Oh, Bruce... believe me, its painful when you "lose" posters like Van Hammersvelt's Get Carter...
It would have been far better had we sold then for far less because we wouldn't have ended up paying money to a lawyer. ________________________________ From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bruce vs Heritage inventory & auciton services I agree. You'll notice that the competition for expensive posters is beyond fierce. EVERY auction wants them badly, and EVERY dealer insists they have unlimited money to buy them with. But NO ONE other than us wants anything to do with inexpensive items, unless they can buy them for a few pennies on the dollar, and often not even then. So we have no competition, and that works out well. ALL the major dealers (with the exception of a tiny handful) have consigned to us, and I bet it is just a matter of time before those last holdouts approach us, because they HAVE to be tired of watching that inventory just sit and sit and sit... One of these days we won't want that cheap stuff either, and then I guarantee you a ton of people will say, "Why didn't I send my cheap stuff to Bruce when I had the chance?". Look at it this way. There was a time (1999 to 2003) when selling on eBay was like printing money (especially for cheap junk) and some people sold a lot then, but many others didn't get around to it until it was too late. Now there is a second chance to get rid of that cheap junk, and this time you don't have to do any work at all. And when we don't take that cheap stuff (sub $20) what are your options? Dealers who pay a few pennies on the dollar or auction houses who can't keep track of what you send? Not much of a choice in my book. Bruce On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 7:44 PM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> wrote: I did forget to mention you, Bruce... Sorry.. Mistake as you were the inspiration for my disgruntled attitude... Your regular payments to our Paypal account was what kept Heritage's lack of payments in the forefront of my mind. > > > >Even though your company has done phenomenallywell -- an inspiration for any >ebay seller that yes, there is life after ebay -- Heritage gets more press >because of their huge glossy catalog and high dollar items... > > >But you've proven that reliability is more important than big glossies. > > >Reminds me of a producer I knew who accidentally started investing in coin >operated laundromats. He loved it. Said all those quarters were the easiest >way to rake in the money, and he didn't have to deal with whining actors and >residuals. All it took was a part time handyman to keep those machines running. >Quarters add up faster than big checks that never clear. > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> >To: Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> >Cc: [email protected] >Sent: Wednesday, June 6, 2012 7:45 AM >Subject: Re: [MOPO] Bruce vs Heritage inventory & auciton services > > > >Thanks much! That is the huge advantage of having 26 people working here, >compared to just a handful (or just two) at many other places. And of course >it is not just your consignment, but all the ones we receive (which can be >very daunting, since we receive thousands of items per week, of all sizes, >from all countries, and from all years). This past Sunday we even added TOYS >to our Sunday lineup! > >Our job is to make it EASY for collectors to dispose of unwanted items, and to >help them get more than they could if they sold them to a dealer. If they need >to have notarized lists of what they sent (complete with videos of them >placing the items into packages and taking them to the Post Office!) then we >no longer serve that function, and our consignors will go elsewhere. > >Bruce > > >On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:12 AM, Geraldine Kudaka <[email protected]> >wrote: > >One point, which Sean inspired me to put into my email rebuttal -- is actually >a very important point which I didn't bring up earlier because it wasn't >relevant. >> >>The same day we shipped out this 2nd batch of 30-40 un-inventoried posters to >>Heritage, we also shipped a batch of the same 30-40 batch size to Bruce. >> >>We packed them at the same time, and took them both to be shipped, insured... >>of course. >> >>Bruce immediately responded by email, and we started getting sales reports & >>payments to our Paypal account. >> >>In fact, it was Bruce's regular payments that caused us to start questioning >>why we hadn't heard from Heritage. >> >>So here's to Bruce, for handling out 30-40 un-inventoried posters in a >>responsible, professional way. >> >> >> >> >> >>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 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team >P.O. 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