A major dealer who shall remain nameless calls this "trolling for suckers". Different strokes for different folks.
Bruce On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > here is the philosophy of the sellers: > > $7.49 = "if that's what it sells for, that must be in the range of the real > value" > > $125 = "oh man, this is such a great item.. there has to be someone > somewhere that wants this item as much as I like it" > > $500 = "boy I sure hope some donkey finds my listing so I can stick to > him.. Whoo-hoo!" > > and there is also this one: > $25,000,000 = "my name is Mrs Miniver" > > : - ) > > > At 12:17 PM 5/30/2009, you wrote:, Roland Lataille wrote: > > Yeah, there are a lot of clueless poster dealers. They must make no profit > as most of there listings never sell. Why bother with all the work of > listing posters that will never sell at the price you are asking? > > Lets see... A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World movie program sold for $7.49 on May > 19. But wait! There is another listed now and the asking price is only $125! > Oh no! A better deal can be had - I see another listed for $500! > > Roland > > Cinerama web site: > http://cineramahistory.com/ > > > --- On *Sat, 5/30/09, jbirddouglass <[email protected]>* wrote: > > From: jbirddouglass <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] nobody seems to bid on posters anymore > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, May 30, 2009, 12:36 PM > > The insane prices on most of those "Buy it Now" poster auctions are proof > that there is still plenty of crack being smoked out there. Makes me think > about that great scene in the classic comedy "Used Cars": > "Yes sir, that's New Deal Used Posters... now wait just a goddamn minute. > What the hell is this? Is this a title card from "It, the Terror from Beyond > Space" for twenty-four thousand dollars? That's too f**king high!!" (Blows > up card with dynamite.) > I still get the occasional bargain on Ebay, but it's just too annoying > poring over all the crap. Rich, Bruce, and Heritage yield much more > satisfying results, especially with my parsimonious poster spending limits > these days. > Greg Douglass > John Waldman wrote: > > Who in the heck places all those buy it now auctions on Ebay anyway? > It's more then 7 pages of them now. I can tell you as a buyer, I look at > none of those "buy it now"s anymore. Same over priced crap everyday. > > On the other hand I try not to miss BH and Movieposterbid's auctions. > They get most of my $ these days. > > Does anyone else miss those old Rotman Ebay auctions? A lot of it was > kinda dogeared, but there was some cool stuff in those auctions. > > John Waldman > > > > 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]<http://mc/[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]<http://mc/[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. > > 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.
