When I was brand new to the poster world I contact Sue of Hollywood Poster Frames. I told her I had Grand Hotel and she said I could go on a place called MOPO, but be prepared to get slammed. She said I would find out who wanted the poster. I thought it couldn't be that bad. By the end the story was I stole it from a farmer or some strange deal and other totally false stories. Others said what an ugly poster it was and on and on. Not too much in the positive except from Bruce H and Doug. I don't post or follow as much as I used to, but really enjoy the interaction and getting to know many of you. Even though it is mainly just through the internet. Cheers, Brek
----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas B Taylor" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 5:16:21 PM Subject: Re: [MOPO] current conversation on shipping at Heritage I still find it difficult to sit down, after the blistering I got from my first post that had about 20 poster images of my want list. Ouch. Doug Taylor From: [email protected] Sent: Monday, July 13, 2015 1:53 AM To: MOPO Yes, we've had some grand flame wars during the history of MOPO! This was a mere skirmish in comparison. I 've only threatened one poster person with bodily harm, and that was over the phone. This guy wanted to buy a poster from me but kept dragging his heels, wouldn't send a deposit, and was generally not somebody I wished to deal with anymore. Someone else offered me a ton of dough for the same poster and I sold it. This guy called me and became incredibly unpleasant, insulting me and basically calling me a crook, a scumbag,....the usual dickhead repertoire of lame insults. I calmly reminded him that he had every chance to purchase the poster but did not come through with anything resembling a payment. I also calmly reminded him that i had his physical address and would be happy to show up at his doorstep in a couple of hours with another linen backed one sheet which i would then insert in his back passage without the use of lubricating liquids. Free of charge. I'm a generous fellow. (It is very, very hard to piss me off, by the way, but....THIS guy was a piece of work.) I never heard from him again. Sometimes, the written word just doesn't convey a message as well as the warm, soothing sound of the human voice, does it? Carry on, my fellow poster dorks! Greg Douglass ---- David Kusumoto <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, all this is true, but as a member since the 1990s, things have a way of working themselves out, with Scott having to jump in only a handful of times. People kind of police themselves and/or things usually die out on their own. And in my view, there have been way more horrific fights over genuine scams that have been battled out than this. I confess that watching the occasional "verbal" fracas break out sometimes reveals character and temperamental thresholds that were not meant to be seen. As a news vulture, we love this; this is why "disgruntled employees" and "disgruntled customers" are the source of most stories. So long as no one gets physically hurt - nor is threatened with physical harm in public or private - (the latter which HAS occurred in the past) - I'm indifferent. -d. > > Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2015 16:48:42 +1000 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: current conversation on shipping at Heritage > To: [email protected] > > Hi Franc > > thanks for your comment. I certainly agree with you - censorship is not a > good thing. However, surely we can have some basic rules where by if you make > posts personally attacking others using the 'F' and any other words like it > then they should not be used. On the topic of private messages being > published then that I think is a point in time where an administrator should > step in and say a rule of the forum has been broken. Otherwise the > word'private' has no meaning and the forum becomes like the wild west and > anybody can abuse anyone without consequence. Belonging to a forum that has > that potential is scary. > > Regards > > BenAll About Movies www.allaboutmovies.com.auFrom: Franc [ > mailto:[email protected] ] > Sent: Sunday, 12 July 2015 3:57 PM > To: Ben Wadley > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] current conversation on shipping at Heritage Ben, while I > don't disagree with your sentiment, I'm also not in favor of censorship in > connection with this board. I'm also not in favor of people who troll the > board with never a nice thing to say about anything, looking to start an > argument. That's my opinion. Franc > > Sent from my iPad > On Jul 11, 2015, at 9:13 PM, Ben Wadley <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi to you all.. I have been watching this conversation slowly degenerate over > the past few days. I am not sure what others think but, personally I would > appreciate it if those that feel it necessary to carry on with a slanging > match and start using inappropriate language that all of us have to read , > stop doing so. I belong to other forums in other industries and we have a > ruling were we professionally respect each other and are forbidden to > publically abuse one another regardless if we agree or disagree with a > comment. If we do not keep to this ruling then the administrator of the forum > boots us off. There are simply better ways of getting your point of view > across. If you feel you must get down to this level then do it privately to > the person intended. Scott, what about stepping in here ? If not, then I feel > Mopo has lost its way and will lose its members if this is the standard that > is allowed to keep going forward. 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