Stop sugarcoating, Rich. Tesll us what you *REALLY* feel about eBay! On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 1:18 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote:
> fleaBay is toast > > do you folks realize what a shadow of it's former self that site is today?? > > in posters>original>us: fleaBay has about 5000 posters listed daily. if you > remove the posters that are not true auctions because they are priced at > retail or higher (making them set sale items) you may have 1000 auctions. > Bruce sells more vintage posters each week than fleaBay has listed as real > auctions and surely, only a portion of the fleaBay listings sell. > > I sell about 300 posters a week through my true auctions and Heritage sells > about 400. Those 700 posters (combined) may be more posters than are sold > via fleaBay auctions each week.. > > fleaBay has Universal horror forgeries and Pulp Fiction bootlegs. Star Wars > bootlegs, minty whites, hairy belts and hairy backs. There are Portal > reprints being sold as originals by people who know better which begs the > question: why hasn't anyone listed some of the repros from MovieGoods and > others as real posters yet? > > You have fake props, fake art prints, fake Gucci bags, fake perfumes and > colognes, fake designer clothing. > > Bruce got $580 for a Pulp Fiction regular a few weeks back.. How much would > all PF posters be worth if not for the bootlegs?? > our own Alan Adler has a CFTBL one sheet listed (on linen) for $8500 and > there are no takers!! > > These issues are in every category. S2 Art was complaining they constantly > contact fleaBay about their art print reproductionss being sold as original > prints (it's a real surprise we took so long to figure that out) and in > comic art there is constantly some fake being offered or something being > sold as original when it is not. A phony Frazetta sketch was being sold that > we believe is traced back to Frazetta Jr (who is now being charged with b&e > into the family museum & attempting to steal 90 paintings) > > they have fake props (items bought at used stores, and marked as Western > Clothing etc) > fake antique furniture (commercial reproductions sold as originals) > fake dvd's from China > > fleaBay has known it is a clearing house for thieves for a very long time > and without the lawsuits that have been filed by France, Sweden, Italy and > other countries (yes, countries and not people) can you imagine how many > phony Gucci bags would be for sale?? > > The buyers have been leaving fleaBay for years and will continue to do so > until even sellers like Sean, Dave and Marty who run real auctions, > eventually leave as well due to falling sales figures and eventually the > site will be sold to Google or Microshaft to integrate with their own > systems. But each day it becomes more useless in general. > > recently I bought many unsold window cards that were listed on fleaBay to > flesh out my great wc auction of 2 weeks back.. I sold every one and made > money on every one. But the other dealers couldn't sell them at lower prices > than I got on fleaBay, which is proof all by itself how useless the site has > become. > > of course.... *I am definitely not complaining > > *: - ) > > ps.. I said fleaBay 11 times in this post > LOLOLOLOLOLOL > > > > At 07:04 AM 12/26/2009, Claude Litton wrote: > > *This is one of the two major problems with ebay and ebay is too stupid to > recognize what this has done to the collectibles market. By making it > virtually impossible to contact other people, they prevent righteous persons > from warning others of fraud or mistakes. It also does not allow us to > uncover shill bidding by sellers. These have definitely put a serious dent > into the poster market and no doubt, into other antique items. Ebay is too > preoccupied with making money and "protecting" itself against off-ebay > transactions. I believe it has cut down on transactions and the profit > margin as well, but they can't measure this and therefore they wont remedy > it. > * > *CJL > * > In a message dated 12/26/2009 8:52:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > Thanks, Lumi, > > I guess that supports the old adage that if something appears too good to > be true, it is indeed.. too good to be true. Let's just hope that some > newby collector doesn't get suckered in by this guy... > Rick > > > http://cgi.ebay.com/DR-NO-Original-Movie-Poster-JAMES-BOND-007_W0QQitemZ150393635820QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item230428c3ec > 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. > > 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.
