I hope that that Rudy Franchi, who owns the site-- his name is on his site, so no secret is being divulged here-- (and who is a MOPO member as well) responds to some of these comments.
Some remarks suggest actions that are less than above board. To call his service "a ruse" is rather harsh. He has been doing this work for a long time, and long before he worked and consulted for Heritage, as his bio page discusses. -KL On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 5:13 AM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: > It's worse than that in movie posters. There is a site called > http://www.posterappraisal.com/ where you are told that "Nothing is bought > or sold on this site" and that "I do not make offers for the material you > inquire about nor do I get involved in its eventual disposition", when > actually the owner of that site is a paid employee of a leading auction > house and gets a finder's fee for any items that go to that auction (not > disclosed on the site). > > So people THINK they are getting an honest impartial opinion, when all they > are getting is led to that website! "Legitimate networking"? > > Many people quickly see through this ruse, and I have refused some excellent > consignments from people who started at the above site and were shocked and > outraged when they learned the truth. But I am sure there have been others > who were bamboozled by this deception, and that is sad. > > Bruce > > On Thu, Oct 13, 2011 at 6:09 AM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Its a bit unrealistic to expect a company who makes their money from >> grading not to take the opportunity to make more money every which way they >> can. >> Also that people working for that grading company realizing they could >> supplement their income by going into business for themselves. >> >> While AFA/CGA may not have direct links to selling collectibles they >> grade, they do employ people who have their own collectible business, and >> AFA fields calls so that their colleague. Say someone inherits a collection >> and is looking for a way to liquidate it. Grading companies like AFA do >> field these calls to colleagues with their own business. I speak from >> experience because this is what happened to me. Its not a story I heard. >> This happened to me when I called AFA. >> I suppose this is called "networking" and for dealers who are left out of >> the loop, ethically challenged behavior. But if your hand is getting >> buttered, then you'd call this legitimate networking. >> >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Grading >> >> At 01:43 AM 10/12/2011, Adrian Cowdry wrote: >> >> Personally, if we have to go the way of grading then fine....but the cost >> of grading a Rodan or a Frankenstein 1931 should remain the same not a >> percentage of the value of the card...which seems to be the case with >> Comics. >> >> I agree >> >> I think getting a % of an Action #1 makes them want to grade a book higher >> than it should be graded. >> whether they realize it or not >> ------------- >> >> From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> >> <snip> >> >> Of course it is essential that the grading company stay away from the >> business of actually selling posters themselves to avoid the appearance of >> any conflict of interest. >> 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. > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 25 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 > our auctions > 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.
