Vaughn
thanks!! I did indeed feel sometimes like I was David swatting at
Goliath.. without a slingshot.
it was lots of hard work.. but it was work I had done before in comic
art, so my feeling was never "IF" I would be able to do it.. but how
long it would take. We seem to have really hit stride this year as
things are going quite well
But I still have a roadblock of sorts.. there are not lots of
collectors here in Las Vegas, so it is difficult for me to "lay off
work" to someone else. My secretary Anna does a good job for her
part, but not being a collector or a real fan means she can't do
things like list posters and identify stars or grade the conditions..
Those are the most difficult parts of selling. I need to find someone
who can do some of that work so I can increase the number of items we
sell each week and so I can reliably take some time off each week for
myself, or on occasion when I need to go chase collections and go to
conventions like Cinevent without getting behind. Also so I can get
to selling the almost $1,000,000 of comics, art, pulps and other
collectibles I have which have been almost entirely neglected during
the past 3 years
note: I actually took over MPB 4 years ago
it just took me a year to figure out the right formula (99 cents NR
auctions instead of regular priced listings)
of course, I didn't start out with weekly auctions because I KNEW IT
WOULD TAKE ALL MY TIME, AND I WOULDN'T HAVE MUCH TIME FOR BABES OR
POKER.. both of which are my other hobbies
thankfully, I have been able to play poker more often of late..
now.... I just need to find time for my other hobby
: - )
At 08:03 AM 3/12/2010, you wrote:
Hey Rich,
I , and many, have been watching, when you took over
Movieposterbid three years ago and to be honest I didn't think you
could make it; that you were batting your head against the
wall. It seemed, for quite awhile, you were and I wondered when
you were going to give up.
You didn't! You kept at it; persevered, overcame opposition; must
have been discouraged, at times, but............did indeed, hang in
there. It's almost like you hitched your wagon to a notion and
would not let go. I, for one, admire that!
I have been curious and have watched the evolution of your
business. You have slowly, but increasingly,....and steadfastly
increased the volume and quality of your paper offerings. You have
my sincere admiration Rich and epitomize or embody Entrepreneurship,
Indeed, Congratuations Rich!
Vaughn
At 05:32 PM 3/11/2010 -0800, Richard Halegua Comic Art wrote:
Bruce..
these are only members on MoviePosterBid. my comic book auction
site is not currently offering anything and I stopped the CDRom+
download comics sales last year (largely because of pirates who
have stolen my publications & posted them on 100s of sites for free)..
so these are all movie poster buyers (or other cinema items that we
occasionally list)
since I took over MoviePosterBid in April 2006, we have added 1204
members and we've had more than $340,000 in total sales, which
includes all other sellers as well as myself. However, more than
1/2 of those sales have happened in the last 18 months and the pace
is getting faster on all levels. people signing up at a faster
rate, prices realized increasing and the quality of merchandise
that we're offering is of course increasing to satisfy the bidders,
which results in more bidders signing up!!! 2010 is going to be a banner year.
but it has been and continues to be a lot of work.. I took 5 hours
off last week to play poker & I've been trying to catch up at the
office all week!!
Rich
At 05:16 PM 3/11/2010, Bruce Hershenson wrote:
A question. Are these 1,700 people who signed up to buy movie
paper, or does it also include comic book buyers, CD ROM buyers,
etc? If it is the former, that is incredibly impressive (if it is
the latter, it is only slightly less impressive!).
Bruce
On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Richard Halegua Comic Art
<<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote:
wow.. we just reached 1700 members at MoviePosterBid.com
what a great ride it has become (it was all work before). these
last 100 members have signed up faster than ever before at a rate
of 1...@day.. Makes me wonder how fast the next 100 will sign up??
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