ok, so the copy should be "we have as many auctions as all those other guys combined, and still get REAL current values for everything" how's that? :-)
that way we won't discuss the difference between a good deal for a collector and a good deal for a retailer. besides, everyone knows I'm pretty much a wholesaler anyways. :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: Sean Linkenback Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:58 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... If prices are SO cheap in my auctions, how come you only buy the very best items? Why not take some easy money and buy some of those "great deals" and re-sell them for lots more? If the items can't be re-sold for more than what I get for them, maybe those are the REAL current values for those items, and maybe some of those other prices are simply highly inflated "Mrs Miniver" type prices. Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:55 PM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: I can see the copy now - "I'm flooding the market with so many auctions that there has never been a better time to be a buyer and find great deals" ;-) ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: Sean Linkenback Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:53 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... Really? Li'l ol' me? That would make a good selling point for my ads! Thanks. Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: Really? 400,000 "auctions"? Or 235,000+ repros, plus another 150,000+ "fishing expeditions" where the prices are usually Mrs. Miniver high above FMV buy-it-nows, with "only" around 10,000 actual auctions posted - and again a great majority of those are at starting prices which could be considered FMV or higher. I would suggest that you run as many auctions on a weekly basis as there are actual auctions on eBay combined. ----- Original Message ----- From: Bruce Hershenson To: Sean Linkenback Cc: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 1:01 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... Absolutely! There are over 400,000 eBay auctions for posters alone, and another half million or more of all other types of movie memorabilia. If all of those would just "go away" there would be WAY more buyers for auctions like mine and Rich's, and lots more buyers for dealers like you and Kirby, but of course that is unlikely to happen, until the eBay implosion is complete, and that might be a year or too off. I don't know about new buyers coming in, but I do know that the current over-supply will surely get absorbed (except on the bottom end stuff, which will NEVER get absorbed) and then the prices will steadily rise and that is when people will look back at today's prices as a golden buying opportunity. Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 9:57 AM, Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> wrote: Bruce, would you say the number of weekly auctions at this point in time has something to do with there being more items for sale than buyers? And do you see a few thousand more collectors coming into the hobby the next few years and that is why it is a golden buying opportunity? Or can you explain a little further? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Hershenson" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2010 8:26:32 AM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... I think this has more to do with the size of the hobby than anything else. If there were more than a few thousand active collectors, there would surely be buyers for posters like these. Right now, there is an imbalance in the hobby, with more items for sale than there are buyers. This creates lots of buying opportunities, except among those dealers who choose to "wait things out" and not lower their prices (which is absolutely their right to do!). I am 100% certain that a few years from now collectors will look back at this time as a golden buying opportunity (even if some prices fall even further). Bruce On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 1:07 AM, Michael Spampinato <[email protected]> wrote: Well, honestly there is certainly a difference between "buying" a poster for 99.99 and having a starting bid of 99.99. ----- May the holes in your collection be filled and the ideas in your head be shared. --- On Thu, 8/12/10, Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> wrote: From: Glenn Taranto <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Would you buy.....? Wy I asked... To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 11:53 AM I was curious because I have two linen backed one sheets I'm selling on eBay right now. Both are listed at 99.99. With a couple more to follow next week. I can't believe they wouldn't sell at this price no matter what the graphics. I decided I wasn't going to bombard MOPO with another ho-hum listing only to annoy people. If anyone is interested. I am also offering free shipping on one of the posters. If you took more than one the shipping would still be free! Here is the link to my auctions... http://shop.ebay.com/gomex/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p4340 Best - Glenn 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. 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