But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches Would brag, “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.†With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort “We’ll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!â€
My feeling in starting the 6 week pay and hold was that otherwise people would soon quit buying internationally. I mean who wants to pay $30 or $40 to ship one poster? But if you can build up five or ten posters, and they ship together for slightly more, then the cost of shipping each poster goes WAY down.
It is so sad what has happened to shipping. In 2000, I could send a regular flat package to Australia for $14, and now, in just 17 years, the price has about tripled.
Once we make a few more improvements to how we run the pay and hold, I am hoping to go to a full two months for non-U.S. buyers!
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HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Great adjustments Bruce! I recently bought some daybills and should have used the pay & hold for the one sheets getting ready to close next week. If one looks at your upcoming calendar and plans it out 2 months is a nice stretch.
I think it's a great system that a number of auction houses in the USA offer, it certainly makes it more economical and as Ves says, opening them up can be a bit like Christmas!
Christies London South Kensigton branch will close soon. Apparently the online auction is winning momentum and they just cannot sustain this business model.
Shame, I used to go to their auctions in South Ken to see the posters in person. They had some limited exhibitions for their online posters auction.
That is a shame Rosa. Ive stepped foot in Cinemasterpieces years ago before I knew what the hell I was doing and was blown away by being so close to so many wonderful posters! (Wonderful from my perspective of course).
So to lose an opportunity to see great posters first hand is, disappointing. Brick & mortar going away I guess...
@Charlie-have you travelled North to Dallas before to view any of the Heritage Signature pieces?
I have been to Heritage... It was exciting. I stayed for the auction during the Berwick find. I even asked them to bring out two posters so that I could view them. I passed on the Dial M for Murder insert and bought the Terminator quad...
It took 30 days to ship it to me and when I got it they had taped part of the poster down when they packed it. Outside the auction, it's an amateur show and a money grab IMO - pretty much everything I dislike in relationships and business... I have never bought from them again.
If you go to any "live" auction these days, you likely will be amazed that there is next-to-no-one there (unless it is some celebrity auction).
Often it is the auctioneer, a few "house" bidders, and some telephones.
This is 18th Century technology and to my mind it is on its way out.
When I did live auctions, a couple of hundred people paid many hundreds each (or more) in travel and lodging expenses to attended. That likely couple of hundred thousand is far better spent when it is used to buy items from the auction!
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Years ago i went to a rural farm auction in the middle of Wisconsin with a genuine auctioneer...it was so much fun! My mom went home with a really cool poker table, and an old butter churn!
A house bidder is someone who has written bids (submitted by email or old-fashioned snail mail) and they execute them for the person as those lots are being sold. Of course they very carefully make certain no one can see the hidden maximum bids those bidders have placed.
HAS lifetime guarantees on every item - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
People in the room. It seemed like many of them were bidders for clients and not actual collectors. There was nothing like seeing a guy hold up his paddle the entire time for the Cimarron OS as it got into the six figures.
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No laughter.
Like Hanks but this is fitting
I love Bruce's pay and hold system...why?
Cause by the time it's ready to be sent, I have no idea what I bought and it's a bit like Christmas when you open the parcel!
Oh Oh...that sounds like more competition!
But, because they had stars, all the Star-Belly Sneetches
Would brag, “We’re the best kind of Sneetch on the beaches.â€
With their snoots in the air, they would sniff and they’d snort
“We’ll have nothing to do with the Plain-Belly sort!â€
It is so sad what has happened to shipping. In 2000, I could send a regular flat package to Australia for $14, and now, in just 17 years, the price has about tripled.
Once we make a few more improvements to how we run the pay and hold, I am hoping to go to a full two months for non-U.S. buyers!
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Which is why I find it remarkable that some USA buyers get all upset when we charge the same to go the other direction...
Said mine was: Marie
http://quizlady.com/can-we-guess-your-middle-name/
Shame, I used to go to their auctions in South Ken to see the posters in person. They had some limited exhibitions for their online posters auction.
So to lose an opportunity to see great posters first hand is, disappointing. Brick & mortar going away I guess...
@Charlie-have you travelled North to Dallas before to view any of the Heritage Signature pieces?
Often it is the auctioneer, a few "house" bidders, and some telephones.
This is 18th Century technology and to my mind it is on its way out.
When I did live auctions, a couple of hundred people paid many hundreds each (or more) in travel and lodging expenses to attended. That likely couple of hundred thousand is far better spent when it is used to buy items from the auction!
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com
Years ago i went to a rural farm auction in the middle of Wisconsin with a genuine auctioneer...it was so much fun! My mom went home with a really cool poker table, and an old butter churn!
HAS unrestored and unenhanced images - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 100% honest condition descriptions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS auctions where the winner is the higher of two real bidders - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS up to SIXTEEN weeks of "Pay and Hold" to save a fortune on shipping - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS real customer service before, during and after EVERY auction, and answers all questions - IS eMoviePoster.com
HAS 25% or 26% "buyers premiums" of any kind (but especially the dreadful "$29 or $49 minimum" ones) - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "reserves or starts over $1 - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS hidden bidder IDs - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS "nosebleed" shipping charges - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS inadequate packaging - NOT eMoviePoster.com
HAS no customer service to speak of, before, during and after any auction, and answers almost no questions - NOT eMoviePoster.com