as with all emails , one can easily delete all that are not interesting ... with time it's become some announcers i delete without even opening them (like mexican lobbycards ) as long as it's informative all is cool , and i do agree with Bruce that with the quantity of items he auctions it is interesting enough for a lot of buyers , even for people who don't buy , just to have a look at posters , i see a lot of stuff there i've never seen ... same goes for the heritage auctions . I know some of my customers follow my auctions through the email i send through the mopo list , for all who are not interested , and i figure they're numerous , it's easy to delete it . filip
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 05:39:18 -0600 From: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOPO] About MoPo To: [email protected] It all makes a lot of sense. It is eMoviePoster.com that is the problem. Looking at February 15th to 20th, you can really see it. During that six day period we had 3,000 auctions closing, and I sent TEN MoPo emails. Six of them were about each of the sets of 999 auctions closing (two per set). One was a call for consignments for our upcoming April Major Auction. One was a general appeal for regular consignments. One was the announcement of the tens of thousands of new images we added to our free online Auction History Database. The last one was an announcement about our very first Tuesday auction from 2000 and how we tracked down the 11 buyers from that date who were still buyers, and sent them free gifts. By contrast, another auction that had around 500 auctions closing during that time sent FOUR MoPo emails over those 6 days. And another auction that had around 300 auctions closing sent FOURTEEN MoPo emails over those six days. Now really, is it "fair" that one auction should auction 3,000 items while others only auction one sixth or one tenth of that amount? So clearly eMoviePoster is to blame. How about limiting US to one post per week, but encouraging other auctions to post even more (at least once per day, if not more), so maybe that would help correct the "auction imbalance"? On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 5:25 AM, Neil Jaworski <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Richard Agree with all this, the sales posts aren't the problem per se, it's the lack of other posts (with more nutritional value) that stands out. The issue of supply & demand is interesting: will the recovering world economy help offset the vast amount of material now available? I was in a phase of not buying so much stuff, but the lower prices and strong £ have meant I've picked up a few things that I might not otherwise have bought. And genuinely rare stuff does seem to be doing very well. One final thought on sales posts, they can be a useful aide memoir but I think most MOPOers have their own systems for tracking what they want and a lot of these posts are preaching to the converted. Some of this energy could perhaps be better spent on attracting new people into the hobby and combat oversupply with increased demand. I'm convinced that there are still many people who aren't aware that they can buy and display original movie posters. Neil Sent from my iPad On 5 Mar 2014, at 08:02, Richard Evans <[email protected]> wrote: 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. 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