I think a lot of you have missed the major point of this discussion
which I have written about a number of times and Michael has
reiterated. Does the writer of the "FA only 3 hours left, etc" ever stop
to think about what he or she is doing? Do the others who state "keep
them coming" also stop to think what they are saying?
It must be you few who condone this inane practice because you sit
at your computers all day long and have nothing else to do but constantly
check your emails waiting for that three hour warning. I happen to be at
the computer at the moment only because of personal business that kept me home
and I have a little time to see what is happening on the internet. I am
a busy individual, and I assume most people are. This means MoPo emails
take up a few minutes at a fixed time each day AT THE MOST. Most of the
time MoPo emails are read by me every other day or about three times a week
and normally at 10 pm at night eastern time. I pick and choose which
sellers emails I choose to read and delete the rest immediately. I
hate deceiving emails so I delete Rixposters because he never tells you that
they are foreign posters, of which I have no interest. There are
others that post so often that their sheer redundancy invites the delete
button.
What I do find interesting is that as a rule, sellers don't read the
emails on MoPo anyway, which means we are preaching in vain. The only
one who does read them is wofshevy and he normally replies with an irate
attitude as exemplified by his harsh words, as opposed to being polite
and accepting reasonable constructive criticism.
Sellers just don't pay attention to what is sound advertising to maximize
profits. Why place an ad which is going to reach most MoPo readers long
after the auction has ended? Why not place the ad at least 2 or 3
full days in advance so everyone on MoPo is most likely going to see it?
To prove my point, let's see if sellers do read this. First I will
ask Rick Ryan why he deliberately leaves out country of origin in his
sales. (The sad part is that when he does have an American poster he
does not get me to see it because I will not wade through his entourage of
foreign posters listed under the guise of originals, with the intent of duping
perusers into thinking they are USA originals.)
I also invite other sellers to comment but am not hopeful as I am pretty
certain they just post ads and don't read comments.
Lastly, I ask wofshevy why he is so defensively arrogant. If
he was not, he would get more action because I certainly would bid on his
material and I happen to have more $$ to spend than the average MoPoer.
CJL
