At the end of the day you should sell it for what you feel comfortable selling it for. In past instances where I knew it was just going to be flipped, unless they met my sale price I simply listed it on eBay for what I wanted to sell it for. That way they can either buy it and flip to the client if the profit margin makes sense for them to do it or the client will simply buy it from you if they see it. Any respectable dealer should understand the economics of it as if they were in the same situation as you they would do the same.
All the best. Sincerely, Paul W. Hazen > On Oct 13, 2017, at 9:13 AM, Phillip Ayling <[email protected]> wrote: > > I kind of lean towards ‘greed’, though I think more correctly it can > represent an inflexible or possibly immature business practice. If you have > an immediate sale/turnaround in play, then your profit margin can absolutely > be lower than the normal mark-up you need, but some people are just not able > to adjust from their theoretical benchmark. Something similar happens when > people continue to list an item way above market value. It might eventually > sell, but if it takes years and years, then it might mean that you overpriced > and inflation lowered your price for you. > > People are free of course, to do what they want, so over time it just informs > me about with whom I should deal. > > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tommy Barr > Sent: Friday, October 13, 2017 5:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [MOPO] Right price? > > All been a bit quiet here recently, so here is a hypothetical situation for > you to consider. A dealer advertises on MOPO that they are looking for a > particular poster, and you reply that you have one for sale at $500. They > respond that current auction prices are around $300, so you suggest that they > would have to wait for an auction then. You point out that they are likely > (according to past data) to be looking to sell the poster to their client > for around $1500, so your price is reasonable. Their answer is that, although > they haven't been able to find the item elsewhere, as a dealer it makes no > sense to 'overpay'. Does that in fact make sense, or are they just being > greedy? > > Tommy > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 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.
