But, but, but... You do realize that $150 is closer to $20 than to $486.
You seem to be suggesting that this bidder paid more than 3 times what this poster was worth. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 7:45:03 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference! Forget the idea that this was a $20 poster! I think this is one of the coolest posters ever. If someone out there has one in nice shape they will sell for $150, I will take it. And to prove how great I think it is, I will pay $300 for three of them, if they are out there! Bruce On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 10:46 AM, John Waldman < [email protected] > wrote: I had this poster on my emovieposter watch list, and I was amazed at how much that poster sold for. There was a couple of bidders that really wanted that poster. I guess you just have to have the right audience in attendance at your auction. John W From: Jeff Potokar < [email protected] > To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 2:11:56 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference! Or, on the flip side.-- someone spent 486.00 for a 20 dollar poster... this buyer will be crying the blues, if he learns that, a month earlier, he could have gotten the same item, in the same condition, for 2 ten dollar bills. OUCH! it all depends on how one looks at the scenario. Jeff On Aug 13, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: I feel I am putting forth incredible advertising for eBay! After all, someone got a $486 poster for $20 last week, so that guy is super happy and LOVES eBay. I can see their new ads: "Come to eBay where we will hide the items so thoroughly that you can find items for a fraction of their regular price"! Bruce On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:12 PM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia < [email protected] > wrote: The consignor obviously made a very good decision in sending that poster to you. I have been selling quite a lot through eBay lately but you have to be prepared to take the risk of getting low prices for decent posters in their auctions. The fact that you and others have taken so many buyers away from eBay is an indication of the impact of the negative policies that they introduced. Regards John 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: Friday, August 14, 2009 4:33 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference! It's had another significant bump in the bid price: http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1499931 Must be that damed time-extended bidding causing the jump in price! Bruce On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:45 AM, Bruce Hershenson < [email protected] > wrote: Of course I sometimes get far more than eBay sellers (as in the case cited above), both because I reach more interested collectors, and because of the "trust" factor. I believe it is fair to say I get a substantially higher amount overall for 100 posters than an eBay seller would for the very same posters. Absolutely, any buyer with the time to search eBay regularly should do so, especially if they can handle the possible frustration of poorly packed or over-graded posters. Then again, I don't always sell for more. I sometimes have some real bargains! Bruce On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:32 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia < [email protected] > wrote: I thought the same thing. Bruce, you are actually making a good argument for buyers to do a search on eBay before buying elsewhere. It certainly is a Catch 22. Regards John 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: Richard Evans To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 11:17 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference! Not sure how you can promote the advantages for sellers of emovieposter over "ebayjima" without it highlighting the opposite for buyers. Hmmm, appears to be an advertising Catch 22. Rich On 13 Aug 2009, at 01:22, Bruce Hershenson wrote: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350227396540 (closed) vs http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1499931 (24 hours to go) Sometimes WHERE you auction (and how many interested buyers you reach) can mean as much as WHAT you are auctioning. eBay brags of its millions of bidders, and other auctions brag of their hundreds of thousands of bidders, but what difference does that make when the vast majority of those people will never ever buy a vintage poster? I will stack up OUR 31,000+ actual buyers (each of which is someone who actually purchased vintage movie paper from us) against the bidders from any other auction in the world! 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