But you are, Allen! I use a full keyboard and just rattled off random names of people with whom I've written to or received personal notes from. John Reid and John Hazelton and Alan Adler and Allen Day and a whole host of others like Tom and Sue and Greg and Kirb, pretty much the same group including the gallery owners like Sam and Matt. I miss Adrian Cowdry the most perhaps because his emails were a riot. I've long patched up my issues with the dealers from the late 90s and early 2000s who just couldn't stand my MCW-length essays but there are still a lot of people (nearly all dealers) - who aren't shy telling me I'm full of s### every time I show up. Cheers! ________________________________ From: allen day <aday5...@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 5:42 AM To: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com> Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Not responding
By the by .. you spelled my name incorrectly A-L-L-E-N, not Alan (aaand yes, I know I am not the guy mentioned in your post) ad On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 8:00 AM David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> wrote: * Well considering that Peter is the founder of MoviePosterExchange, of course he'd prefer that none of these complaints were brought up publicly in the first place. I didn't. Others did. And of course he - and you, the owner of MoviePosterBid<https://www.mpb.auction/auctions/> - prefer that only people with complaints should talk about this - (in public) - while everyone else should keep their mouths shut. Well, that's not gonna happen so long as you keep stringing things out with insults - over what I thought was a done deal. [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img924/4132/iKpwC5.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1&trfcallwremmrk=1] * But guess what, you're not a complainant either. You're just an amicus brief for "aggrieved" merchants - while I see myself as being a friend to both customers AND merchants - armed with far less poison. So your involvement, your whole line of argument is beyond contradictory - because it's a line travels a complete circle back to yourself, and you have a blind spot so big that you can't even see it. * I've got no beef with Peter and regard him highly, at least compared to his former biz partner back in the day who had a promo for a famous Fritz Lang 3-sheet that was seized shortly after it went up. I should have probably shut up about that too, huh. Not my place, right? But ok for the Hollywood Reporter and other news outlets to chime in. *shrug* ---- * Meanwhile, you should clean up your own house of cards in relation to movie poster auctions - before defending or slagging the operations of any poster re-seller you love or hate. Your incessant defecation of movie posters as a terrible investment collectible in relation to other collectibles - is YOUR trademark message, at least compared to your stock in trade, i.e., comics. You never stop making this point - betwixt and between commenting on the news of the day as if you're Paul Krugman or Wm. F. Buckley. OK, point made, we get it, along with your over-use of the word, "analog" to compare different categories of collectibles like some high-falutin' art professor at Columbia. Don't really disagree. * You may have 40-60 years expertise as a hustler / salesman - but your public slagging of posters only arrives after several sputtering / failed merry-go-rounds on your part - trying to make a go of posters as a profitable auction enterprise for yourself. Hence the reason why the "auction" portion of your creation, movieposterbid.com<https://www.mpb.auction/auctions/> - is a moribund reminder of that failure. It's a fixed price site today - with no auctions for, well, maybe as long as three years now. Guess there's no need to update that page. There's always hope. * Unlike the Bruces, the Greys, the two Johns, the Helmuts, the Sams, the Kirbs and Alans and Dales and on-and-on - (sorry to drag you guys into this but you are who I trust, no need to respond) - who continue to co-exist with great reputations among customers AND with fellow merchants. *Mensches all.* ---- * I know what people say about me is not complimentary. But when you're gonna die sooner rather than later, fewer years ahead than behind - you don't really care. I do try to be fair. * But I don't think you yourself really KNOWS what people say about you - and if you do - you likely wear your short-fuse temper like a self-hating badge of honor. You can't stop getting personal in your writing, in my view projecting an aura that suggests that you see yourself as a Tony Soprano hit-man or a self-appointed MoPo policeman - (a job that only belongs to Scott Burns) - to counterpoint or to kill anyone who disagrees by pounding them into tomorrow. So I'm trying that playbook in response to your latest insult to see how it feels - trying to not sound too crass. * In my view, your rude articulation skills have never been a good look that persuades others who are armed with hilarious stories collected and shared about your own quirks, proclivities and tastes. But I guess this doesn't matter because you can't be hurt at MoPo because posters aren't your bag except to acquire something for yourself. * Your aptitude for warm personal relations is a big fail, closer to a wannabe Lee J. Cobb character - (a great actor, BTW) - in "On the Waterfront," you know, "Hit 'em first before they hit you, every man for himself, we're a law-abiding union." (Furtively hides his guns in the safe.) You humble brag your resume but it arrives shortly before you get fed up and use euphemisms for, "You're a dead man" - e.g., like that time you physically threatened another person on these boards - whose posts you didn't like. All documented. ---- * Your writing might be relatable to others of your type - but I don't think it's relatable to the customer equation - unless that customer is a re-seller YOU know personally. It exposes you as being egregiously one-sided with no flex for other opinions - even when contrarian opinions belong to merchants who are ALSO customers afflicted. I've no dog in this squabble otherwise. You could also make the case of staying quiet. You did not. Nor did I. I think you jumped in only because I did first. * I snickered when you bragged that you've been so helpful - while conceding you "can only do much" from your Vegas outpost. You humble-brag elsewhere about making millions - but you know, you really can't help anyone, really, even your friends - the flag you waved in your last post. * So to me, what have you done? Your help falls well short of my example when I tried - (but also failed) - to rescue Carol Tincup before she died - when she had similar issues falling behind trying to deliver services she promised - for which she took up-front deposits - but went silent and responded to NO ONE - even after her customers complained in public. Friend or not, I advised fellow merchants and collectors to hold off sending stuff until she cleared her backlog. If I knew how Jason operates, how his day unfolds - I might say the same but won't - because I don't. I was just reflecting about customer complaints that go public when there are plenty of warning flags that go up well before they become "public knowledge." This doesn't preclude me or ANYONE from weighing in about customer service issues - which can impact a small business's reputation and a client's dollars. ---- * I'm just bluster and words, a lowly member of the "peanut gallery," as you put it. And in my view you're hardly MoPo's version of Joan of Arc, sacrificing yourself at the stake as if you're some titan, some noble dude - using your body and rep as a shield against interlopers like me - as if they need it, as if they can't speak for themselves, when I'm not parrying anyone with aggression like you routinely do. Now you're doing it against me, a dude who's likely ALSO been around a helluva lot longer than you've been alive. You really think I'm clueless after nearly 30 years on MoPo. * In sum - just three final words (maybe) - for you: "You poor thing." [https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/2015/q0oX7j.jpg?trnonsuspmrk=1&trfcallwremmrk=1] ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of sales comic-art.com<http://comic-art.com/> <sa...@comic-art.com<mailto:sa...@comic-art.com>> Sent: Wednesday, October 4, 2023 2:25 AM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Not responding thanks Peter, and of course it's a fair point Tommy Barr has a fair complaint, Sam has a fair complaint. David has no complaint. Jason is having trouble. I've tried helping him some, but I can only help so much from here. I hope he can get out from under. But you can be sure when some braying jackass comes out berating him, and with that "you owe the movie poster hobby Mister", that's baloney. Jason doesn't owe anything to anyone other than the people who are buyers, or consignors and most especially to himself. Other people should indeed mind their own business Jason can & will fix his own problems and shouldn't be dragged by some third party buttinsky, and when some sniveling simp is going to drag my friend, I'm going to speak up. David's childish reply only shows how much of a sniveling simp he is shut up David. mind your own business ________________________________ From: peter contarino <mpexchangeu...@gmail.com<mailto:mpexchangeu...@gmail.com>> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 10:18 AM To: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Not responding I am not defending Jason or Rich but it seems to me that Rich makes a fair point. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 3:43 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Not responding * To suggest you should not weigh in on any controversy surfacing on a public forum - unless you yourself are directly impacted - suppresses opinions from members who have no stake in the outcome - or - that you yourself are a stakeholder. * However frowned upon, all members - myself and others below this post included - can weigh in - or not. I'm not from the school that says people should shut up unless they're personally aggrieved. That view - suggests some are taking sides anyway even when they say they're not. * I strongly believe disputes which go public - ALWAYS occur as a last resort - after weeks or months of frustration KNOWN by all parties. Does anyone doubt this? We hear publicly from the merchant being queried - only AFTER a second customer this week weighs in more forcefully than about being ghosted. ---- * 𝗜 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿. Below was the first time I weighed on this merchant whose name has surfaced not once, but multiple times in 2023 alone. If it happens once, no one cares. Happens twice, maybe some concern. Three times or more - that's a potential "pattern" linked to health or other issues beyond anyone's control. Or maybe not. * Merchants know this when a customer refuses to pay and has a history of ghosting other merchants. Just because they're stellar for you - doesn't mean they've been stellar for everyone. Customers know this too - when they pay or query a merchant and discover later that they're not alone receiving less than satisfactory responses, presuming they get any. ---- * Remember the Carol Tincup issue (RIP)? She was a great restorer. Numerous dealers and customers wrote on MoPo about non-delivery of their posters. * No one was explaining broadly - what was going on. So I did because I dealt with her. She had one of my items for more than a year but I stayed quiet about it - because I wanted it back and felt she could still do it. We spoke on the phone a lot. She had knee problems. Customers took their complaints to MoPo not knowing this. I did not know until other clients brought her up on MoPo - that I wasn't the only person waiting to hear from her. * I told her that she needs to tell people her situation, that people are forgiving about everything except intentional silence, that she is risking her reputation in our small community. When people go public like this, it can mean that others are seeing just the tip of an iceberg. I was extremely sympathetic. In my last emails and voice mails to her - I begged her to take my damage control advice. I spent an entire week leaving her messages. She ghosted me. At that moment, I wrote off in my head that what she had that was mine - was a complete loss. * It was only then - that I issued my public "opinion" - that people should hold off sending her more stuff until her backlog was cleared and her ongoing problems with merchants were resolved. I only found out she was angry with me - when my unfinished poster and a refund arrived in the mail 2 weeks later. I called her instantly. She had blocked my number. She refused to see that while there are two sides to everything - that ghosting causes people to think worst case scenarios. She had good reasons for her backlog. But via MoPo I discovered she had many customers waiting months to hear ANYTHING from her who were in the dark. I knew why but others didn't. I didn't think that was fair. I wasn't going to write individual emails to every complainant. ---- * There is no such thing as a convenient time to have such problems. Anyone who goes public with them - has likely thought about the consequences of asking others "out loud" - if they know what's going on. And someone in the "community" knows - even if they won't say. I bet there is someone besides the merchant in question who knows - but isn't saying - or is contacting people looking for answers privately. * That's what this group does best. And sometimes public opinions from others - is the cheapest solution to group-think inertia. ________________________________ From: peter contarino <mpexchangeu...@gmail.com<mailto:mpexchangeu...@gmail.com>> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 10:18 AM To: David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Cc: MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu> <MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu<mailto:MoPo-L@listserv.american.edu>> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Not responding I am not defending Jason or Rich but it seems to me that Rich makes a fair point. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 9:16 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Not responding Huh, odd to get a public insult from a lonely life form that writes like it goes to bed each night with spasms of self-loathing, chewing on its own spine. -d. ________________________________ From: sales comic-art.com<http://comic-art.com/> <sa...@comic-art.com<mailto:sa...@comic-art.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 8:00 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>>; David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Subject: Re: Not responding so do you have any unfinished business with Jason, or are you just the peanut gallery mouthing off again? ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 6:30 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Addendum - Not responding ADDENDUM to Friday, September 29, 2023 6:03 PM PT post: BTW, I didn't mean to imply that only merchants are at fault. There are customers who abuse their relationship with merchants - and feedback extortion or "give me what I want or else" threats do occur. There are customers who are never satisfied unless they get their money back AND push to keep items they don't want - and - on top of that they want more $$ to compensate for their mental anguish or some other vague aggravation. Word can and should spread about customers who are persistent headaches - as a "subjective advisory" for others on both sides of the seller and buyer equation. It's why a customer or merchant who complains in public - can be countered with customers / merchants who describe "stellar experiences." Yelp is not always a reliable forum to get a true picture of performance - nor is MoPo - but if patterns surface more than a few times among diverse customers and merchants - then that's what they are, "patterns." - d. -----Original comment below----- ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of David Kusumoto <davidmkusum...@hotmail.com<mailto:davidmkusum...@hotmail.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 6:03 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Not responding How about responding to the whole group as well - to avoid adverse consequences to your business model in relation to the 250+ members of the MoPo group? The following is my opinion and not necessarily fact: When people use any public forum to resolve issues, it's almost ALWAYS the course of last resort. It means unresolved issues have been festering for weeks, months or even longer. When a customer or customers go public - it's because they're on the edge of desperation. And if the merchant in question responds with something like - "We apologize for the delay and someone will get back to you tomorrow" - well, that has about as much credibility as saying, "the check is in the mail" or "I never got any of your messages." * If delays are due to family or health issues which can't be helped, people are very forgiving up to a point. But if service / delivery issues recur and are spread across more than 1-2 customers who say "yeah, me too" - a merchant then loses control of his or her story and any effort to resolve problems one-on-one - go out the window. The problems convert into something broader that involves staying liquid and saving the business over reputational issues beyond a merchant's control - because future potential customers - are now likely to pause before forking over future dollars for services reported as being undelivered or being unsatisfactory. Meanwhile, other customers in limbo - will stay quiet - because they want their money back - and if they do - they eventually join the "never again" bad-word-of-mouth campaign that spreads like wildfire. This is why a damn good explanation is required that makes sense. * Merchants who feel targeted - understand this principle better when the tables are turned. For example, you send me $300 for a flat-panel TV and I convert it quickly into cash and I then cancel my accounts to block future charge backs / refunds - and then ghost a pile of voice mails from people asking, "Sorry to bother you but why the delay?" The aforementioned is hyperbole, but customers and merchants aren't mind-readers - and worst case scenarios pop into their heads, even if they're off. But if you heard that I have more than 1-2 customers griping about my services or products - even politely - you're unlikely to think too much of my reliability score. -d. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Jason Edgerley <jasonedger...@gmail.com<mailto:jasonedger...@gmail.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 4:31 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: Re: Not responding Yes the website is down and trying to remedy the problem and get orders out. Todd and Tommy I will be in touch tomorrow. On Sep 29, 2023, at 7:24 PM, Todd Feiertag <toddfeier...@msn.com<mailto:toddfeier...@msn.com>> wrote: "...is anyone having problems with movieposterexchange?" HA!! I paid for several items last April and NEVER received them. I've emailed Jason at least three times. He originally responded that he would send them out after he got back from the Columbus show on Memorial Day Weekend but that never happened. Emailed him several times afterwords with NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER!! I just checked and now it looks like the website is down. Not sure if it's too late to dispute the charge as it's been 5 months now but I plan on doing that with my credit card company. ________________________________ From: MoPo List <mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> on behalf of Tommy Barr <tommymb...@gmail.com<mailto:tommymb...@gmail.com>> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2023 7:17 PM To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> <MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>> Subject: [MOPO] Not responding I had hoped that it wouldn't be necessary to ask this again, but is anyone having problems with movieposterexchange? 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