Ah, Bruce... but that is because there are so many dishonest sellers out there -- both on ebay and off ebay.
Its unfortunate that good sellers have to get lumped in with the bad, but the $$$ which makes everything run -- including ebay -- is the buyer. So ebay's protection of the buyer is what's allowed ebay to maintain it's profits and grow. As someone who buys a lot off ebay because I live rural and can't find what I want locally, I shop on ebay. I've bought things like new Ugg boots & gotten 2 left sides -- yes, you read that correctly. Two sides of the same foot!!!To get my money back, I have to pay for shipping. Also defective items. So it cost me to shop on ebay. If a buyer is shipped the wrong or defective item, why in the world do we have to bear the burden of paying for return shipping? If ebay was really pro-buyer, things like defective items returns shipping cost or not as described return shipping cost would not come out of the buyer's pocket but the sellers. That would certainly eliminate a lot of bad sellers. Whether you sell on an ebay auction or run an off-ebay auction site, there is still a lot of dishonesty. In fact, out-right thievery. We have had more $$$ stolen from us from one of many of your favorite auction sites, Heritage, and believe even with ebay's fees, it's far better to sell on ebay than risk losing your inventory in Heritage's shady inventory procedures. From: Bruce Hershenson <brucehershen...@gmail.com> To: Geraldine Kudaka <gkud...@rocketmail.com> Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:19 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay free listings I am waiting for eBay to offer to PAY sellers to list items, and even then I would have to think long and hard about listing there. I know some people love it, but it is not my cup of tea. They have added so many anti-seller rules that I would be petrified after every sale, both that I might be scammed out of my poster, and that the buying might leave bad feedback for me and restrict my account. On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Geraldine Kudaka <gkud...@rocketmail.com> wrote: EBAY USER ID: silky_buddha > > >We got the invite and are selling original movie art & Star Wars items. > > >We do not sell cheap repro & reprints. > > > >We sell only original art -- well, we do have copies, but these are copies >made by the production and are vintage, production used art work. > > >Our prices are less than what prop store sells art for -- i.e., an original >pen, ink & marker concept sketch of Judge Hershey (in her Judge's uniform, >with Lawblaster) sold for $89. That's screen used, original concept art which, >at commercial movie prop/memorabilia sites, sells for over $400. > > >We have Giger signed art. Not up, but to be listed, original art by Chris Foss >for Flash Gordon... original storyboards & concept art by Alex Tavolouris, the >first concept artist hired by Lucas for Star Wars... > > > >All original, not cheap repro... > > >Of course, we had other items, like the British Quad Star Wars which --- got >STOLEN!!!! -- anyone remember this story???? Missing Quad probably was sold by >Heritage, but since we got 2 of each poster, our other Quad remains for ebay >auction... > > >Plus, a lot of high end items have sold at a BIN auction within 30 minutes of >listing. Some within 5 minutes of listing. > > > >Of course, the 50K items does not apply to us because we are selling vintage >items and end up paying UK listing fees anyway. > > > >There's no free lunch -- or at least, legal free lunches. > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > From: John Waldman <jhnwald...@yahoo.com> >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 8:29 AM >Subject: Re: [MOPO] eBay free listings > > > > > >I got the invite, but not to list 50,000 items. I haven't sold anything on >Ebay for over a year. > >JW > > > >From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <johnr...@moviemem.com> >To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU >Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 5:41 PM >Subject: [MOPO] eBay free listings > > >Hi MoPoers >eBay currently has a promotion running where many sellers have been offerred >up to 50,000 free auction listings for about nine days up until Aug 31. This >has resulted in some sellers flooding the site with cheap repros and reprints. >The crazy thing is that the offer has been sent "by invitation only" and it >seems to have been done at random. Store sellers are not eligible so anyone >who has a store would be seeing a big drop in sales while this promotion is on. > >Just curious as to whether any MoPo members received the invitation to list >50,000 items on auction. >Regards >John > >JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA >Website: http://www.moviemem.com/ >Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/moviemem >PO Box 92 >Elanora >Qld 4221 >Australia >Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at http://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. > > >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. > > >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 26 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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