I closed my ebay shop when they announced their Managed Payment scheme and never looked back. I‘m now relying exclusively on sales from my website and in the store.
I have a ton of low-end posters not listed that might sell on ebay, but I have neither the time nor the inclination to bother. This is mostly material that would not make Bruce happy either. I briefly had the idea to put them up in bulk lots, but it turned out that my business seller account is currently blocked: I have registered the shop address on ebay, but my home address with the tax authorities. Turns out Big Brother does not like that and I would have to synchronize before I can list again. So this brief episode ended before it even started. Helmut > Gesendet: Donnerstag, den 18.08.2022 um 01:41 Uhr > Von: "Moviemem Original Movie Posters" <johnr...@moviemem.com> > An: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Betreff: Re: [MOPO] Ebay and their offensive policy > > Bruce > I still have two eBay Stores but the vast majority of my sales are through my > website which I am very thankful for. I first started selling on eBay in 1997 > and have been close to closing my stores but now have compromised a bit by > using the “Time Away” holiday option regularly. That actually works OK > because it gives me regular breaks from eBay and it also makes the listings > more prominent when I end the “time away” and reopen the store. > > The fees are high but the thing that I really find difficult is the Managed > Payment system. It is a nightmare for businesses to navigate when doing > quarterly tax returns and that is enough of a reason to put many sellers off > eBay altogether. > > Regards > > John > > > From: MoPo List [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU] On Behalf Of Bruce > Hershenson > Sent: 18 August, 2022 9:26 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU > Subject: Re: [MOPO] Ebay and their offensive policy > > To all of you who still sell on eBay > > I see they have raised their fees massively since my days there. Is it still > worthwhile overall selling there? > > On Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 5:34 PM Richard Auras > <ilovefi...@flash.net<mailto:ilovefi...@flash.net>> wrote: > I had a listing ended of a photo of Al Jolson and it was NOT in black face. > Just thought "what the heck" and carried on. I also cannot list any movie > photo that contains Hitler in the title. > > On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 05:25:32 PM CDT, Moviemem Original Movie > Posters <johnr...@moviemem.com<mailto:johnr...@moviemem.com>> wrote: > > > > There are currently many images of Al Jolson from Mammy in various listings > on eBay and also a load of images of Hattie McDaniel in GWTW listings. They > don’t seem to be consistent in enforcing their policies. > > > > John > > > > > > From: MoPo List > [mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:mopo-l@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU>] On > Behalf Of Tony Calvert > Sent: 18 August, 2022 7:31 AM > To: MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU<mailto:MoPo-L@LISTSERV.AMERICAN.EDU> > Subject: [MOPO] Ebay and their offensive policy > > > > I have thousands of stills listed. On Monday Ebay knocked off an Al Jolson > in black face. I didn't have it listed as black face, but they took it off > as offensive. I can see that could be a problem so no big deal. Then today > they knocked off 3 Hattie McDaniel stills from GWTW. I am sure some could > find her role offensive, but she was a great actress playing a part, and a > good part of a strong person. I respected her acting ability. She was not a > Stepin Fetchit type of actor, even though he was playing a character. I am > white, but I would be offended that they are trying to eliminate a great > respected actress from the Golden Age. > > > > Not trying to start a race conversation, just my rant toward the policy. Tony > > > > ________________________________ > > 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 > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 22 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. 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