I want to make sure all MoPo members know of the 706 non-U.S. posters (from
20 different countries) that I have on eBay closing Tuesday night
(5/16). With just a couple of days to go, 205 of these items are still at
their starting price of 99 cents(!), around 335 are still under $3, around
480 are under $10, and around 6900 are under $20! And most of the 100 or
so items that are over $20 are FAR under their "regular" retail price (the
ones you could find anywhere else). And there are a HUGE percentage of
items that "retail" for $25 or $50 or more which are still at just a few
dollars each!
What is included in this group of 706 non-U.S. posters? Over the past four
months we sold mostly unfolded non-U.S. posters twice (in January and
March). In each of those auctions, we had one-third each of a pretty
amazing group of Japanese posters that had been collected back when the
movies first came out, and the posters were mostly all in wonderful
condition! Now in our current auction, we are selling the last third of
this excellent collection (around 250 Japanese posters) and after this
auction, this entire collection will have been sold! So if you have the
slightest interest in Japanese posters, you should be sure to check out
those 250 or so posters (they are at the end of our current items).
What are the other 450 or so non-U.S. posters? There is an
excellent group of 68 Belgian posters (including many top sci-fi titles),
over 125 Italian locandinas (similar to U.S. inserts, but usually with
great art!), plus more Italian posters of other sizes, plus lots of cool
posters from 17 other countries, of all sizes and from all years, from
early silents to the present day!
But since every single one of these items started at just 99 cents
with no reserve there will be surely many real bargains, and quite likely
some outright "steals"! As of this writing (Sunday morning), over 220 of
these 706 items are still at their starting price of 99 cents(!), around
350 are still under $3, around 500 are under $10, and around 600 are under
$20! And most of the 100 or so items that are over $20 are FAR under their
"regular" retail price (the ones you could find anywhere else). And there
are a HUGE percentage of items that "retail" for $25 or $50 or more which
are still at just a buck or two each!
Obviously, many of these items will get one or more additional
bids, but given the very large number of such items I am selling, it is a
virtually certainty that a fair number will "fall between the cracks" and
go for low prices (and some for "joke" prices!). But YOU can't get
those great deals if you aren't bidding! AND YOU HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE! If
you place a bunch of fairly low bids but only get one or two items, then
you are sure to be happy, for you will have gotten some really good deals,
and paid a very reasonable shipping cost (we only charge $5.50 U.S.
shipping for orders under $20, and we send all these posters in our
super-strong tubes). Even if get nothing at all, you will only be out a
little of your time, and no more (since this is one substantial auction of
movie posters you don't need to travel to, or even leave your computer for!).
REMEMBER THAT IN THESE AUCTIONS (as in all my online auctions), THERE ARE
NO OUTRAGEOUS BUYER PREMIUMS! Other auctions charge around 20% EXTRA, for
no other reason than to line their pockets with your money, and some even
have a $9 minimum buyer premium, so that a $1 purchase carries a NINE
HUNDRED PER CENT buyer premium!. In these auctions, what you bid is what
you pay, plus a very reasonable sliding U.S. shipping chart that is based
on the value of your items (almost always less than out cost to send the
items to you. If you have ever bought from any other "major" auction
company, you are probably still stunned by their buyer premiums and by how
much "handling" fees they packed onto their shipping charges, but we never
do that!
I know it can be difficult to look over this many items in just a few days,
but remember you can use our exclusive Current Auction Image
Gallery (which is located at
http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/currentauctions.php ) which has large
thumbnails of all our eBay items, and links from each item to the actual
eBay auction. Best of all, this gallery is searchable! You will really
find this a great benefit if you want to look at all of our items this
week! You can simply browse all of our current items by viewing the images
in this gallery (40 to a page, but you can set it to display 20 items to a
page or up to 100 items a page, depending on the speed of your Internet
connection) in our number order, or you can use our search to only see
thumbnails of your specific search terms! NOTE THAT EACH ITEM IN THIS
GALLERY HAS A RECENT BID PRICE LISTED, AND THE PRICES ARE UPDATED AT LEAST
ONCE A DAY! THIS GALLERY CAN BE SORTED BY PRICE (high to low or low to
high), WHICH IS A GREAT HELP TO THOSE OF YOU WANTING TO JUST FOCUS ON THE
BEST (or least expensive) ITEMS! I urge all of you to go to our gallery
this week and at least glance over all the large thumbnails, EVEN IF YOU
THINK YOU HAVE NO INTEREST IN BIDDING ON THESE ITEMS! Why do I say
this? Because it is fun to "window shop" when you are looking at this
well-organized gallery, especially given all the many wonderful items we
are selling this week (it is likely many of them will have images you have
never seen before)!
WE BASE OUR U.S. SHIPPING CHARGES FOR THIS WEEK'S ITEMS solely on how much
you spend, and NOT AT ALL on how many posters you buy! Whether you buy one
item or ONE HUNDRED items you pay a SINGLE shipping charge based on the
chart below (this is one of the ways we thank those who purchase a lot of
items from us in a single week)! If you live in the U.S., you need to
enclose the total amount you spent this week, plus shipping as noted below
(please be aware that due to the latest rise in postal & UPS rates, we too
must adjust our shipping costs (we have held our old shipping charges
constant for 5 years in the face of many postal and UPS increases, but we
can no longer completely absorb them). BUT NOTE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY
SUBSTANTIALLY LOWERED OUR RATES FOR ALL ORDERS UNDER $50!):.
All U.S. orders totaling less than $20 will need to pay just $5.50 for shipping
All U.S. orders totaling $20 to $49.99 will need to pay just $7 for shipping
All U.S. orders totaling $50 to $399.99 will need to pay just $8.50 for
shipping
All U.S. orders totaling $400 and over will need to pay just $10 for shipping
So once you buy any one item, every additional item you buy (or bid on)
will cost little or no added shipping, if you live in the U.S., since they
only cost you a little more if the added price pushes you to the next
shipping bracket (and if you live outside the U.S., then the shipping won't
go up by all that much if you buy several additional lobby cards, since
most of the weight of the package is in the basic packaging, and extra
posters add little extra weight. So if you think you will surely buy at
least one of these items, then you are really being silly if you don't
place a bunch of very low bids on other items, for if you get any of them
you likely won't pay ANY extra shipping (in the U.S.) or a small amount of
extra shipping (outside the U.S.). You may get to buy a bunch of items OF
YOUR CHOICE for a buck or two each with little or no shipping cost, and how
often does that happen to you these days?
Be sure to check out these 706 non-U.S. movie posters from 20 countries
sometime before they end Tuesday night, May 16th, starting at around 7 PM
CST (either by going to
http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/currentauctions.php or by using the
link from my HOME page, http://www.emovieposter.com or by looking me up
under my eBay user ID, emovieposter.com). Good luck on whatever you may
bid on!
BRUCE HERSHENSON P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 phone 417 256 9616, fax
417 257 6948, e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED], website
http://www.emovieposter.com eBay user ID emovieposter.com
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