already had to lay off one of my employees.. now we're down to 2
At 12:43 PM 4/4/2013, David wrote:
Don't make rash decisions when your back is against the wall...
Richard Halegua Posters + Comic Art did previously state on 5/04/2013 6:38 AM:
to combat this phenomenon, I'm going to change
my auction schedule to one poster for auction each of the 7 days of the week
At 12:02 PM 4/4/2013, David wrote:
Very true, that acronym would have been better, AHS was too subtle?
Yeppers, I would imagine the likes of Grey,
Bruce, Peter&Sean, Rich, John Donahoe and
others have already called emergency meetings
to see how they can combat the new competition
because already my first auction well under
way (surprised? Imagine how shocked I was!). I
have no doubt I have made a serious dent in
their market share, I foresee , some site
closures and server downgrades, perhaps a
major re-jig of their pricing structure, a
review of their overheads and perhaps even
staff reductions just to ensure they can stay
afloat. Gawd, I feel bad now, who knew...I may have to close my site site down.
But no...no deep end splash, just happy to
paddle round in the shallow end, small
ripples, too old to start that game again...
but thank-you!
David Rew
<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions>Owner/Web
Designer of the hardest working, smallest
vintage movie poster auction site with the
smallest sales turnover, the smallest number
of movie posters auctioned each week AND the
smallest number of staff in the world. We kick AHS!
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
did previously state on 4/04/2013 9:06 PM:
AUCTION SITE SERVICES would provide a more memorable acronym.
At any rate, it's good to see someone come
along and provide serious competition for The
Bruces, Greys, Peters et al of this world.
You look set to make a real splash at the deep end of the pool.
Yours, in anticipation, and wishing you great good fortune!
Phil Edwards
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-----Original Message-----
From: David [<mailto:[email protected]>mailto:[email protected] ]
Sent: Thursday, April 4, 2013 01:28 AM
To: <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
Subject: [MOPO] FA: We are the smallest
vintage movie poster auction house in the world!
That's right the
<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions>world's
smallest online vintage movie poster auction
house has officially opened its doors and
although it's just an extension of our online
vintage movie poster shop we are quite proud
of our little AHS (that's Auction House Services for those of us in the 'biz').
We are ALSO the #1 movie poster auction
website in the world also known as "our
street", well certainly on our side of the
street...OK on our side of the street and
before the corner of the next street. All
righty then... would you believe on our side
of the street, before the corner of the next
street and the house with lead light glass in the door? Yeah baby, we kick ass!
THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE YOU THROW
YOURSELF HEADLONG INTO OUR AUCTIONS (READ CAREFULLY!)
We've got a staff of one and that's me and
I'm part time, that makes us the hardest
working smallest auction site with the
smallest turnover, the smallest number of
movie posters auctioned each week AND the
smallest number of staff in the world. Woohoo - We win!� :-)
We are also the cheapest auction house in the
world, currently all our auctions start at
.01 cents and NO reserve! We win - again!
We do NOT issue catalogues so don't ask for
one but if you're going to bitch about it
then go to our auction page, find the item
you want then hit Print-Screen on your keyboard...now you have your catalogue.
We ONLY auction one poster per week, maybe
every other week, maybe more than one poster
every week - maybe not (dammit I hate the
pressure this thing has already bought on me).
We're on Facebook, it's here
<http://goo.gl/xwTWx>http://goo.gl/xwTWx and
just for the hell of it why don't you 'LIKE'
us? To be honest we don't care if you don't,
we have cats and dogs and they like us a lot!
We do NOT have a Pay N Hold, I almost got
arrested the last time I asked for that.�Â
We DO have a "I won that poster in your
auction but I am too tight to pay postage so
can you not send it until I win something
else so I can keep the postage costs down,
please?" We'll let you know when we have a shorter name for it.
We do NOT have a buyer's premium we wished we
did then we'd really be making money, but we
don't so aren't you the lucky one.
We DO charge the same flat rate for postage
anywhere in the world - $20, packaging
included, insurance is extra - just ask for
it. If you don't like our postage rates don't
bitch and don't bid either, simple.
We DO have a complaints department, it's run
part time by my good friend Helen Waite - if
you have a complaint you know where you can go.
We DO this for money, it's not a lot of money
but that money is used to buy more posters
for my own personal collection, so if you
have a problem with that please refer above.
We do NOT do this for some altruistic motive
to save the world, the planet or you from bad
poster sellers or even other nasty auction
houses (and there aren't any, really), hell
you're a grown up, do your own research, otherwise refer above.
We WILL continue to run our Eeny, Meeny,
Miny, Mo Vintage Movie Poster Show auctions,
we're just not sure when and as it's bound to
clash with something else, we don't hold out
much hope for it's longevity - but we'll let
you know, there's probably going to be something good in it.
We guarantee we will be outed in all the best
forums, so bid early to keep the watchers at bay.
We DO take payment via PayPal, so that's good for you and good for us.
We DO carefully package your order and we DO
we know how to because we like it when people
pack our posters properly so we feel we should pay it forward.
We DO care that you get good service.
We WILL treat you how you would want to be
treated as a customer, unless you're a
complete dick-head, then we'll ban your ass
and we'll tell you and everyone else that you
were a complete dick-head and we just banned your ass.
If anything goes wrong and it's our fault,
we'll fix it somehow, you can be damn sure of
that, because with me you are dealing with a fellow collector who cares.
Oh yeah...and we don't auction other people's posters.
Yet. ;-)
Despite the levity of some of the above we
are serious about
<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions>our
little auction site , so please do take time
to visit, even place a bid. If you have any
comments feel free to drop me a line. Our
first
<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions>auction
is now up and running and if you want to be
sure not to miss out on future auctions then
why not register, after-all it is free.
PS. And yes we built it and yes we build
websites for other poster dealers/collectors
too and yes we already have been asked to
build websites complete with an online shop
and auction component for some other people,
probably because eBay is making it harder and
harder for hobby dealers now. Either way it's very cool to be asked.
thanks and regards
--------------------
David Rew
<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au>www.vintagemovieposters.com.au
www.vintagemovieposters.xxx
<http://www.daybill.com.au>www.daybill.com.au
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