I wanted to address this "standard in the industry" claim. I think that this depends on what you consider "the industry".
I think that if you consider yourself a marketplace like "amazon.com" or "abebooks.com", where you are essentially providing store front and marketing services for collectors and dealers -- then I think that you are mistaken about the standard. These massive sites would never be able to succeed w/o partnering with a network of reliable dealers who essentially do most of the work (e.g. drop ship)! The key is managing the relationships with these sellers and trusting them to behave appropriately (grade consistently, ship reliably, etc.). It also seems fairly risky (and costly) to want to "touch" all of the items being sold at your site, however I think that would a make for a very interesting options -- e.g., anonymous purchasing. Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: Sean Linkenback <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:59:34 -0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [MOPO] More Clarification Bruce, thank you clarifying. Yes - you would be responsible for paying to ship your items to MoviePosterExchange.com. I believe this is standard in the industry. Do you reimburse people when they ship items to you? Having never consigned anything to you I am unaware if you do this. ... 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.
