I DON'T LIKE SNIPING!!! Zeev
----- Original Message ----- From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] More about my coming auctions that are NOT on eBay I will be a little disappointed if bidders lose the ability to snipe, irrespective of whether the extended ending auctions are a good thing or not. Sniping allows the bidder to hide their bidding intentions until the last seconds and that is very worthwhile. I dont have the time to sit around and wait until an auction ends and then get into a bidding war with someone. I would prefer to place one bid and accept what happens. However, I would rather place the bid through a snipe. Obviously, a snipe could still be outbid if the auction was extended but I do think it would be good if Bruce could still allow sniping to place bids. Sign up for my regular newsletter on movie memorabilia: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?mod=account&go=register Visit my Website: www.moviemem.com All About Australian posters: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/johnwr_W0QQuqtZg My eBay Store and Lisitngs: http://myworld.ebay.com/johnwr/ Exhibitions: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?page=15 JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 10:44 AM Subject: [MOPO] More about my coming auctions that are NOT on eBay IMPORTANT NOTICE: IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS, I WILL BE ENDING MY DAYS AS AN EBAY SELLER! I WILL BE SWITCHING OVER TO RUNNING AUCTIONS ON MY OWN SITE! WHAT WILL CHANGE ABOUT THE AUCTIONS? I ASSUME THOSE READING THIS HAVE ALREADY READ MY COMMENTS LAST WEEK IN CLUB MESSAGE #386 (if not, go to the e-mail club archive section of my website and read it right now!). I ALSO POSTED THOSE COMMENTS TO MOVIE POSTER FORUM A WEEK AGO)! Here is some more on this big change I will be making over the next two months: I want to get out from under the restrictive eBay set-up, where everything has to be done exactly according to their rules, and ALL sellers live under the constant fear that they will break one of eBay's endless and ever-changing rules and enter the Kafka-esque eBay world where you are guilty until proven innocent, and where they try to micro-manage EVERY aspect of the seller's business, from how much you can charge for shipping, to what kinds of posters you can sell, and I am weary of the endless squabbling that I, and my customers do with eBay on a regular basis! I want to expand the ability to bid during auctions, because I have never liked eBay's "fixed time ending" format, and neither do many bidders, for they are often left with the feeling that items are "snatched away from them" in the final seconds, and that they would like the chance to bid again. My new site will offer the bidder extended time billing, WHICH IS USED BY EVERY OTHER ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION COMPANY OTHER THAN EBAY! This means that if you want a certain poster you don?t have to worry about sniping or being outbid with one second left. Under the new system once the lot listed has reached the closing time, it will stay open for bidding until a certain time has passed without a bid, BUT ONLY IF A BID WAS PLACED IN THE FINAL TEN MINUTES FOR THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. This allows two or more bidders to stay with the auction until one collector decides to stop bidding, not when a clock dictates, WHICH IS CURRENTLY HOW IT IS WITH EVERY OTHER ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION COMPANY OTHER THAN EBAY! Other than this one very significant change, little will be different with our new auctions! Most importantly, just as we have always have in the past, eMoviePoster,com will not be charging a buyers premium when the auction closes, EVEN THOUGH VIRTUALLY EVERY OTHER ONLINE AND LIVE AUCTION DOES! What you bid is the exact amount (plus shipping of course) that you will pay. So, we will be keeping what we believe is good about eBay (no buyer's premiums), but abandoning what we feel is bad ("fixed time ending" auctions). SINCE WE WILL BE DOING THE AUCTIONS OURSELVES, WE WILL, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME AFTER 20 YEARS OF AUCTIONS, BE ABLE TO PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT FEATURES WE WANT AND DON'T WANT! Our entire goal will be to continue to provide 100% honest auctions, that treat both consignors and sellers the way we ourselves would like to be treated when WE are the consignor or buyer to an auction! Next week I will have lots more details about how the new auctions will work (I will be discussing the safeguards that will make sure the auctions remain 100% honest and free of shill bidding of any kind), and I will also be giving more information about how and when the first of these auctions will be; I have lots of plans to make the first of these REALLY excellent, to better show my appreciation to those buyers who participate in my first auctions on my site. But time is short now, and so (as they used to say in the old time serials), return next week to learn more (in other words, to be continued...!). IMPORTANT: If YOU have an opinion on how these new auctions should be run, or on how you feel about my leaving eBay, I want to hear from you NOW! Please e-mail me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] with any comments you may have (or post them here), and I will be posting the ones I receive in the next e-mail club (and I will leave people's names off, so they can feel free to give their honest opinions! I welcome any sort of constructive comments. NOW is the time to tell me any suggestions you have, because we are now setting up the new auction site, and this is the best time to make any changes or improvements! Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. 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