Just because someone sells on a regular basis for no matter how long does
not MAKE them a dealer. This is not my livelyhood.I dont do this to make a
living. I am a collector who has been doing this a LONG time but I am by no
means a dealer. I am a publisher.I am in sales.But I am not a dealer. If you
want to say I am then go ahead but the truth of the matter is I am not. When
someone says I am they are wrong. Most people DRIVE every day. Are they all
PROFESSIONAL drivers. NO.
I agree this is getting old so I am trying to get off of it but I am not
going to let people say things that are not so.If you want to good for you.
I will not.
As far as the I was told routine and so on Im sorry if you dont like the
truth. As I said before I could lie I choose not to.But I will tell you the
same as I have told anyone else who says this. You were not there. You dont
know.
I pack EVERY weekend. So I will be doing that.
Thank you.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Edwards Cinema Arts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 6:15 AM
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Creature from the black lagoon poster
Al - you sell enough material on a regular basis and have done so for
long enough to be considered a dealer.
The flogging of the dead horse of this description of the CREATURE
poster is unbecoming to any seller or collector or professional person.
To use the "I was told" routine, to use the "I'm not sure" routine, or
the "this may be a reproduction routine" just does not cut it with
serious collectors
or fellow dealers - or professionals - in any field.
Please, go pack some parcels.
Phil
(w Al Shevy wrote:
ITs not a excuse. People keep saying I am a dealer and so on and so
forth. I am not. Your right I could care less about customer service.I
have never hid that. And look at the advice Im getting after the fact.
I have had 7 diff versions of what the poster is from a magazine cut
out to PORTAL to a EARLY 80s REPRO to on and on. SO NO ONE KNOWS WHAT
IT IS. AND that is WHAT THE HELL I SAID. I listed in ORIGINAL as that
is what I was told it was. I told the history on it and SAID IT COULD
BE A REPRO . HOW MANY DAMN TIMES DO I HAVE TO SAY IT. If I had dealt
with the MAKER of the poster then I would have said so.If there was a
NSS stamp on the back I WOULD have said so.
You said If it is a full-size reproduction it is a fake - and
certainly when you are listing
it in the originals section.
You know this for a fact.I dont. Are you telling me that there has
never been a FULL SIZED REPRODUCTION of this poster.Im sure there is.
As a matter of fact I know there has to be. And again I listed it in
the original section because I was sold the poster as original.So
maybe what I should have done is listed it in the reprint section and
said that it MAY BE ORIGINAL. Yea right!!!!
You said A little due dilligence on your part and you could have
easily determined this before listing and not
gone through all of this mess.
NO one has identified this poster YET. So it is not EASILY determined.
And if someone wants to do that MORE POWER TO THEM.Because while it is
pretty well proven that the poster is NOT ORIGINAL release no one has
proven or spoken up to what it is FOR SURE. And that is why I did not
say it was ORIGINAL.That is why I said that it was SOLD to me as
ORIGINAL and that it COULD BE something else.BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT I
KNEW OF IT. If I had paid good money for the poster YOUR DAMN RIGHT I
would have found out FOR SURE what it was. But I did not. Do I think
the poster is ORIGINAL??? NO one has asked me??? So I will answer.
NO. But it could have been. I am not sure. But the poster was sold to
me as ORIGINAL. Did anyone ask me during the auction??? No. They
could have and I would have told them that I did not think it was
ORIGINAL but that it could be. But then MAYBE they read the
description and ALREADY KNEW THIS. That they have a BRAIN and can make
up there own mind.
So what it boils down to is do I list it as a reprint and say it MAY
BE original that I am not sure or do I list it as a ORIGINAL and say
that is was sold to me as ORIGINAL and that it MAY NOT BE. You know
what I did. and I would do it again.Now that I think about it what I
should have done is list it IN BOTH SECTIONS. Too late for that.
Bottom line I could see you all jumping on me if I listed and sold the
poster as ORIGINAL with no disclaimer. Because then you would be
right. But to keep coming at me that I knew for sure or know better
is WRONG plain and simple.
Im done with this now.
Al
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Sean Linkenback <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Friday, September 30, 2005 1:54 AM
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Creature from the black lagoon poster
You are not a dealer is an incredibly poor excuse. You sell more
on eBay than most dealers, you have dealt directly with distribution
companies, you have collected for 20+ years - you should know
better, PERIOD.
Claude is not a dealer either, but he was certainly able to spot
that there
was something wrong with the poster, as did most other people.
If it is a full-size reproduction it is a fake - and certainly
when you are listing
it in the originals section. End of story. A reissue? Please,
you certainly know
better than that after all these years. Have you ever seen
any Universal re-release
material that is an exact duplicate of the original release
material, including the coloring?
A little due dilligence on your part and you could have easily
determined this before listing and not
gone through all of this mess. You have an easy enough time
pointing out
your auctions on various groups, why couldn't you have asked for
some advice if
this was something about which you had no idea? You say the NSS
info at the bottom
was cut off or you would know - but certainly you realize there
have been fakes
made /with /the NSS information. Was there an NSS stamp on the
back of the poster?
You spend a lot of time on here defending yourself against
things that would be very
easy to correct if you even cared a tiny bit about the people who
spend their
hard-earned money with you.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Al Shevy <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*To:* Sean Linkenback <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
*Cc:* [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:* Thursday, September 29, 2005 11:29 PM
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Creature from the black lagoon poster
Sean
number one I AM NOT A DEALER. You know that.
Number 2 when I say it is not a fake I mean just that. Some
one did not fake the poster. It is real be it origianl or
reissue or repro. I just dont know WHAT???? That makes PLENTY
of sense.Your making more out of this then there is and you
know better.
Al
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