I had not looked over these listings for quite some time, but after all this talk I just looked them over and I am amazed just how many people there are playing this wacky game.
I know eBay is giving free listings, but does this really help anyone? Many of the items are inflated by a factor of ten, and I would think they crowd out any "real" listings there (if there are any left). Pitiful! Bruce On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 1:40 PM, Claude Litton <twoni...@aol.com> wrote: > *A few weeks ago a new seller (I wont mention his name because he was > very polite in his reply to me, rather than the usual rude reply from these > high listing characters) and I asked him if he was serious about selling his > posters. The reason was that I was serious about buying one of his but the > price was ridiculous.* > ** > *His reply to me was that he knows the prices are insane and he really > didn't want to sell any of his posters. However, if some fool came along > and paid him the asking price then he would sell it.* > ** > *A true sad story. I obviously did not make him an offer. * > ** > *Claude* > > In a message dated 8/21/2010 2:04:36 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > sa...@comic-art.com writes: > > At 06:37 AM 8/21/2010, Claude Litton wrote: > > *Bruce > * > *Ebay is not the only one in the world "insanely greedy". All one has to > do is go to ebay, search movie posters and sort by highest price first. You > will get page after page of "insaaaaaane" prices. These prices do not help > the movie poster collecting world or ebay. > * > *Claude* > > > Claude is so-o-o-o-o right.. > I wish I had tracked some sellers like Miniver. He had that Trip to the > Moon postyer at $100,000 years back when he first listed it on fleaBay > (maybe 75k come to think of it) > > the poster never sells and has been relisted ad-nauseum for a full decade > and the price has slowly climbed to $650k > I guess the thinking is "I need to reclaim all those ebay fees that I have > spent on listing this $%#& poster for ten years" > > Then there are the people who have Star Wars one sheets (regular style, > 2nd-3rd-4th printings) at $1999. AND A RESERVE > (what, the $1999 price wasn't reserved enough?) > > there are the "supposed" sellers who have 100 posters listed of which few > are really desirable and all of which have reserves > they get listed every week and sometimes you even see a fair bid on some - > but they still don't meet the reserve (these are the "look what I have > sellers." - "oh, aren't I cool because I have these?") > > there is one guy who relists on a weekly basis posters for Out of Sight > (60s hotrod movie) and other automobile & surfer titles with a reserve. > They have gotten bids once upon a time that were actually quite fair to the > seller. But they've never sold because who knows what he wants, so now > nobody bids on them, and he pays the relist & reserve fees again next week. > He will never be able to get out because the fees of one year's listing is > more than any one of them is worth (except the Ghost of Dragstrip Hollow.. > he has a few more weeks of fees to catch up with that poster) > > I could go on all day about them and I have to wonder how smart any of > these sellers are. How long will they continue to list them if they lose > their day jobs?? > > > > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: lists...@listserv.american.edu In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
