why does he need to respond Tommy?
Those of you who don't like the BP can bid or not
if you choose, HA isn't going to eliminate the BP
because some people don't like it
so what comment would he make?
they have a BP. It's not a hidden cost. When I
buy something, my only concern is getting it for
a price I can deal with. Lately, because I'm
largely winnowed down to needing the expensive or
rare items, I'm having to deal with bigger prices
and almost nothing I buy is under $100. in which
case the bp means nothing to me, especially as I
account for it when I'm bidding, always. I have a
little paper chart next to the computer for the
sig auctions so I can check it easily
the first time I ever bid in a live auction, I
was confused by the BP. This would have been at a
local auction to where I was living at the time.
First time I bid at Christies in the 1980s, they had a BP.
I've grown up paying BP..
if I don't want to pay the BP, I don't bid.
exactly what solution would you be expecting Grey to post for you?
Rich
At 03:44 PM 6/17/2016, Tommy Barr wrote:
'Grey doesn't have time to mess with the group.
he's making money for his employer'
Really? We know HA access this site as they
promote their listings here, but he is so busy
making money that he simply ignores a forum of
collector/dealers, possibly some of his best
clients, when his business model is being
criticized, and that's not corporate arrogance?
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 11:29 PM, MPB Warehouse
<<mailto:wareho...@comic-art.com>wareho...@comic-art.com> wrote:
unlike HA who have no outlay other than the cost of listing the item.
sorry Tommy, that is such a simplistic
definition of the work involved in A) listing
material for sale.. and B) being in business
I wish it was as simple as snapping my fingers,
but first you have to gather (in HA's case) 500 posters
then you have to send them down to the photography dept
then they have to be individually catalogued
then the catalogued list needs to be converted or uploaded etc to the site
you have to promote the auctions
you have to answer the questions
then you have to have the orders pulled individually
you have to send them down to shipping
shipping has top package & post them
all that is just the A)
the B) is that you have to pay for your website, your rent, your lights.
you have to pay your employees, your software designer
you have to pay for all that advertising you do
I probably haven't even touched the surface
this is why I have fewer auctions, even when we
work out the bugs on the new software - the
labor is extensive and I have other stuff to do
as I said before, the silence from HA on this forum is quite deafening.
Grey doesn't have time to mess with the group.
he's making money for his employer
Tommy
On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 10:39 PM, Kirby
McDaniel <<mailto:ki...@movieart.com>ki...@movieart.com> wrote:
David is correct.ÃÂ Who wants to work for NOTHING?
Thanks, David.
Kirby McDaniel
On Jun 17, 2016, at 4:37 PM, David
<<mailto:shadow....@gmail.com>shadow....@gmail.com> wrote:
Have read all comments I guess the overriding
point is going to be one of cost. Like
everyone, it costs the same to handle a $200
poster as it does a $20 and so rather than
turn away business at the bottom end HA are
are simply going to charge you for it - why
shouldn't they? How many dealers sell posters for a $1, and are happy to do so?
I bet there is very few, most would not even
bother stocking a $1 poster let alone selling
one. Try selling a poster on eBay for $1 - by
the time eBay take their slice of the action,
the cost of materials, your time what's left for you?
For others who sell via their websites you
probably already know you can set a minimum
purchase value on the shopping cart - if you
have set one then what's the difference between you and HA?
It's expensive to sell stuff cheap.
David
Tommy Barr wrote on 16/06/2016 7:21 PM:
Just noticed that from this weekend Heritage
Auctions is charging a minimum buyer's
commission of $19, an increase of 36%. I just wonder how they justify that?
Tommy
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