina
I agree.  Even as a Republican, I DON'T want this here.  PLEASE don't feed the troll! Democrats and Obama supporters, as much as I know you want to, please don't feel the need to reply.  MOPO doesn't need another flame war. I think anyone who does this here should get one warning.  Do it again,

Re: [MOPO] TEXAS WEARS BLACK

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Medina
Original Message ----- From: Victor Medina To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, March 05, 2009 12:43 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] TEXAS WEARS BLACK Whenever I hear "Yankees" joke about Texans as ignorant southern hicks, I

Re: [MOPO] TEXAS WEARS BLACK

2009-03-05 Thread Victor Medina
Whenever I hear "Yankees" joke about Texans as ignorant southern hicks, I point out, among others, Larry McMurtry, Terry Southern (who lived in my neighborhood in Dallas' Oak Cliff), and Foote.  It's hard to argue with their genius. Vic http://www.VictorMedina.com  --- On Thu, 3/5/09, McDaniel

[MOPO] Fw: Re: [MOPO] Is Ebay using the GOP Presidential race and Sarah Palin to promote itself?

2008-09-05 Thread Victor Medina
I don't think Ebay is trying all that hard, and let's be honest, they don't have to.  Ebay, for better or worse, has worked itself in the pop culture lexicon.  People don't say "sell it" or "auction it" anymore - they say "ebay it."  I don't believe Palin is trying to mislead anyone.  She hasn't

Re: [MOPO] McCain Ad Featuring The Ten Commadments

2008-08-23 Thread Victor Medina
Before we get all uppity, let me remind everyone that as poster buyers and sellers, we can all be accused of the same thing! Let's not get carried away here, and stay on topic.  When it comes to politics, the only opinion that counts is the one we cast on ELECTION DAY, so register and vote! 

[MOPO] FS: Movie Poster Collector Cards

2008-07-09 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all, I have a number of extra cards from Breygent's Vintage Movie Poster Collector Cards, in case anyone wants to complete a set or just wants individual cards. These are standard, baseball card size and feature both U.S and international posters. They also feature some glitter highligh

Re: [MOPO] ebay searches, what's going on? (probs relisting in bulk, too)

2008-05-29 Thread Victor Medina
None of my searches are working either. All I get are ebay stores "Buy It Now" listings. I hate eBay. I. Hate. eBay. That's why I'm using Movie Poster Bid and eBid.net more and more. For non poster auctions and sales, I really recommend eBid.net. Sure, there isn't as much traffic, b

Re: [MOPO] Ebay boycott.....

2008-02-20 Thread Victor Medina
Hard to tell on Day One if it is working, but didn't eBay run a listing fee sale last week? Kind of makes you wonder if they were trying to head off any drop by getting folks to start auctions early that might carry over, especially if they relist. At least, that's what I would have done! V

[MOPO] increasing MOPO membership

2008-02-18 Thread Victor Medina
If we are really looking into finding new members, I'd like to make an offer. I am organizing a small collectibles show in Dallas in April, and we would love to have some poster dealers. In addition, we have a meeting room that can be used for a MOPO meeting and poster discussion. If someone

Re: [MOPO] Really hard msg

2007-12-21 Thread Victor Medina
Clinton, I am so sorry for your loss. I know this modern age of technology allows us to share our most personal struggles with people around the world, and know that although most of us do not know you or have never met you, we share your pain and offer our prayers, condolences and best w

Re: [MOPO] Really hard msg

2007-12-21 Thread Victor Medina
Clinton, I am so sorry for your loss. I know this modern age of technology allows us to share our most personal struggles with people around the world, and know that although most of us do not know you or have never met you, we share your pain and offer our prayers, condolences and best w

Re: [MOPO] How long have you had your eBay ID? A cool prize to the 'oldest' here!

2007-12-11 Thread Victor Medina
I remember back in the day when I got real deals on ebay...as I look around for my teeth...you whippersnappers complain about sniping programs! I had to bid and reload back when all we had was dial-up! Dial-up, you pansies! With only 5 megs of memory! In the snow! Both ways! "jangofet

Re: [MOPO] throw out the United Nations

2007-09-25 Thread Victor Medina
If the right wing is red meat, does that make the left wing tofu? I kid! I kid! I'm hating myself for prolonging this. I hang my head in shame. Back to regular programming. Vic jim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I hope not!!! Unshre

[MOPO] Superbad OR Supergood?

2007-08-29 Thread Victor Medina
I agree that too many movies today are pushing the envelope to extreme levels and we as consumers are not being given advance warning as to how out there some of the movies are. In the case of Hostel, you know what you're getting, but in the case of Superbad the advertising does not hint as to

[MOPO] Did You Know?

2007-04-23 Thread Victor Medina
Before the sarcastic remarks start piling up, please make a note that this email is off subject from posters and will only start an argument. This is not the forum for it, pro or con. Please, let's all refrain from jumping in and move on. Vic http://www.AliasConnection.com

Re: [MOPO] Off-Topic: Politics and Posters (EBAY's Meg Whitman and Republican Nominee Mitt Romney) NY Times Article of 1/9/2007

2007-01-10 Thread Victor Medina
I'm no fan of ebay nor would I support Romney's bid as a voter, but I admire anyone who sticks by their personal beliefs to support a candidate that is not the media darling of the moment (hello, Barack). Whitman is no fool, supporting Romney wil bring criticism, yet she sticks to her guns. Th

Re: [MOPO] Off Topic: Ann Coulter I'M SORRY!

2006-06-09 Thread Victor Medina
To all MOPOers, I apologize.   I should never have gone off topic and made a joke.  Some people don't recognize humor (that's why Arrested Development was canceled and no one watches The Office).  I checked the dictionary and yes, it was a joke, not a statement about poitics or the state of the w

Re: [MOPO] Off Topic: Ann Coulter

2006-06-09 Thread Victor Medina
Joseph Bonelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:One wonders if this woman has an aging, deteriorating and ugly portrait in a closet at home!     That's pretty funny...I always thought the same thing about Hillary, only it's Bill's Presidential portrait without his wedding ring.  Sorry Joe my friend

Re: [MOPO] Question regarding Bags Unlimited

2006-04-05 Thread Victor Medina
Most of the time, the coupons are available in their printed mail order catalogs.  I would request one from them first before ordering to see what they offer.  If I remember, once you establish a customer number, you can accumulate points based on orders for future discounts.  Its been awhile since

Re: [MOPO] NEED ADVICE and OPINIONs ON freee OSCAR needed

2006-03-04 Thread Victor Medina
Hello Tom,   I see two issues here:   1.  You are a business man and deserve to receive some sort of return on your investment,   and   2.  The Academy has no right to pressure you to do anything since they cannot say for certain when this Oscar dates from.   Rather than sell it, I say wo

Re: [MOPO] FREE item DON KNOTTS Ghost and Mr Chicken stills! 1st to relpy to MOPO

2006-03-03 Thread Victor Medina
Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is s

Re: [MOPO] TRIVIA QUESTION----- don't show your age!!!!

2006-02-26 Thread Victor Medina
My guess would be that all were guests stars on I Love Lucy.  Sad, isn't it, that today's generation know Orson Welles from slumming on Lucy or selling wine and not for Citizen Kane?   That said, the Tallulah episode was pretty good, with a great cameo by Richard Deacon from the Dick Van Dyke sho

[MOPO] How did MOPO get in the middle of this? AND MY ATTEMPT TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT

2006-02-19 Thread Victor Medina
This back and forth about this Movie Poster Forum thing is getting on my last nerve.  First of all, how did MOPO, and all of us on it, get tangled up in this?  I can appreciate the initial post about actions on the Forum, especially for anyone who may have been interested in joining.  Then someone

[MOPO] Movie Promo Lot on EBAY

2006-01-02 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all,   Just a note that I have a lot of a bunch of movie promo items up for auction on ebayu right now, ending in a day or so.  There's a bunch of pins, buttons, keychains, and other odds and ends.  In the lot are the following items:   *Star Wars Dangler - Darth Maul's ship attached to a

[MOPO] Ebay, Google, how about Yahoo auctions?

2005-10-26 Thread Victor Medina
I'm not surprised Google is making a try at auctions, but if Yahoo can't make a dent in ebay's momentum, who can?   I've bought and sold using Yahoo auctions and I love it, no fees, user friendly, my only concern is that it doesn't have as many users as ebay.  You would think with no listing fees a

[MOPO] Stop, please stop...

2005-09-02 Thread Victor Medina
Good Lord, I am so tired of seeing posts that blame Bush and every elected politician under him for this disaster.  If people want to discuss this thing, please take it to a news message board or anywhere else but MOPO.  I don't mind the posts telling us how to help and I really wanted to make sure

[MOPO] BOOK FS: Cecil B DeMille & American Culture

2005-07-02 Thread Victor Medina
Hey all,   While cleaning out the office I came across several copies of this book and thought I should offer it here in case anyone is interested.    Cecil B DeMille and American Culture: The Silent Era by Sumiko Higashi   Great book with pictures about DeMille's early life and career.  It's a so

[MOPO] War of the Worlds, liked the poster, loved the movie.

2005-07-01 Thread Victor Medina
Seems like I am in the minority on this one, but I really liked the movie.  The shot of the tripod on the hill above the town is awesome.   I'm looking forward to his take on Vengeance, the Israeli response to Munich.  I read the book, and can't wait for the movie.   Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web

[MOPO] Dump ebay...use MOPOBID and epier.com instead

2005-04-08 Thread Victor Medina
I too am sick of ebay - and not just because of how they mess with a good customer like Bruce - and while it will take time for me to totally divorce myself from ebay, I do have new options.   Of course, MOPOBID should be everyone's destination for movie paper, but I also suggest www.epier.com for

[MOPO] MOPOBID: War of the Worlds OS, 6 Movie Poster Lot, Awesome Movie Promo Lot

2005-03-29 Thread Victor Medina
I have the following items up or auction now, take a look:   War of the Worlds One Sheet, Single Sided, Ends today! http://www.movieposterbid.com/itemdetl.asp?id=7190   6 Movie Poster Lot, including I Robot, Punisher w/ Travolta, The Core, A View From the Top, Robin Hood Prince of Theives, Deceived

[MOPO] FA on MOPOBID: Movie Promo Lot Ends Monday: Hellboy, Sky Captain, Passion of Christ, more

2005-03-06 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all,   Ending Monday on MOPOBID is a lot of great movie promotional items with a starting bid of only $9.99.  Included in the lot is:   *Open Water Frisbee *Open Water Note Pad with shark bite in corner *2 Incredibles Temporary Tattoos *Set of Mulan 2 Temporary Tattoos *Set of Madagascar the

[MOPO] FA: Movie Promo Lot at MOPOBID

2005-03-01 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all,   I have puit up a lot of movie promo items at MOPOBID.  Among the items up for bid: *Open Water Frisbee *Open Water Note Pad with shark bite in corner *2 Incredibles Temporary Tattoos *Set of Mulan 2 Temporary Tattoos *Set of Madagascar the Movie Temporary Tattoos *Mulan 2 Coupon in spe

[MOPO] Return of the Jedi Japanese OS Ending today, Kill Bill 2 OS at MOPOBID

2004-12-13 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all,   For anyone interested, I have a Return of the Jedi Japanese Poster and a Kill Bill 2 Advance One Sheet up for auction at www.mopobid.com.  The Jedi ends today and the Kill Bill still has a few days left.  I will be adding some more posters, including Seven, Punisher, and Blade 3 charac

Re: [MOPO] What Did We Do To Deserve This? LONG!!!

2004-11-21 Thread Victor Medina
To the long suffering Scott, and the rest of MOPO,   I think I am one of the majority of MOPO folks who aren't regular posters but yet we enjoy MOPO for what it is, even with the flare ups.  I want to say you have my full support and don't lose one bit of sleep over this person.  I doubt he's in th

[MOPO] FS: Film, video books

2004-08-15 Thread Victor Medina
Hello all,   Sorry for the off topic post, but before I put these on ebay or Amazon I wanted to see if anyone was interested in the following books.  All prices include shipping by media mail, if you prefer first class or priority shipping let me know and I'll get you a revised total.  Buy 2 or mor