From: ANDREA KANTER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: November 8, 2008 2:28:50 PM EST
To: Bruce Hershenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MOPO] Halloween auction over at last - 2,800+ items
sell for $242,535!
I am one of the lucky ones who received a set of 9 books from
Bruce! We were going through them last night and my visiting
relatives and I were amazed. My sister-in-law is an editor of a sci-
fi mag and LOVED them! She had no idea about the existence of many
of them. Hopefully, I can turn them on to this hobby. I'm trying!
I really lucked out with Bruce. He had some pieces I'd wanted for a
while and just was thrilled to see them and in such impeccable
condition. They're mine now.... ha ha ha ha haaaaaaaa! lol! The
books came as a surprise in the middle of my temporary chaos. What
a nice thing to do! You guys, this is so nice of Bruce to do with
these gorgeous books and t-shirts! I really appreciate it! (and
the timing couldn't be better) &:) Thank-you, Bruce.
btw, These catalogs are collectors items and are an appropriate use
of paper, since it is being used more than once. Heritage and
Emovieposter's catalogs are much nicer than the magic ones.
And finally, are there any posters that say 'Godless American' on
them? I'm in the market for one.
Y'all have a great week-end!
Andrea
On Nov 8, 2008, at 12:33 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
The four parts of my 9th Annual Halloween auction are over, and the
combined total was $242,535 (of course, that is assuming I am paid
for every item; I am the only auction I know of that deletes every
unsold or re-negotiated item from the sales results, so that they
accurately represent the actual prices paid in cash for every item;
I also collect from 99+% of the buyers, so extremely few of the
results end up being changed or deleted).
With SO many items (2,800+), and with the current economic
uncertainty hanging over everyone's heads, there were some real
deals on a relatively small number of items, but I think it is very
fair to say that prices were quite solid overall, and of course
there were some surprises, on the high side and on the low side. It
seemed that many of the lowest priced items were greatly helped by
my many special promotions, including a cool limited edition T-
shirt to EVERY buyer (even those who bought one $1 item!), and sets
of 9 or 23 books to those e-mail club members who purchased a set
number of multiple items on a single night, and also first edition
copies of Children of the Night and Graven Images to those e-mail
club members who purchased the greatest number of items or spent
the most money of each of the four nights of the auctions!
Of course, it is my consignors who benefit from those increased
prices on inexpensive items, for higher results mean more money
paid to them (and the buyers benefit as well, for many got a great
t-shirt that costs me $9 or $11 and some also got 9 or 23 books,
and many only spent a few dollars on the items they purchased, and
got the rest free).
But all those many promotions were paid for with the difference in
the money I used to pay eBay (Greedbay?) and the much lesser amount
of money I now pay my new auction host and to purchase adwords. So
the buyers AND the bidders all came out ahead, and I broke even and
the only loser was eBay!
When YOU are considering which auction to consign to, ask whether
they offer their buyers great t-shirts and other bonuses, or NO
bonuses but sky-high "buyers premiums" and shipping charges, and
that should play a major role in deciding where to consign! And
most auction houses have a 19.5% or 20% buyers premium and our
ENTIRE charge for selling $1,000+ items is around the same as just
everyone else's buyers premiums (and of course then they hit you
with a selling commission, photography fees, insurance fees, and
anything else they can think of)! And even eBay is now charging
fees that approach 20% per item (when you consider both listing
fees and final value fees and PayPal fees), and then YOU have to do
all the work, whereas when you consign to us, we DO everything!
One final word about those t-shirts. I have done four so far, and I
am getting some requests for them, but I have only made enough for
the winners of the auctions, plus one each for my employees and my
kids. If any of you out there has a set of all four of the t-shirts
I have made thus far (un-worn), I will pay $60 for the set of all
four of them. Let me know if anyone has a set they will part with.
Bruce
I wondered why the frisbee kept getting
bigger and bigger. Then it hit me.
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