I agree Rich and yet just as HA increases their weekly premium, the quality goes further into the toilet. Tonight's auction consists of bundled trash, and roughly 2/3 of the material isn't worth $49, let alone the $49 premium. I understand if the intention is to offer higher-quality material, but if that is the case, then get on with it and make the auctions worth looking at. It may be as you say that non-heritage auctions are selling $50 posters for $1, but heritage is currently selling $1 posters for $50.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2026 at 2:39 PM Rich Halegua <[email protected]> wrote: > Helmut > > I already did this three years ago, or just removed these low valued > items. It isn't worth the time to sell stuff below $100 for me, because my > business costs only keep increasing and I'm needing to make more and more > money to cover the bills and my own paycheck. > > fact: it costs at least $25 to cover the expense & time of selling > anything, and then there is merchandise costs, so where is the profit > margin? > > also, I honestly have no idea why people send low value posters to any > auction, beyond their own ability to sell them or having any interest to do > the shipping part. > > Campbell's soup isn't even $1 anymore and unlike poster dealers, the > supermarket sells through daily. I'll let Wal Mart & Wal Mart type auctions > sell $1 posters. > > Even the non-Heritage auctions that sell posters for $1 aren't selling $1 > posters. They're selling $50 posters for $1 (and being proud of it, for > some odd reason, as their daily promotions exclaim) or if it's on linen, > they're selling a $100 poster for that dollar, because as stated in their > promo, they won't take posters under $50 value and when they do, they > bundle them up in lots of 50-100 posters or more (netting the consignors > pennies per poster) > > selling low value posters for any business is in reality, a dead end, and > the only people who can afford to do that are those that sell from their > garage after they get home from their regular job, and just doing it for > extra cash. > > Auctions only take low value stuff in in order to get the higher value > material anyway. > > Rich > > > > On 1/6/2026 4:43 AM, Helmut Hamm wrote: > > Mmmh... If that's the road to success, I should probably copy it and stop > selling movie posters for €20 or €30 or €40 and introduce a minimum price > of €50 for everything I have. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net > > Gesendet: Dienstag, 6. Januar 2026 um 05:42 > *Von: *"Larry Brooks" > <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> > *An: *[email protected] > *Betreff: *[MOPO] Heritage .... Ouch! > Just received this in their new email. > > *Important Buyer’s Premium Change Notice:* Please note that for all Movie > Posters auctions closing after January 1st, 2026, the minimum Buyer's > Premium will be $49. > > ------------------------------ > > 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.
