I may not be Bruce's biggest fan but full marks to him for this gesture. On Mon, 7 Apr 2025, 18:09 Bruce Hershenson, <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *WE AT EMOVIEPOSTER.COM <http://EMOVIEPOSTER.COM> HAVE UPDATED OUR > NON-U.S. SHIPPING POLICIES TO COMBAT THE INSANE TARIFFS! IMPORTANT > ANNOUNCEMENT 4/07/2025First, some background. As many of you know, for most > of the 1980s I spent my days trading stock options on the floor of the > Philadelphia Stock Exchange. This included October 20, 1987, when the U.S. > Stock Market fell by its greatest percentage loss ever, almost 23% in a > single day. So I feel I have qualifications to comment on the current world > events that have caused global stock markets to plunge (but not nearly by > as much as in 1987).The current events are a "man-made" catastrophe, caused > by the actions of one man, adding staggering tariffs, that have now > triggered a global trade war. While this is terrible, it is something that > can be reversed in a moment, simply by recognizing the mistake of doing so, > and canceling the tariffs.AND IT IS BECAUSE I FEEL THIS IS CERTAIN TO > HAPPEN (either sooner or later), I MAKE THIS OFFER TO ALL OF OUR NON-U.S. > BIDDERS:We already offer all of our bidders an unheard of SIXTEEN WEEKS of > "Pay and Hold". This means that you can pay for your purchases and wait up > to 16 weeks after you win the first ones to have them shipped.EFFECTIVE > IMMEDIATELY, I WANT ALL NON-U.S. BUYERS TO PUT THEIR PURCHASES ON PAY AND > HOLD (unless you have an urgent need to get the items sooner, and then we > WILL send them to you, but of course, any tariffs you might incur would be > beyond our control.I say this because I feel SO strongly that the tariffs > will be gone before 16 weeks are up, and the moment they are you can have > your purchases sent (and of course, you can also have them sent at any time > in-between).WHAT IF THERE ARE SOMEHOW STILL TARIFFS COME 16 WEEKS FROM NOW? > If this is somehow so, we are extending the maximum length of Pay and Hold > for non-U.S. customers only to ONE FULL YEAR! Surely this situation will be > resolved by then, but if somehow not, I will be open to extending it even > further.And as you likely know, we have a giant walk-in vault, and all > expensive orders on Pay and Hold are stored there, so security of your > purchases is not an issue.And of course I very much hope this is "much ado > about nothing" and that the tariffs will go away as quickly as they came, > but I want you all to know we are there for you in this way, and we have > been in every way for 35 years (and THIS is what makes us so very different > from EVERY other auction, poster or otherwise).* > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
