We’ve been using UPS for everything over $299 domestically since the post office has felt iffy for some time now - and didn’t pay off on a couple of obvious PO handling errors. I got a tube in the mail sliced nearly in half and they wouldn’t pay up - and no one higher up to put eyes on the issue. We always fully insure and now get sign-offs at the other end. No problems in 2 years.
In that time, we've made friends with a couple of the folks who run our local, smaller UPS store (coincidentally, they used to ship for Profiles when they were in Los Angeles), and it's almost like we have a concierge service. Something goes missing - we call them, and they call up the ladder - very efficient - very focused - they care - and they help us fine-tune the parcels we ship. We take the PO and UPS Christmas baskets of snack food each year! The takeaway is to build a working relationship with whoever ships for you - whenever you can - try to use the same person or couple of people that are most experienced - that makes an incredible difference to the process and peace of mind. Alan > On Aug 17, 2026, at 12:59 PM, Helmut Hamm > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Same here. I have been shipping around the world for 30 years and hardly ever > had a problem. At one time, DHL Express lost a package from Japan. They > recovered it about six months later and called me to tell me that they had > long refunded the sender and asked if I still wanted it. I did. > > The only actual less I remember was a package to Canada. Canada Post claimed > they had delivered it but the sender said he never got it. I still have a > strong feeling that he managed to get hold of it without a signature and > decided to help himself to a free poster. > > Since Parcel Post is a major pain between Germany and the US I am sending > everything with UPS or sometimes DHL Express these days. At my rates, the > costs are similar and orders reliably arrive within 2-5 days. > > Also, for expensive posters I buy external insurance these days. I guess I am > getting feeble in my old days. > > Helmut > > www.filmposter.net > > Gesendet: Sonntag, 16. August 2026 um 22:52 > Von: "Moviemem Original Movie Posters" <[email protected]> > An: [email protected] > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Auction houses > I don’t have much choice sending auction items from Australia. It always > feels risky but I use the postal service and sometimes Fedex or UPS. Havent > had any problems in all the years I have been sending things to the US. > > > Regards > > > John > > > John Reid > > Moviemem Original Movie Posters > > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> > > From: Christopher Quarles <[email protected]> > Sent: 16 August, 2026 12:33 PM > To: Moviemem Original Movie Posters <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Auction houses > > > When you send higher end posters to a dealer/auction house, what method do > you use to send them and what about > > > Chris Quarles > > > On Sat, Aug 15, 2026 at 8:23 PM Moviemem Original Movie Posters > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > I have sent posters to Bruce, Propstore and Heritage over the years albeit > nothing to HA for several years. I have always found Bruce great to deal with > and have sent a huge amount of posters to him over the years. Everything has > sold and there is never an issue with payment or communication. Grey at > Propstore is also great to deal with. The best result I ever had was with > Heritage but that was around 10 years ago. Their high buyers premiem puts me > off a bit. I used to send a lot to Christies in London but I don’t think they > do much these days. > > > Regards > > > John > > > John Reid > > Moviemem Original Movie Posters > > www.moviemem.com <http://www.moviemem.com/> > > From: MoPo List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> On Behalf Of Susan Heim > Sent: 16 August, 2026 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Auction houses > > > I sent items to Propstore for the first time last year and did very well. I > have customers that have tried to contact Heritage to auction items off and > have never heard back after talking with two or three different people. I > told them that had never been the case in the past but I've now heard from a > few people that were having the same issue. Now, they had never auction > anything before so weren't familiar names to those at Heritage but one > customer in particular had some very high end piece to sell.....Grey at > Propstore, as he was when at Heritage is very nice to deal with. Depending > on what you have, I've had several customers over the past couple years send > material to Bruce at emovieposter.com <http://emovieposter.com/> and have > done very well. That's the scoop from my end. > > Good luck.........Sue - Hollywood Poster Frames and HollywoodPosters.com > > From: MoPo List <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of Rich Halegua > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2026 1:47 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Auction houses > > > send it here to Heritage. We do about 70 auctions a year now. > > Rich > > On 8/15/2026 12:15 PM, Michael Danese wrote: > > Hi gang, I’ve decided to sell a bunch of items from my collection over the > > next few months. Years ago I sold a lot on Heritage and was happy with the > > service and results. > > My question is - between Propstore and Heritage, what are your thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > Michael Danese > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > > <http://www.filmfan.com/> > > ___________________________________________________________________ > > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > <http://www.filmfan.com/> > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > 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 > > > 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.
