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>---- Original Message ----
>From: [email protected]
>To: [email protected],
>[email protected]
>Subject: RE: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of our
>very firstonline sales from May 1999!
>Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 19:30:52 -0400
>
>>I spite of being treated well, getting extreme good service and fair
>prices,
>>I've stayed loyal all these years.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>DBT
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
>Tom
>>Martin
>>Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2013 1:31 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of our
>very
>>firstonline sales from May 1999!
>>
>>>well when you treat people well, give extreme good service and
>>prices and are fair... dont be surprised if they come back or tell
>thier
>>friends!! you prove what I have always thought was important in any
>>business or relationship.. honesty and service.. Keep it Up.best
>always, Tom
>>>
>>>
>>>---- Original Message ----
>>>From: [email protected]
>>>To: [email protected]
>>>Subject: Re: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of our
>very
>>>firstonline sales from May 1999!
>>>Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2013 06:04:12 -0500
>>>
>>>>Thanks Tom. It really amazed me to look over the list of online
>>>buyers from
>>>>1999 and see just how many of them are *STILL *regular
>>>eMoviePoster.com
>>>>buyers!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 7:18 PM,
>>><[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> >wow that's great Bruce !!! i am so glad you found that data!
>also
>>>>> shows a growth pattern.. best of luck for many more years of
>>>success
>>>>> you have done a good job.
>>>>> >
>>>>> >
>>>>> >---- Original Message ----
>>>>> >From: [email protected]
>>>>> >To: [email protected]
>>>>> >Subject: RE: [MOPO] We recently discovered complete records of
>>>our
>>>>> >very first online sales from May 1999!
>>>>> >Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 15:42:18 -0500
>>>>> >
>>>>> >>*We recently discovered complete records of our very first
>>>online
>>>>> >sales
>>>>> >>from May 1999 (which had been "lost" for many years!)*
>>>>> >> We have always known that we started auctioning on eBay
>>>early
>>>>> >in May
>>>>> >>of 1999, but our records from that time were in a very
>primitive
>>>>> >Microsoft
>>>>> >>Works table that we soon abandoned, and a few years later,
>when
>>>our
>>>>> >>computers were being formatted, we *THOUGHT* the file with
>those
>>>>> >sales had
>>>>> >>been accidentally deleted (we now back up *EVERYTHING* in
>>>several
>>>>> >ways, to
>>>>> >>prevent this from ever happening again). But we just came
>across
>>>>> >that table
>>>>> >>among some super-old files, so not only are we now able to add
>>>our
>>>>> >first
>>>>> >>1,906 Internet sales ever (from May 7th, 1999 through the end
>of
>>>>> >that year)
>>>>> >>to our *Auction History
>>>>> >><http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/archive.html>*table, but
>>>we
>>>>> >also
>>>>> >>can right now share with you some interesting information
>about
>>>>> >>how we began on eBay!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>Our very first auctions ever were on 5/7/99, and they were
>three
>>>>> >"test"
>>>>> >>auctions of linenbacked one-sheets at $49.95 each, and the
>three
>>>>> >posters
>>>>> >>sold to three different buyers for the minimum bid (none of
>>>those
>>>>> >three
>>>>> >>buyers from May 7th, 1999 are still current customers). We
>added
>>>>> >five
>>>>> >>auctions on May 10th, five auctions on May 11th, and seven
>>>auctions
>>>>> >on May
>>>>> >>14th, and those started at a variety of prices, all well under
>>>the
>>>>> >retail
>>>>> >>value of the posters, and all sold (at that time, I solely
>>>auctioned
>>>>> >>posters that I owned personally, because I knew that at first
>I
>>>>> >would be
>>>>> >>selling for under retail, sometimes "giving" the posters away,
>>>so I
>>>>> >wanted
>>>>> >>the loss to be mine and not that of any consignor, and it was
>>>not
>>>>> >until
>>>>> >>12/6/1999 that I first ran an auction for a consignor that was
>>>not a
>>>>> >poster
>>>>> >>I owned myself).
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>You can see a chart of those first 20 auctions below: *Date
>>>Sold*
>>>>> >*Item
>>>>> >>Title* *Item Size* *Price Sold* 5/7/1999 Young Philadelphians
>>>linen
>>>>> >>one-sheet $49.95 5/7/1999 Tentacles linen one-sheet $49.95
>>>>> >5/7/1999 Two
>>>>> >>Minute Warning linen one-sheet $49.95 5/10/1999 Beast Within
>>>>> >pressbook $5.50
>>>>> >> 5/10/1999 Hunter pressbook $8.50 5/10/1999 Airplane
>>>pressbook
>>>>> >$16.50
>>>>> >>5/10/1999 Xanadu linen one-sheet $99.06 5/10/1999 Gauntlet
>>>folded
>>>>> >>one-sheet $25.00 5/11/1999 Blues for Lovers linen one-sheet
>>>$49.95
>>>>> >>5/11/1999 American Hot Wax linen one-sheet $50.00 5/11/1999
>>>>> >Fiddler on
>>>>> >>the Roof linen one-sheet $50.95 5/11/1999 Oliver's Story
>>>pressbook
>>>>> >$2.00
>>>>> >>5/11/1999 Raiders of the Lost Ark pressbook $26.50 5/14/1999
>>>>> >Speedway folded
>>>>> >>one-sheet $89.01 5/14/1999 Kagemusha Spanish folded
>one-sheet
>>>>> >$4.95
>>>>> >>5/14/1999 Silver Streak folded one-sheet $9.95 5/14/1999
>>>Summer
>>>>> >1999
>>>>> >>Sales List Sales List
>>>>> >> $3.00 5/14/1999 Heaven Can Wait pressbook $12.09
>5/14/1999
>>>>> >Meatballs
>>>>> >>pressbook $15.50 5/14/1999 Spy Who Loved Me linen one-sheet
>>>$77.00
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>The first of the posters that were auctioned on May 10th was
>>>bought
>>>>> >by one
>>>>> >>of our current customers (in fact, he just had an order
>shipped
>>>last
>>>>> >>week!), so we are awarding him an *Ultimate Bonus Offer*
>>>(containing
>>>>> >books
>>>>> >>with an original retail of around $500, plus a coffee table
>book
>>>>> >that
>>>>> >>retails for $50 or more, like Graven Images!), for being our
>>>longest
>>>>> >term
>>>>> >>current online customer (he has been buying from us on the
>>>Internet
>>>>> >for 14
>>>>> >>years)!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>Starting on May 17th, we began adding around 10 auctions per
>day
>>>for
>>>>> >four
>>>>> >>days each week, and over the next few weeks, we began adding
>>>around
>>>>> >50
>>>>> >>auctions per week. Over the course of the rest of 1999, we
>kept
>>>>> >upping our
>>>>> >>pace, and by the end of the year, we had auctioned 1,906
>items!
>>>It
>>>>> >is also
>>>>> >>interesting to note that not all of these items were auctioned
>>>on
>>>>> >eBay.
>>>>> >>Four of those items we auctioned on May 11th were auctioned in
>
>>>>> >>*AMAZON*auctions (yes, back then, Amazon had auctions just
>like
>>>>> >>eBay's!). But the Amazon auctions never really took off, and
>we
>>>>> >>quickly saw that
>>>the
>>>>> >eBay
>>>>> >>auctions were far superior, so only 70 of those 1,906 auctions
>>>were
>>>>> >on
>>>>> >>Amazon. Over the next three years, we saw really substantial
>>>growth,
>>>>> >as
>>>>> >>seen in the chart below:
>>>>> >> *Year* *Items Sold* *Total Sales* 1999 1,906 $83,731.09
>2000
>>>>> >17,165
>>>>> >>$594,106.54
>>>>> >> 2001 23,311 $978,336.66 2002 31,785 $1,883,722.71
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >>Of course, those numbers are dwarfed by our 2012 sales of
>>>110,628
>>>>> >items for
>>>>> >>a total of $4,072,951 (and our very similar numbers for our
>>>first
>>>>> >half of
>>>>> >>2013). You can find sales results for all the years from 2002
>to
>>>the
>>>>> >>present at *
>http://www.emovieposter.com/sales/postersales.php*.
>>>But
>>>>> >the
>>>>> >>above 1999 sales are how our online business began, and I
>>>thought
>>>>> >many of
>>>>> >>you would enjoy seeing this information (and I know that some
>>>number
>>>>> >of you
>>>>> >>have been customers of ours over this entire 14 year period,
>and
>>>I
>>>>> >thank
>>>>> >>you very much!).
>>>>> >>--
>>>>> >>Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the
>>>eMoviePoster.com
>>>>> >team
>>>>> >>P.O. Box 874
>>>>> >>West Plains, MO 65775
>>>>> >>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1
>>>when
>>>>> >we take
>>>>> >>lunch)
>>>>> >>our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions
>>>>> >><http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> * Complete Buyer
>>>>>
>>>>>Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emoviepo
>st
>>>e
>>>>> >r_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>-
>>>>> >>*No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware
>>>>> >>* Hershenson Help
>>>>>
>>>>>Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906
>_m
>>>c
>>>>> >w_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>-
>>>>> >>*Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems* *Also,
>
>>>>> >>please read the following three pages of in-depth*
>>>Customer
>>>>> >Reviews *of
>>>>> >>our company * - Page
>>>>>
>>>>>1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_p
>ag
>>>e
>>>>> >1.jpg>,
>>>>> >>Page
>>>>>
>>>>2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pa
>ge
>>>2
>>>>> >.jpg>,
>>>>> >>Page
>>>>>
>>>>3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pa
>ge
>>>3
>>>>> >.jpg>
>>>>> >>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what
>>>makes
>>>>> >our
>>>>> >>company and our auctions so very different from all others!
>>>>> >>
>>>>> >> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at
>www.filmfan.com
>>>>> >>
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Bruce Hershenson and the other 29 members of the eMoviePoster.com
>>>team
>>>>P.O. Box 874
>>>>West Plains, MO 65775
>>>>Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1
>when
>>>we take
>>>>lunch)
>>>>our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions
>>>><http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html>
>>>>
>>>> * Complete Buyer
>>>>Protection<http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emoviepos
>te
>>>r_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg>-
>>>>*No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware
>>>>* Hershenson Help
>>>>Hotline<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_
>mc
>>>w_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg>-
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>please
>>>>read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer
>>>Reviews *of
>>>>our company * - Page
>>>>1<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pa
>ge
>>>1.jpg>,
>>>>Page
>>>2<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pag
>e2
>>>.jpg>,
>>>>Page
>>>3<http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_pag
>e3
>>>.jpg>
>>>>*, which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes
>>>our
>>>>company and our auctions so very different from all others!
>>>>
>>
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