I take it just the other way. Now I feel more challenged than ever, so I am looking to increase our staff, and will try to soon add a fourth night of auctions.
I welcome all new auctions. The more the merrier, and they have to get their inventory somewhere, so it may well create a good new buyer for us. Best of luck, and onward and upward! On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:02 PM, David <[email protected]> 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 > > 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! <http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions> > > > [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 > > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* David [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] > *Sent:* Thursday, April 4, 2013 01:28 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [MOPO] FA: We are the smallest vintage movie poster auction > house in the world! > > That's right the world's smallest online vintage movie poster auction > house <http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions> 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 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. > - 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 our little > auction site <http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions> , 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 > **auction<http://www.vintagemovieposters.com.au/auctions> > ** 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 > www.vintagemovieposters.com.au > www.vintagemovieposters.xxx > www.daybill.com.au > -------------------- > 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. > > > > > 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 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. 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