Is there perhaps by implication another internet auctioneer running three auctions a week (who shall remain anonymous) thought to be making excessive promotional posts?
And since the posts will be to some degree proportionate to the number of auctions, is the issue more the actual number of auctions, and the amount of paper being brought to market? Just curious. I'd find the future of the hobby or even the current state of it an interesting topic. Lot of paper out there now, or at least far more easily available than it was once. The middle class are earning less in real terms, have less disposable income and we no longer have the easy credit culture which I imagine was some factor for a boom in this stuff 15 odd years ago. And without wanting to get into the politics, a lot more of the money is going to the top and they're not going to be interested in anything other than setting insane new records for the more fashionable names in modern art. (Just a general interest, dumped a lot of stuff, what's left is there for enjoyment, if it goes up in value that's a bonus.) Meanwhile there's that unnamed behemoth shifting a hell of a lot of paper for its true worth, or perhaps depending on your point of view, ruining values. May not be appropriate for open discussion, just thought I felt a little bit of an undercurrent. The number of FS and the like haven't felt excessive to me. Don't mind seeing them in case there's something I'm interested in, and pretty easy to ignore and bin if not. And besides, I think Kirby is right, I don't imagine putting a cap on it would increase discussion. Sent from my iPad > On 5 Mar 2014, at 04:13, Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> > wrote: > > while I have been guilty on the days of my auctions closing of multiple > posts, I'd be very happy to be limited to one dealer post per day per person > > that will prevent any dealer from drowning out other conversation and other > dealers whose material gets ignored due to a preponderance of multiple daily > posts on a regular basis, which ultimately causes exits from teh forum by > people who didn't come here for that > > Rich > > > > At 08:01 PM 3/4/2014, Kirby McDaniel wrote: >> I don’t mind abiding by any rule the list admin wants to set up. But I >> don’t think David’s suggestion is going to increase >> discussion on MOPO. >> >> MovieArt has plenty of options “to advertise.” We’ve sold a number of >> posters from announcements on MOPO, and >> I think those buyers were pleased to know about those posters. >> >> Kirby >> >> >> >> >>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 9:48 PM, Sales < [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I agree David… >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> >>> Ben Wadley >>> All About Movies Pty Ltd >>> Movie Memorabilia - Original Vintage Movie Posters and Lobby Cards >>> Website: www.allaboutmovies.com.au >>> Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/AllAboutMoviesAu >>> Follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/AllAboutMovies1 >>> From: MoPo List [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David >>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014 1:31 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo >>> >>> >>> This forum (like all forums) are set up with the sole purpose of bringing >>> like-minded people together to discuss a common subject; in fact it still >>> says that on the MoPo webpage "Movie Poster Discussion Group". But if one >>> looks at one's inbox over any period of time, it looks more like a Movie >>> Poster Advertising Group, to the point that it is the most common and >>> voluminous subject to hit my mail box each week - it is simply, by >>> definition, spam so why comment publicly when almost all there is to >>> comment to is spam? >>> >>> The opportunity to get in front (for free) of 370 odd people (and all one >>> has to do is hit send) is obviously too much of a juicy carrot for some to >>> ignore and so they take advantage of it. >>> >>> I would suggest that one advertising post (or any variable of same) per >>> week would bring back the talk and perhaps turn this into a Movie Poster >>> Discussion Group rather than a Movie Poster Advertising Forum. >>> >>> David Rew >>> >>> JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia did previously state on 5/03/2014 11:35 >>> AM: >>> Yes, I think you are right. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Neil Jaworski >>> To: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia ; [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 10:25 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo >>> >>> >>> Hi John, I totally agree with you but we probably have to accept that - >>> over the long life of MOPO - schisms have emerged & become fixed. MOPO has >>> become increasingly bad-tempered & tribal over the years and so terrific >>> people who used to post don't now post very often. I'm thinking about >>> people like Andrea & Sue but there are many others. Probably there's a >>> silent majority who just feel it's not worth the trouble posting in case >>> they get attacked. >>> Neil >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia <[email protected]> >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 March 2014, 0:10 >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo >>> >>> I agree with Tommy that some people might mistakenly hit the "Reply" button >>> rather than "Reply All" but I am really talking about people who >>> deliberately reply "Offlist" with private comments. They often make very >>> good and valid points and its a pity that they dont want to post to >>> everyone on the List. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Chris Quarles >>> To: [email protected] >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:55 AM >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo >>> >>> People need to learn who to use email. It's very easy. >>> >>> Chris Quarles >>> >>> Sent from my iPad >>> >>> >>> On Mar 4, 2014, at 12:01 PM, Scott Burns <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The decision was made many many moons ago to make the default REPLY TO >>> address the address of the original sender, rather than the mopo-l address. >>> This was done because there were several instances of people who had meant >>> their reply be private to the post’s original author but instead the >>> message went out to MoPo at large. >>> We can revisit this decision if you like, but I do remember a couple of >>> very private negotiations that accidentally went public. >>> You can always use REPLY ALL, then your post gets sent to the original >>> author AND the group. >>> Opinions on changing the REPLY default? >>> Scott >>> MoPo List Owner >>> From: MoPo List [ mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy >>> Barr >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 7:02 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo >>> I suspect part of the problem is that when you click on 'reply' it >>> addresses the response to only the original sender by default, and you have >>> to scroll down to send to all the subscribers. Might be better if that >>> could be reversed. >>> Tommy >>> On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 8:15 AM, JOHN REID Vintage Movie Memorabilia >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> In the last few years I have been getting a lot of private responses and >>> comments from MoPo members. It does seem that MoPo generates a great deal >>> of discussion but a lot of it is "Offlist" for the recipient only so the >>> thoughts of various members are never made public to the entire list. I >>> wonder if this is just applicable to MoPo because all of the email >>> addresses are readily available. I would imagine that this wouldn't happen >>> so much on the other discussion boards because it takes more time and >>> effort to contact members off list. Maybe it might be better for people to >>> post their thoughts publicly rather than private emails which defeats the >>> purpose of a discussion board. >>> Just an observation. >>> >>> JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA >>> Websites: >>> www.moviemem.com >>> www.OzeFilm.com >>> www.OzeMoviePoster.com >>> www.OzeAuction.com >>> www.BodyCorporateNews.com >>> Facebook: >>> www.facebook.com/moviemem >>> Mailing Address: >>> John Reid >>> PO Box 92 >>> Elanora >>> Qld 4221 >>> Australia >>> 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. >>> 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. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> 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. >> >> Kirby McDaniel >> MovieArt Original Film Posters >> P.O. 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