Hi Natalie, I'm certain nobody can answer your question of 'why', except possibly Bruce. I understand your disappointment, I've lost many posters through snipe programs but perhaps this issue would have been better handled between yourselves, at least initially. Peacemaker Curtis
> Dear All, > > I am a sometime contributor to MOPO, have been a collector of recent and > some vintage material for about ten years, my eBay account is in good > order and always has been, having some 850 + positive feedbacks (over 1000 > in total), and yesterday I placed a couple of snipes on Bruce's Halloween > auction, one of which would probably blow your mind on a "lesser" > collected horror title. (It is quite possible I have the largest Prom > Night collection in the world, but I don't know many others, so I can't > exactly compare notes.) > > So I fire up the PC this morning to see what the damage is, only to > discover I'm not the winner. No worries, maybe JustSnipe had an outage, > though this would have been unusual as I've never had one before. Here I > discover I had been "Blocked by Seller". Curious, I try to place a place a > bid on another auction only to get "Transaction Blocked > Unfortunately, this seller has decided that you are not permitted to bid > on their listings." > > So my only question is why? I've had one successful dealing with Bruce in > the past and no dramas (aside from inaccuracy in details on Australian > paper, but that's my quibble and not one I've ever expressed). It makes no > sense. > > Disappointed, > Natalie > > > > > > > --- On Fri, 2/11/07, Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> From: Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: [MOPO] FA: I KNOW I have no clue as to current values of >> EXPENSIVE horror/sci-fi items (just ask Sean), but are not the current >> prices on most of my remaining 300 Halloween items mostly pretty darn >> low? >> To: [email protected] >> Received: Friday, 2 November, 2007, 9:06 AM >> As of this writing, with just hours to go, there are still >> lots of items in my Part II Halloween auction that are >> "way low", including some of the best items! Of >> course, most items will likely receive one or more >> additional bids, but there are always a fair number of >> items that "slip between the cracks" and go for >> next-to-nothing, and, with so many people being >> "Halloweened out", the chances of that happening >> tonight are greater than ever! >> >> I don't want to re-cap many specifics of what is in >> these special auctions, and besides, you REALLY need to >> look at all of them for yourself! We were lucky enough to >> get significant consignments from collectors who started >> collecting in the 1960s, and they had a BUNCH of items that >> likely have not been offered for sale since they first >> bought them some 40 or more years ago! Of special note are >> the great items from "Mighty Joe Young (both the >> first release and the 1953 re-release), a lot of GREAT >> Japanese rubbery monster movie posters (including the >> standard B2 size, but also two-panels and ultra-rare >> B1's), an amazing collection of NINE really cool >> "Spook Show" jumbo window cards (including one >> for a special showing of Frankenstein, where the monster >> appeared in person, in full-make-up!), and on and on! Even >> if you have no thought of buying any of these items and >> would only be "window shopping", you should go to >> our galleries and look ALL the items over, for it will be a >> LO! >> NG time before you see many of these items again! >> >> Remember that YOU can't get the great deals that happen >> week after week in our auctions 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. Even if you place a bunch of bids and get nothing >> at all, you will only be out a little of your time, and no >> more. >> >> And remember that EVERY one of these items will have a new >> home come Thursday night! NO waiting for a "bump to >> the reserve", but instead NO RESERVES AT ALL! NO >> secret deals between the auction house and the consignors >> when they "buy back" their own items, and NO >> bidding on items by the auction house (who secretly owns >> many of the items they sell)! And after the sale, NO >> unpleasant surprises, where you discover the image you saw >> (and bid on) was not of the actual item, or was enhanced, >> and NO undisclosed restoration that the auction house >> "missed", and NO "over-graded" items >> whatsoever! Isn't this a great time for YOU to declare >> YOUR independence from auction houses that use such >> methods! >> >> Bruce Hershenson >> eMoviePoster.com >> P.O. Box 874 >> West Plains, MO 65775 >> <http://www.emovieposter.com>http://www.emovieposter.com >> eBay user IDs: >> <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=emovieposter.com&sort=3&page=1&rows=200&since=-1&rdir=0>emovieposter.com >> AND >> <http://cgi6.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=movieposter&sort=3&page=1&rows=200&since=-1&rdir=0>movieposter >> >> >> > > > > National Bingo Night. 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