>the small business is going the way of the small grocery store,
small pharmacy, small hardware store,
our society likes 1.00 store volume, and mass market like target..
Look at the shopping centers and youll see.. and apple stores amd
office max...
yet I believe there is room for Salon boutique business ,, however
the brick and morter volume needed is NUTS... so if done with low
cost labor or profit revenue share.... and low rent ... and careful
inventory control it still can happen and is... the problem is
selection and service and ability to offer personality.. these big
box cannot compete with old school people that can offer wisdom,
experience and passion.. and in the big picture people was variety,
quality and special uniquness .. thats why the high end art and
posters are doing really well.. and as I watch the antique roadshow
the really historic cool stuff is doin well.. Its just that the mass
market collectables that surfaced in 90s and in sports and comics and
all really saturated the market with Fake collectable of all kinds..
then the public overspent of alll those boxes of false collectables
and went BROKE and overspent... But the real good stuff stayed
afloat... and the rare stuff like action #1 and the Monster posters
and all stayed consistant as it was a narrow true collectable.. thats
why the metropolis sold for a million as its a benchmark
collectable... ... so the shipping is a real factor to be
considered.. I think thats why the IPHONEs and gadgets are doing well
is they are light, and high price point.. and made atlow cost... so
you cant help but make money.. esp if you have intellectual property
rights.
this will be a interesting time to do busines..
I think the old timers like Bruce and Richie and all will do well..
as I predict a resurgence in collectables as the new kids come of
buying age and yet i think they will be more selective over the baby
boomers as the boby boomers where obbsessive compulsive to the
extreme.. and horderes.. so look to see many collections come up
for sale again as people croak and make life changes.. the good part
is all the stuff is still out there its just been shuffled around...
:)
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [MOPO] OMFG: International shipping costs have shot
>through the roof!!
>Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:57:24 -0800
>
>>I completely understand the need to raise the
>>prices and as I said to a friend, if they lose
>>15% of thier business, the USPS still sees an
>>increase in revenue for less work. However, there
>>can be no doubt that for small business, these extra costs are
>pretty hazardous
>>
>>
>>At 04:42 PM 2/9/2013, Simon Oram wrote:
>>>And they wonder why the global economy is up the
>>>Khyber, just the thing get people trading internationally eh..Simon
>>>Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device
>>>From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]>
>>>Sender: MoPo List <[email protected]>
>>>Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2013 15:43:49 -0800
>>>To: <[email protected]>
>>>ReplyTo: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]>
>>>Subject: [MOPO] OMFG: International shipping
>>>costs have shot through the roof!!
>>>Holy Schmoley Folks.... I just returned from the
>>>post office doing the weekly International
>>>shipping, and I am absolutely flabbergasted.
>>>
>>>I'm right now doing recalculations of what
>>>shipping was 3 weeks ago & what shipping is now,
>>>but it looks like shipping to Canada has more
>>>than doubled, Shipping to Australia is up 40+%
>>>and shipping to the UK is up also about 40+%
>>>
>>>New size restrictions are in, so the 36" long
>>>tube I had going to the UK as Air Mail under
>>>3lbs can now only be shipped by Priority Mail.
>>>Same thing with the 36" tube going to Lebanon
>>>(fortunately, we can cut the tubes down a couple
>>>inches and repackage these 2 orders).
>>>
>>>Unfortunately, what that means is that I also
>>>have to raise my rates and while previous rate
>>>increases were along the order of $1 or $2, this
>>>rate increase is going to startle all of you. A
>>>simple 2lb package going to Canada, which I have
>>>been charging $11.00 for shipping, will be
>>>$19.00 (our rates, just as with all sellers,
>>>includes approx $3.00 for shipping materials and labor).
>>>
>>>It looks like Australia and Europe will be
>>>increasing to $27.00 from $20.00 for just the basic orders
>>>
>>>These new rates make it all the more important
>>>to be able to merge several week's worth of
>>>auctions into one package for International
>>>bidders, which our International buyers have
>>>known we do all along. It's more important now..
>>>
>>>I can't imagine what this does to the casual
>>>seller on fleaBay who sells a few posters here and there.
>>>
>>>Does anyone use Carrier Pigeons??
>>>
>>>Rich
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