I agree Jeff! That reminds of of my favorite story of the "one that got away".
Around five or 7 years ago, I had a deal with our own Tom Martin to buy 100,000 video posters from him for $10,000 (ten cents each). I was going to use them for wrapping paper! A one-sheet is a great size to wrap orders in, and the paper is coated, so it repels water better than brown kraft paper. And I was going to wrap the orders image side out, and I thought all my customers would have a big kick out of getting their movie posters sent IN movie poster wrapping. But at the last minute, Tom found out it would cost around $3,000 to send by truck, and I tried to make some kind of deal (have him rent a truck one way and drive it down himself, etc) but we never found a way, and I missed out. In retrospect, I should have paid the $13,000, for a seemingly endless supply of wrapping paper (and I actually HAVE sent out over 100,000 packages, so it would all be used up by now). Bruce On Fri, Feb 15, 2008 at 6:47 AM, Walton, Jeffrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can't even buy wrapping paper that cheap > > -----Original Message----- > From: MoPo List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:14 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] FA: Six-sheets for less than a dollar a sheet ending in > a few hours, plus lots more! > > HOW in the world can six-sheets be selling for less than a dollar a > sheet? There are tons of absolute steals in our auctions ending in a few > hours! > > WE CURRENTLY HAVE 344 REALLY SENSATIONAL AUCTIONS CLOSING ON February > 14th! > > On February 7th, we added a great group of 344 "oversized" posters > including over 26 six-sheets, twelve 24-sheets, 180 Argentinean, 50 > British quads and other English posters, 20 subway posters, and much, > MUCH more and they close on Thursday, February 14th! Read more about > these below, or go see them right now (with large thumbnails and links > to these on eBay for easy bidding) in our Thursday Auction Gallery! > > What are some of the best items in this current Thursday auction? > First we have a great group of 26 six-sheets including: > MASKED MARVEL 6sheet '43 cool masked hero serial! > PILLOW TALK 6sh '59 Rock Hudson loves Doris Day! > GREEN EYED MONSTER 6sh'19 great train stone litho! > SOUND OF MUSIC 6sh '65 Julie Andrews, pre-Awards! > RIDE THE WILD SURF 6sheet '64 Fabian, great image! > WATER LILY 6sh'19 great stone litho of Alice Mann! > ON THE OLD SPANISH TRAIL six-sheet '47 Roy Rogers > MR SOFT TOUCH 6sh '49 Glenn Ford, Keyes, gambling! > PAINT YOUR WAGON int'l 6sh69 Clint Eastwood,Marvin > We are also offering around 50 British quads: > FRANKENSTEIN MUST BE DESTROYED British quad '70 > BLACULA British quad '72 different vampire image! > A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO British quad '42Laurel&Hardy > HALLOWEEN British quad '78 cool different image! > REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE British quad '55 James Dean > A huge assortment of 180 Argentinean posters. Here are just a few of the > top titles offered: > DIVORCE OF LADY X Argentinean'38 cool Venturi art! > SOLOMON & SHEBA Argentinean '59 Gina Lollobrigida > LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Argentinean '62 David Lean > UNDER TWO FLAGS Argentinean '36 Colman, Colbert > CHINATOWN Argentinean '74 Jack Nicholson, Polanski > FLASH GORDON Argentinean '80 great Casaro art! > ONE MILLION YEARS B.C. Argentinean'66 Raquel Welch > Finally, we also have a great assortment of larger format posters > including subway posters, 24 sheets, and special 40 by 60s such as: > MOONRAKER 1-stop poster '79 Moore as James Bond! > BLUES BROTHERS subway poster '80 Belushi, Aykroyd > FLASH GORDON subway poster '80 Richard Amsel art! > YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE subway poster '67 Sean Connery > DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER South African '71 James Bond! > WOODSTOCK subway poster '70 classic rock concert! > EXORCIST special 40x60 '74 lots of cool reviews! > PINK FLOYD French 30x46 '72 live show in Pompeii! > COWBOYS int'l 24sh '72 big John Wayne, Bruce Dern > DOCTOR ZHIVAGO special 40x60 '65 David Lean epic! > JAWS 2 subway poster '78 you thought it was safe! > > We really could go on listing many, many more additional GREAT titles, > but we would assume that you want to see the images (many of which are > completely different from any other poster size on that title)! So why > not see them in our Gallery now? > > REMEMBER THAT, IN BOTH OF OUR WEEKLY AUCTIONS (unlike some other sellers > of vintage movie paper), EVERY SINGLE ONE OF OUR ITEMS TRULY START AT 99 > CENTS WITH NO RESERVE ON ANY ITEM! AND WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE > SUPER-INFLATED SHIPPING AND CRAZY "BUYERS PREMIUMS" YOU SEE IN OTHER > MAJOR AUCTIONS! In OUR auctions, you can purchase up to FIFTEEN 99 cent > items and your total cost is $14.85, plus a very reasonable $12 U.S. > shipping charge for the posters (we charge a flat $12 U.S. shipping on > all of the items we are selling on both Tuesday and Thursday, no matter > how many you get, because they need to go in large oversized flat > packages). AND WE WILL LET YOU COMBINE PURCHASES FROM BOTH TUESDAY AND > THURSDAY INTO A SINGLE PACKAGE (whenever possible), THUS SAVING YOU EVEN > MORE! > 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. > > Do you know about our Tuesday and Thursday Auction Galleries? One of > the worst kept "secrets" in the movie poster hobby is that it is FAR > easier to look at our items through our Tuesday Auction Gallery > (http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/currentauctions.php) and our > Thursday Auction Gallery > (http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/thursdayauctions.php). We have a > gallery of our items on our site that is FAR better than viewing our > items on eBay! We have our own Tuesday Auction Gallery and our Thursday > Auction Gallery, both of which have much larger images of each item than > eBay does, so that you can determine if an item interests you BEFORE you > click on it, thus making your surfing time far more productive. PLUS > these galleries are searchable by star, director, genre, year, or > anything you want to search for! Once you discover our galleries we > would be amazed if you go back to looking at our items directly on eBay. > In case of outages, we have backup versions of both our online > galleries. But you can't get there if our main site is down, if you > don't have a bookmark to them! SO, PLEASE ADD > http://www.emovieposter.info <http://www.emovieposter.info/> (where our > backup galleries are found) TO YOUR FAVORITES/BOOKMARKS. > > We have lots of great auctions coming up! > On Tuesday February 12th, we will add hundreds of half-sheets and > Japanese posters to eBay! > On Thursday February 14th, we will add hundreds of inserts and > Italian locandinas to eBay! > > Good luck on whatever you may bid on in our current auctions ending on > February 12th and 14th! > > If you want to be sure to keep up with everything we are currently > auctioning, you should consider joining our great weekly e-mail club > (over 1,940 members!). This club will keep you informed about > everything we are selling through just ONE e-mail a week, and many weeks > we make great bonus offers to club members who buy multiple items from > us on eBay! So if there is ANY chance at all that you might end up > buying a number of items from us on eBay in future weeks, then you have > a LOT of incentive to join the club (if you are not already a member) > because we will keep on giving away excellent prizes to those members of > the club who buy multiple items. Note that we have recently revamped and > greatly improved this club! It no longer is a very long e-mail (it is > now just a very brief e-mail, with a link to the message on our site), > and we now run fun weekly polls, which a couple of hundred participate > in each week, with great prizes for randomly selected members! > > Why not join the club today (if you are not already a member)? You'll at > most receive ONE e-mail a week, and your e-mail address is NEVER given > out to anyone, and you have a great chance to win great prizes, and you > can quit anytime! Just go to > http://www.emovieposter.com/mail/clubsignup.php and fill out the super > simple form, and you will be a member, and qualify for the great club > bonuses! > > Be sure to check out our 344 THURSDAY items on eBay (on our > "movieposter" account) sometime BEFORE they end Thursday February 14th, > beginning around 7 PM CST (either by going to > http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/currentauctions.php for our Tuesday > items or by going to > http://www.emovieposter.com/gallery/thursdayauctions.php for our > Thursday items, or by using the link from our HOME page, > http://www.emovieposter.com <http://www.emovieposter.com/> or by > finding us by our eBay user ID, emovieposter.com). We feel certain that > if you purchase even one of them and then once you see how honestly we > describe them and how we charge only the actual shipping cost and how we > send them right out promptly and well-packed, that you will declare your > independence from those auction houses with the outrageous buyers > premiums, the over-graded items, the misleading images that obscure > defects, and the outrageous shipping! Good luck on whatever you may bid > on. > > Bruce Hershenson > eMoviePoster.com > P.O. 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