Happy 2025 to all! On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 11:29 AM Phillip Ayling <[email protected]> wrote:
> I totally agree with Allen and Jeffrey. > > Bruce does an amazing job and it is reflected through every individual > e-movieposter employee that I have been privileged to deal with. > > > > Best wishes to all in 2025! > > > > *From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey > Meyer > *Sent:* Thursday, December 26, 2024 6:54 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] eMoviePoster.com has averaged $6 million in sales > per year for EIGHT years! > > > > Bruce you are the best and honest with buyers and sellers. I lover using > emovieposter for both selling and buying. > ------------------------------ > > *From:* MoPo List <[email protected]> on behalf of Bruce > Hershenson <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, December 26, 2024 9:46 AM > *To:* [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [MOPO] eMoviePoster.com has averaged $6 million in sales > per year for EIGHT years! > > > > Thanks Allen! I pay the employees a lot, and I give them a significant > percentage of the profits at the end of each year on top of that. > > But (to me) just as important as that, I every day show them in words how > important they are to the business and to me. > > The top six people are almost as important to the business as I am, and is > the "secret" to how well we do (for ourselves, and for our consignors, and > buyers). > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > > > On Thu, Dec 26, 2024 at 8:38 AM allen day <[email protected]> wrote: > > fantastic consistent results > > > > keeping employees is a major accomplishment > > > > kudos > > > > ad > > > > On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 9:46 PM Bruce Hershenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > *My company's (eMoviePoster.com's) final 2024 total sales were > $5,689,164.00. This means we have averaged $6 million per year for EIGHT > years and we keep setting LOTS of individual records!* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *But even more impressive is that in 2019 we held 140,000 auctions, while > in 2020 we "only" had 100,000 auctions, and in 2021 we "only" had 75,000 > auctions, and in 2022 through this year we "only" had 54,000 auctions per > year.In 2022 we had six major auctions, but (because I was tired of working > so hard year round!) in 2023 and 2024 we only had four major auctions each > year.So why do our sales hold pretty steady when we keep lowering the > number of overall auctions and major auctions each year?This is because our > selling price per auction keep rising drastically as the number of annual > auctions we have run has fallen by two-thirds over 5 years (it has almost > tripled)!Why have we continued to have strong sales growth virtually every > year with one-third the auctions, and one-third fewer major auctions?There > are eight reasons for this:1 We far and away charge the lowest rates at > every price level of any major auction and we prove it > here: https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#absoluteproof > <https://www.emovieposter.com/learnmore/?page=consign_major#absoluteproof>2 > We get higher prices overall than any other auction at every price level, > when you compare "apples to apples and oranges to oranges" (even if you > accept the many "false results" other auctions often report).3 We do a > better job of auctioning than any major auction (how buyers AND consignors > are treated, before, during, and after every transaction).4 We have very > loyal bidders (70,000+ to date) and consignors (3,365 to date), many of > whom we have dealt with for five or ten or more years, quite a few for > nearly our entire 35 year history!5 eBay continues to implode. It has no > quality control over their sellers, so the good auctioneers get lumped in > with the many bad ones, and their business continue to decline. Most former > regular eBay bidders are now mostly only bidding with us, and most former > eBay sellers are now mostly only selling through us!6 Other major auctions > regularly alienate their consignors AND their bidders, due to many shady > auction practices, including massive deceptive "25%, $29 minimum buyers > premiums" (that deceive sellers) and over-grading what they auction, and/or > enhancing images and "missing" restoration or defects that their items > have.7 We have the best employees of any major movie poster auction, 19 in > all. Over the years we have continually refined what we do, and a high > percentage of our best employees have been here between ten and twenty > years each!8 We DON'T have fancy offices, showrooms, or exhibit space, or > printed catalogs! We put all the savings from not having those things into > having NO buyers premiums, charging actual shipping cost and having 16 > weeks of Pay and Hold, and many other ways that let our bidders and our > consignors get a better deal than at any other auction!What will the future > hold? We don't know, so you will just have to come back here a year from > now and find out! But we HAVE committed to keeping this company going > exactly as it is for ONE more years (at least), and I am loving the new > eMoviePoster.com (with far fewer auctions, and far fewer low priced items) > so I may continue for years!So if YOU have excellent posters or related > items to sell, we don't know why you would not immediately consign them to > eMoviePoster.com, the #1 poster auction in the world, for 35 years and $119 > million in real sales!* > > > > > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > Virus-free.www.avg.com > <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail> > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the MoPo-L list, click the following link: > https://listserv.american.edu/scripts/wa-american.exe?SUBED1=MoPo-L&A=1 > > > > > -- > > Bruce Hershenson and the other 22 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we > take lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > > *Complete Buyer Protection > <http://www.emovieposter.com/unused/20120625ad_emovieposter_no_buyer_beware_buyer_warranty.jpg> > - *No time limit on our guarantees & *NO* buyer beware > *Hershenson Help Hotline > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/20120906_mcw_ad_hershenson_help_hotline_forsite.jpg> > - *Direct line to Bruce (our owner!) for urgent problems > Also, please read the following three pages of in-depth* Customer Reviews > *of our company *- Page 1 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page1.jpg>, > Page 2 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page2.jpg>, > Page 3 > <http://www.emovieposter.com/images/announcements/buyerreviews_page3.jpg>*, > which shows you in our customers' own words exactly what makes our company > and our auctions so very different from all others! > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
