Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-14 Thread Helmut Hamm
One of the reasons for eBay's huge success was that it was basically FREE in the beginning, when they first started there were NO listing fees and only a minimal charge for items that sold. Helmut filmposter.net Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-13 Thread J R
John Colman To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:09 Subject: Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees ! I agree with robert. For Mopobid to work you have to have some sort of ratio between sellers and buyers.   e.g. 1 seller to 10

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-13 Thread John Colman
on increasing the number of buyers.     Regards John Colman   From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Corey Sent: 13 January 2005 09:33 To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Subject: Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !   This type of call seems aimed at

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-13 Thread Robert Corey
This type of call seems aimed at dealers, but it is only worthwhile if it is aimed at bidders too. Intrigued by the current talk I visited the sight again and sure enough there are dozens of quality items at fair and even below market value. But there are not dozens of bids. If you want dealers t

[MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread David Kusumoto
In my view, Claude's on the mark about this. If a group of investors puts up big-time capital for long haul promotion, esp. during a struggling "ramp up" that can last years, eBay "might" someday lose its monopoly. The business models of Amazon.com, Netflix and even bankrupt Delta Airlines come t

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread Yafet
I agree with all of this! Nathalie pj angel wrote: EXCELLENT suggestion!   Let's listen to Philipp. He's wise.   If not now, when?   pj thewildangels and bigtownfilmposter.com on Movie Poster Bid  [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe THIS IS THE

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread Twonine5
I truly understand everyone's frustration with the giant Ebay but you must face reality.   I will use Bruce Hershenson as an example.  He is just shy of 15,000 positive feedbacks.  Since ebay only allows 1 positive per buyer for a seller, that means he has sold to at least 15,000 different buyers.

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread pj angel
EXCELLENT suggestion!   Let's listen to Philipp. He's wise.   If not now, when?   pj thewildangels and bigtownfilmposter.com on Movie Poster Bid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe THIS IS THE TIME, to SAY GOODBYE to EBAY. We are such a small hobby, lets move to JR. Or lets move 50% of your EBAY offe

Re: [MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread Kainbach
Maybe THIS IS THE TIME, to SAY GOODBYE to EBAY. We are such a small hobby, lets move to JR. Or lets move 50% of your EBAY offerings to Movie Poster Bid for a test run. Every beginning is challenging. We are talking about big ASS EBAY. I guess, everyone is sort of afraid of EBAY. I think EBAY

[MOPO] MPB lowers auction fees !

2005-01-12 Thread J R
Even as eBay is announcing a *huge* increase in fees (including raising the commission on sales from a range of 3 to 5% to between 6 to 8%),  www.MoviePosterBid.com  has announced that their movie poster-only auction site has actually LOWERED some fees recently -- and the year-old auction si