Re: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
I am really in the dark here. First you say ebay is not an auction. Then what have I been bidding on for 8 years with almost 1000 wins and many more items thatI was outbid on? Just the other day for a Wasp Woman insert i came in third.Was I outbid in an auction or not? Secondly--If a person is willing to sell something at a price and another person is willing to pay that price, then why isn't that the value of the item? Are you saying that regardless of when two people enter into a contract where one sells and the other buys that the value they have established is wrong and that only someone else can tellthem what the item really is worth? I have no clue as to what your point here is. Please explain asI just can't figure it out and believe me I am not being sarcastic here. I just cannot understand your point. Claude 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.
[MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
AKA: WHAT WOULD CHARLIE CHAN DO? I'm wondering what others' thoughts are on a situation I'm in. I've run a one-sheet for CHARLIE CHAN IN DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS on EBAY the last 2 weeks. First off, I ran it as a featured item with a price starting around $250. It didn't sell. Then, I ran it as a regular listing with a starting price of $175. and a Buy It Now of $195. It still didn't sell. Feeling frustrated and as if I had wildly miscalculated the value of the poster, I decided to go for broke and start it out at $.99. (that is, under a dollar). So far the poster is at about $10. which seems laughable but who knows what this thing is really worth (maybe it really is an unimportant title in the Charlie Chan canon). In the meanwhile, a buyer has e-mailed me and said he meant to get in touch with me a few weeks back after the featured auction and if I pulled it, he would send me an immediate payment of $130. My thought on this is that the corrrect thing to do is to just let the auction run its course and advise him to bid accordingly. What do people here think? Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=2321item=7522426572 Thanks, Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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.
Re: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
Dude, Never turn down freely given dollars, bird in hand and no bush in site. freeman fisher8601 west knoll #7west hollywood, CA90069 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.
Re: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
Ebay, like any auction - ebay really isn't an auction, in my opinion - or ebay Buy It Now simply reflects how a certain set of potential buyers - those that actually see the listing - react to your offer. Some people think that because they bought a poster on ebay for, say, $750, that $750 is the value of that poster, which is nonsense, of course. Some buyers are very ebay-centric. Ebay certainly is a major player in the movie poster market, but the world is bigger than ebay. I've been able to make a very fine living and rarely selling on ebay. Now... to your dilemma. You have a bid of $10.00. It is patently unfair to your bidder(s) to take that auction down. In fact, you don't even know what has been bid. If you had no bids at all, that would be a different story. I would then say you could do whatever you liked. If no one has committed, then I would say you don't have to. Kirby McDaniel www.movieart.net On Jun 12, 2005, at 5:10 PM, channinglylethomson wrote: AKA: WHAT WOULD CHARLIE CHAN DO? I'm wondering what others' thoughts are on a situation I'm in. I've run a one-sheet for CHARLIE CHAN IN DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS on EBAY the last 2 weeks. First off, I ran it as a featured item with a price starting around $250. It didn't sell. Then, I ran it as a regular listing with a starting price of $175. and a Buy It Now of $195. It still didn't sell. Feeling frustrated and as if I had wildly miscalculated the value of the poster, I decided to go for broke and start it out at $.99. (that is, under a dollar). So far the poster is at about $10. which seems laughable but who knows what this thing is really worth (maybe it really is an unimportant title in the Charlie Chan canon). In the meanwhile, a buyer has e-mailed me and said he meant to get in touch with me a few weeks back after the featured auction and if I pulled it, he would send me an immediate payment of $130. My thought on this is that the corrrect thing to do is to just let the auction run its course and advise him to bid accordingly. What do people here think? Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItemcategory=2321item=7522426572 Thanks, Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
Seems the answer isn't all that hard. Are you interested in taking $130 for the poster? Do you really thank it's worth more and you're willing to pass up this offer, or are you willing to risk that you won't get a better one through auction? If you're that afraid you could always just end the auction, saying it's no longer available (hey, everyone will think you sold it anyways). And then try again later when you think the interest is greater. Who knows, when the right people are watching it might be worth your original $250. So ultimately, is $130 for it now better than the risk that it won't sell for that much? Then again, if you're in no big hurry, like I said, just end it now and list it again in two months. You never know how quick things can change sometimes, considering the auction business is directly based on who's watching when. 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.
Re: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please!
Hey, Irecently bought this very poster in fine conditionin a private deal for $200 bucks and considered it a very good price -- I based that evaluation on what similar Chans had been going for in many places... including eBay and other auction venues and what the retail prices are on various websites. I'm very surprised yours didn't get snapped up at the $195 Buy It Now price, but this is summer and the auction doldrums have set in, I guess -- it just happened that the right people didn't see the auction that week. This is a big problem with the 7-to-10 day time frame of an eBay auction. One of the reasons the "big sales" by Bruce and Heritage often get higher prices is because they are well-advertised weeks if not months in advance and that gives a lot more people a chance to become aware that a particular poster they are interested in will be coming onto the block). As for your dilemma, I wouldn't take anything like $130 for it unless you're truly desperate for a little cash. Anything less than $200 for any 1940's Chan one-sheet in fine condition is a flat-out steal. I will gladly entertain private offers to sell me 1940's one-sheet Chans in fine condition for $130 any time. Please. Call me. -- JR - Original Message - From: channinglylethomson To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2005 17:10 Subject: [MOPO] Charlie Chan's Dilemma! Assistance Please! AKA: WHAT WOULD CHARLIE CHAN DO?I'm wondering what others' thoughts are on a situation I'm in. I've runa one-sheet for CHARLIE CHAN IN DOCKS OF NEW ORLEANS on EBAY the last 2weeks. First off, I ran it as a featured item with a price startingaround $250. It didn't sell. Then, I ran it as a regular listing with astarting price of $175. and a Buy It Now of $195. It still didn't sell.Feeling frustrated and as if I had wildly miscalculated the value ofthe poster, I decided to go for broke and start it out at $.99. (thatis, under a dollar). So far the poster is at about $10. which seemslaughable but who knows what this thing is really worth (maybe itreally is an unimportant title in the Charlie Chan canon). In themeanwhile, a buyer has e-mailed me and said he meant to get in touchwith me a few weeks back after the featured auction and if I pulled it,he would send me an immediate payment of $130. My thought on this isthat the corrrect thing to do is to just let the auction run its courseand advise him to bid accordingly. What do people here think?Here's the link:http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemcategory=2321item=7522426572Thanks, Channing Thomson in San Francisco 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. 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.
