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Clinton,
You need to be much more specific when you make a charge like this, and
include links to the auctions so that we can take a look and see what's going
on. It is important not to claim someone is a "fraud seller" without
documentation. For instance, the last time I checked believeinmovies listings,
he was selling high-quality, studio-authorized reprints and was clearly
identifying them as such in his auction descriptions -- this is very
different from trying to sell reproductions and claiming they
are originals printed at the time of the original release of the film.
Studio-authorized reprints are not "fakes" unless someone tries to pass them off
as original-issue posters. He does list these posters in the "Originals"
category, which bugs me, but so does everyone else who sells reprints and
reproductions. Sadly, eBay doesn't really care if something is in the
correct category or not, so there's nothing that can be done about that.
Now, if believeinmovies has started selling reprints and claiming
they are original movie posters printed at the time the film was original
released and used in the promotion of the film at the time, then of course that
is fraud and should be reported to eBay by using the "Report This Item" link at
the bottom of the page -- sometimes eBay acts on this and sometimes they don't.
You can also send an email to anyone who has placed a bid on them an inform them
that they are not genuine originals. That's about the only options one has for
dealing with a seller who is misrepresenting an item.
I actually bought one of believeinmovies studio-authorized FORBIDDEN
PLANET half sheet reprints because I like that version of the poster and am
unlikely to ever spend the really big bucks required to get a genuine original.
But it was very clear that I was buying a reproduction. The print quality of the
FORBIDDEN PLANET half sheet is excellent -- it looks exactly like the original,
except no NSS info at the bottom (instead there are two separate places where it
clearly says the poster was printed in 1995, so that no one who looks is going
to be fooled into thinking it was printed in 1956). But, it is exactly the same
size as the original (which is important to me). The paper is very different
from the original, it is slightly glossy, significantly thinner paper than an
original and the paper is a very bright white (an original from 1956, printed on
high-acid cardstock, would be light tan or cream-colored by now).
I think these high-quality reprints are a benefit to the hobby/industry, as
they let people display some of the great old posters when the prices of genuine
originals have moved beyond the ability of most people to own them.
The only time there is anything wrong with them is when some unscrupulous
(or just plain dumb dealer) tries to sell one as a genuine original-release
poster printed at the time the film was original released. If believeinmovies is
doing that, it's news to me -- please include some links to those auctions so we
can investigate.
-- JR
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- [MOPO] stopping a fraud seller clinton crews
- Re: [MOPO] stopping a fraud seller JR
- Re: [MOPO] stopping a fraud seller Susan Heim
- Re: [MOPO] stopping a fraud seller Susan Heim
