So you are both saying (if) there is a couple of million posters
changing hands each year and if only 20,000 are fakes and repros it's
ok? (one tenth of 10%)
Would it not be better to warn people there are fakes out there and keep
an eye out, or do we just do an eBay and ignore it and let people get
burnt? Besides, my comment was a general one applying to all collecting
hobbies, by chance it proved to be very current when eBay admitted they
would rather bank the dollar than worry about the small people who get
stung.
Anyway, does it matter if I use a bit of hype to promote my business as
well? Am I the first?
Jeff Potokar wrote on 14/11/2014 4:14 PM:
Well said, Kirby, well said.
And repros FLOODING the market??
Not quite.....
It's more like untrue marketing hype, methinks.
On Nov 13, 2014, at 9:02 PM, Kirby McDaniel imap mail wrote:
Are reproductions and counterfeits �flooding� the market? Really?
I don�t think so. Sure, there have been some fakes and some chicanery.
But the vast majority of movie posters out there are authentic.
I wish bidll good luck, certainly.
But the idea that most collectors are going to encounter fakes
wholesale is just not true.
Think about the millions of movie posters that exist. And then think
about
what percentage of these you believe to be fake. In my experience it
isn�t even one tenth of one percent if that!
Kirby McDaniel
www.movieart.com <http://www.movieart.com>
On Nov 13, 2014, at 10:45 PM, Jeff Potokar <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Dave,
How did these various newspapers and media outlets get wind of bidll
in the first place, in order to do these stories?
Did you (or an associate) contact them is some capacity to let them
know?
Jeff
On Nov 13, 2014, at 7:57 PM, David Rew wrote:
This today:
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/ebay-admits-it-banned-a-whistleblower-2014-11#ixzz3InwbUQu0
This also today
http://www.onyamagazine.com/arts-culture/film/glenhaven-movie-poster-collector-finds-a-way-to-share-his-hobby-with-the-world/
/With reproductions and counterfeits flooding the market and major
retailers also using the sites as another outlet for their
products, Mr Rew said finding original collectible bargains was
becoming more difficult.//
//
//�It�s become less about finding that special piece for your
collection and more about shopping for everything else. As a
collector I don�t want to wade through all the everyday retail
items, the reproductions, the reprints and the knock-offs just to
find that special piece I need for to my collection.�//
//
//Bidll will cater solely for passionate collectors with reprints,
reproductions, fakes and counterfeits banned.//
/
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regards,
*David Rew*
bidll.com <http://bidll.com>
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