Very interesting reply again
From: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: JR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Honesty IS the best policy -- and self-insurance
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:42:58 -0400
Bruce,
You are to be commended for passing up the opportunity to pick up a quick
few hundred bucks on that particular item. As you must know, when a regular
seller says "I don't know what this is" that's usually sufficient warning
for most people to do their own homework and knowingly bid at their own
risk. But it's different with you. You have built up such a fine reputation
that many people would tend to shrug off your disclaimer, thinking "Bruce
is too knowledgeable and professional to sell a commercial reprint without
clearly saying so". Heck, I bet many of your bidders don't even bother to
read the text description and just look at your high resolution picture and
make their decision on that basis, so they might miss the disclaimer
entirely.
So, while what you did was the right thing to do, it also protects your
reputation doesn't it? You know what kind of firestorm this would have
become on the forums if the story came out (as it surely would have) that
Bruce Hershenson "duped" some poor fool into paying $360 for a reprint.
Thus I conclude that your honesty comes as much from self-interest as
altruism. See? I *knew* I could find something snippy to say about you if I
tried hard enough. :))
-- JR
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Hershenson
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2006 13:06
Subject: [MOPO] Honesty IS the best policy
I currently am auctioning a great group of items on eBay, including a bunch
of 40 x 60s. Since I was selling these posters, which need to go in long
tubes, I also listed the other really wide rolled posters I had on hand.
These were mostly English 40 x 60s, and a couple of bus stops, but I also
had a special large Goodfellows poster that measures 38" x 53".
I had no idea what this was, but I put it was a special poster, and said I
had no idea if it was intended for theater use (and asked anyone who did
know to e-mail me so I could post it). I thought it was likely NOT a
commercial poster, given its large size. One person e-mailed me on the
poster prior to today, and I posted the response online, saying I had no
clue.
But David Lieberman just e-mailed me a link to an eBay auction showing the
same poster for sale for $12 and he said it IS a commercial poster. He said
it is sold "all over eBay".
I went to the auction and the poster was at $360!!!!!!!!!! I would say that
this amply demonstrates the power of eMoviePoster.com's number of viewers,
and why we get so many consignors! I can't cancel the auction because eBay
doesn't let you cancel auctions within 12 hours, so I did the next best
thing, which was to cancel all the bids, add to the image, and e-mail all
the bidders.
I am just glad I found out BEFORE the auction ended. Did I ever consider
just letting the auction end and telling the buyer, "sorry, but I stated I
did not know what this was, so too bad for you"? After all, one could say
that I did nothing wrong, and it was the bidders' fault for not checking
out the item thoroughly.
Not for a moment did I consider doing this, because I truly do believe (as
my kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Crabtree told me), "honesty IS the best
policy".
Oh wait, that wasn't MY kindergarten teacher, but rather the one from the
Little Rascals shows I watched all the time. But I do believe she was
surely right (and I wish all auction houses (and movie poster sellers) felt
the same way)!
Bruce
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