All this public speculations about my intentions...
I have stated several times Charley and I are not regular buyers or sellers. We
simply own posters. We own posters because we love movies and worked in the
film industry for 50 years. During this period, we acquired lots of
movie-related goods.
We're at an age where we are downsizing.
We ended up ebaying some stuff, donating other stuff to charity, and using
Bruce & Heritage to auction off some posters.
Our experiences with Heritage were anything but pleasant.
So why do I post? What is my intention?
We believe that newsgroups like MOPO usually are dominated by people doing
business, mostly selling, but there are a lot of lurkers who are simply
interested. These lurkers may be minor collectors, or people who are too busy
or unwilling to spend the time it takes to actively post.
As a long-time MOPO lurker, I've learned a lot about the business from reading
postings. Even stuff like dirt on "fleabay" or international shipping I've
copied onto my clipboard.
Why do I post?
Why? Because I wish that I had read posts about how to submit posters to
auction before sending my posters off...
In reality, I don't know if it would make much difference because the bottom
line is -- "If there's a will, there's a way..." Dale Ditts also said in any
consignment there's a risk of being ripped off, whether or not an inventory was
made.
To conclude, I've received emails from people off-list who have had similar bad
experiences. These are people who are on the peripheral edges of the hobby who
weren't interested in challenging the Goliaths and simply let it go because it
was just too much hassle.
I wish I could have benefited from the experiences of these people who emailed
me in the last week a couple of years ago. I sure would have done things
differently.
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