Evan
I think you are missing several points about Bruce's offer
#1 Bruce is a dealer. he is offering a dealer
purchase price so he can resell and make money
#2 Bruce obviously believes he has at least 2
bidders who will bid on the poster, but he
probably doesn't believe the poster will achieve
$486 again because the top bidder has just won
himself a copy, so he's moving down to the level
that the 2 underbidders would likely bid up to,
which is probably closer to $300.
#3 after Bruce sells the next copy, the value
continues to go down as he hopes to sell one to the #3 & #4 bidders. maybe $200
#4 then he hopes to sell one to the #4 & #5
bidders and again the price goes down to their level.
so $300 for 3 copies of a poster that I certainly
couldn't get $486 for (and obviously Moe Everett
couldn't get $20 for his copy) is more than
likely - very fair. He isn't offering to buy the
poster as a collector and your comparison of
offering 1/3 for certain 30s-40s posters is most
certainly not in line with Bruce's offer as what
you're going to ask for is probably head and
shoulders better than Nazi She-Bitch.
Also, if you were to consign to Bruce 3 copies of
this poster and he got $300, $200 & $150 for
them, you would receive $222, $144 and $108 or a
total of $474, but you would have to wait a
probable 12 months for all 3 copies to be sold,
so his offer of $300 again is reasonably fair
taking into consideration these factors
Rich
At 09:03 AM 8/18/2009, Evan Zweifel wrote:
Fair? Really? You think an offer of 1/3 is fair?
Do you have any nice posters in your
collection? I will gladly offer you 1/3 of
Bruce's last selling price for them. I am
looking for some nice 1930s/1940s titles, good
graphics, good titles, major stars.
I am serious. Let me know what you have.
Evan
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Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 9:49:52 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference!
but, but, but,
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That sounds like a fair offer for someone who
is a dealer and buying to re-sell. The next one
might only go for $300Â or less or may go $500
or more. I am sure Bruce would take one on
consignment as well and if I had 5, I would keep
one, consign one, and hold Bruce to the $300 for
the 3 remaining. I wouldn't consider anything
less and certainly not the $20 ebay price.
Â
I just hope as a seller that Bruce does half as
well for me as he did on this poster for the
items I just sent to him. In Bruce I Trust.
Â
Brek
----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Zweifel" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 8:14:09 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: Re: [MOPO] FA: How WHERE you auction can make a BIG difference!
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!
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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.
Â
And to prove how great I think it is, I will pay
$300 for three of them, if they are out there!
Â
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...Â
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!
Â
After all, someone got a $486 poster for $20
last week, so that guy is super happy and LOVES eBay.
Â
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"!
Â
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
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----- 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
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Must be that damed time-extended bidding causing the jump in price!
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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.
Â
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.
Â
Then again, I don't always sell for more. I
sometimes have some real bargains!
Â
Bruce
On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:32 AM, JOHN REID
Vintage Movie Memorabilia < [email protected] > wrote:
I thought the same thing.
Â
Bruce, you are actually making a good argument
for buyers to do a search on eBay before buying elsewhere.
Â
It certainly is a Catch 22.
Â
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John
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----- 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)
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vs
Â
http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1499931
 (24 hours to go)
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Sometimes WHERE you auction (and how many
interested buyers you reach) can mean as much as WHAT you are auctioning.
Â
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?
Â
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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