I have been astonished lately at the number of people asking for highly detailed specifics on something you have, wanting to see high resolution jpegs, sizes to the mm, and etc, and not having the courtesy to simply say, "Thanks for taking the time, but no thanks."
Over the past few months I've weeded out the folks who I will reply to on a WTB simply based on past performance of that simple courtesy when I've responded in the past. I call it the "Dick List". I recently had reason to reply to Sam Sarowitz's request for something, and in both cases while the deal never happened he got back to me straight away with a simple, "thanks for the time you spent, Best, Sam" - something in my experience Sam always does. Doesn't take much and certainly means that Sam won't be going on the "Dick List" anytime soon, even if we never did another deal. Ironically, many of the WTBs (whether on MOPO or as private mail-outs) are for stuff that is either coming up soon on a major auction, or something that just sold for better than expected results somewhere. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: Todd Feiertag To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2008 5:54 AM Subject: [MOPO] Lack of courtesy among DEALERS/COLLECTORS asking for WANTS For the dealers and collectors posting WANTS on MoPo who don't have the courtesy to spend the 30 seconds that it would take to reply to someone offering you your exact wants, I WILL NOT be responding to your WANT LISTS anymore, when I have exactly what you're looking for. Many do reply such as David Lieberman, but in the last couple of weeks I have responded to people's exact wants with no replies whatsoever. No problem if you don't want it, but at least have the courtesy to reply to someone taking the time to let you know they have what you want. Todd Feiertag/Poster City ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shed those extra pounds with MSN and The Biggest Loser! Learn more. 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. 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.
