I think one issue is whether or not the person puts FA at the start of the post, but another is the frequency of the posts.
I post once when I add both sets of auctions, and then two more e-mails total (one each before each set of auctions end), so three FA e-mails per week (and that's for 2,000 items). For me personally, those people who post near daily are counter-productive for I them start deleting their posts without looking at them, but of course that's just me (and there may well be many people who delete MY e-mails unread!). To me, many e-mails are intended to be discarded, and that is why God (or Bill Gates) made a "DELETE" key, and I use mine regularly, and I advise everyone on MOPO to become familiar with theirs. This issue comes up regularly over the years. To me, the joy of MOPO is the spontaneous interesting discussions that regularly occur (sometimes "on-topic", sometimes wildly "off-topic". If I have to slog through a few hundred FA e-mails between each discussion, so be it. Incidentally, I personally did not think my opening of a discussion on three-sheets and six-sheets, and why so many people refuse to collect them was self-serving. It seems to me to be poor advertising to say that lots of people don't collect some sizes as a way to get others to bid (just as it seems to me to be poor advertising to say that prices on once-popular stars are in the toilet as a way to get people to bid on those stars). The bottom line is that the items sell themselves. If you have good items at fair opening bids, with honest grading and clear unenhanced images, and if you pack well and don't gouge on shipping, your items will sell for at least a fair price. To me, I think it is clear that eBay has done everything they can to run off collectible sellers and buyers (while letting those who sell repros as originals run rampant), but that is a discussion for another day. Bruce On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 12:58 AM, Phil Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, I guess there's nothing for it, we need another acronym to join the > OT/FS/FA/SOB/FMSWAKO. *et al....* > > How about AR (Auction Reminder)? > > Actually, I don't mind these reminders, even if I have already done my dash > bidding on Sean's latest auctions in this particular instance. > > Bruce's ARs always makes me smile.... he either wanders, moseys or meanders > over to his auctions near the end and is STUNNED that the action is so > slack. > > I get this mental image of Bruce kind of loping across the office to the > PC, looking a little like Gary Cooper..... > > I think old pros know well the last minute action (or at least some of them > remember it...) but MOPO grows all the time with new folks who never post, > so I think for people like BH, SL, Lumi, Freeman, et al, who regularly run > auctions to post wake-up calls and try and drum up some interest, more > likely from MOPERs who may not have logged on all week, is no bad thing. > > In the current climate I'm always happy to see pro sellers who know what a > slog big listings are to do, do get results. > > I know of one failed poster dealer who has flung himself off his stack of > folded one sheets, in homage to all those Great Depression movies. > > Phil > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Michael Spampinato <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, May 17, 2009 2:56 PM > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] Does Anyone Still Collect Elvis Or Marilyn > > This question would make much more sense after these auctions ended. > Sean, I have known you for many, many years form this list. I cannot believe > you are unaware of the "last minute" bidding that takes place on ebay that > can take an item multiples of the current bid. > > This sounds like an eBay advertisement rather than a genuine question on > who collects Elvis or Marilyn. > > --- On *Sat, 5/16/09, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOPO] Does Anyone Still Collect Elvis Or Marilyn > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009, 9:33 PM > > When looking over the bargains in our current eBay > Auctions<http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/platinumposters_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_mdoZ>, > these pieces really stuck out at me. > We have four lobbies from Jailhouse Rock, and four lobbies from The Prince > and The Showgirl all at what would probably be 25-year record lows for > these icons. Not a single one of the Elvis cards is more than $32 right > now, and not a single one of the Marilyn cards is more than $12 right now > (and this doesn't even count the beautiful French Grande on Seven Year > Itch which is at $15, or the Let's Make Love one-sheet at $46). > Check them out below: > > Jailhouse Rock Lobby > Card<http://cgi.ebay.com/JAILHOUSE-ROCK-Lobby-Card-2-Elvis-Presley-Fight_W0QQitemZ320370075239QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b6667&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>#2 > - $26.00 > > Jailhouse Rock Lobby Card > #6<http://cgi.ebay.com/JAILHOUSE-ROCK-Lobby-Card-6-Elvis-Presley-Sexy-Girls_W0QQitemZ220412359993QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335199b539&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $10.50 > > Jailhouse Rock Lobby Card > #7<http://cgi.ebay.com/JAILHOUSE-ROCK-Lobby-Card-7-Elvis-Presley-in-pool_W0QQitemZ320370075256QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b6678&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $20.50 > > Jailhouse Rock Lobby Card > #8<http://cgi.ebay.com/JAILHOUSE-ROCK-Lobby-Card-8-Elvis-Presley-arrested_W0QQitemZ320370075268QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b6684&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $32.00 > > Let's Make Love One-Sheet > <http://cgi.ebay.com/LETS-MAKE-LOVE-One-Sheet-Sexy-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ220412351207QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item33519992e7&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $46.01 > > Seven Year Itch French > Grande<http://cgi.ebay.com/SEVEN-YEAR-ITCH-French-GRANDE-Sexy-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ320370069158QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b4ea6&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $15.50 > > Some Like It Hot Italian > 2-Folio<http://cgi.ebay.com/SOME-LIKE-IT-HOT-Italian-2-Folio-Sexy-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ320370069175QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b4eb7&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $20.08 > > Prince & the Showgirl Lobby Card > #1<http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCE-AND-THE-SHOWGIRL-Lobby-Card-1-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ320370075458QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b6742&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $9.99 > > Prince & the Showgirl Lobby Card > #2<http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCE-AND-THE-SHOWGIRL-Lobby-Card-2-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ220412360262QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335199b646&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $11.90 > > Prince & the Showgirl Lobby Card > #3<http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCE-AND-THE-SHOWGIRL-Lobby-Card-3-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ320370075474QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4a978b6752&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $11.90 > > Prince & the Showgirl Lobby Card > #5<http://cgi.ebay.com/PRINCE-AND-THE-SHOWGIRL-Lobby-Card-5-Marilyn-Monroe_W0QQitemZ220412360302QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item335199b66e&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A570%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50>- > $9.99 > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > 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