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« on: January 22, 2012, 09:41:56 AM » |
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In a recent post, Rich H posted that "in the first six months of 2011, I bought 312 items on ebay and that in the following 6 months I bought only 87".
Now I have thought for some time that we at eMoviePoster sell more vintage items per week than all of eBay combined, once you take out the repros, the fakes, the passes, the sales that never happen, etc. And I can't say without looking it up (and without his permission) whether Rich bought more than 399 items from us last year. But I suspect he did.
So here is a very unscientific survey! I wonder how many items those of you here bought on eBay in 2011 and how many you bought from eMoviePoster (just rough numbers is fine).
Now of course Allposterforum is not perfectly reflective of the hobby as a whole, but this still should prove somewhat whether I am right or wrong.
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paul waines
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« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2012, 10:07:21 AM » |
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I am going to abstain from this Bruce, as I may bugger it up for you, due to my boycott on buying from the U.S. This is due to the postage problems and nothing else.
I bought One poster all last year from the U.S.
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Charlie
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« Reply #2 on: January 22, 2012, 10:12:07 AM » |
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Thought I would calculate up my 2011; I did buy more poster from you than I thought Bruce:
eBay - 222 direct eBay and ~200 posters outside of eBay from eBay sellers... so ~422 eBay (I love to raid unpublished inventory)
emovieposter - 48 posters
heritage - 5 posters
movieposterbid - 5 posters
I love fleBay - the deal is part of the fun. I don't think I received any fakes this year other than the pulp fiction w/autos but I was gambling on the Unforgiven advance which turned out original. Shipping damage was prevalent I probably say 10-20% of transaction had shipping issues or damage. Bruce your packages had none of course.... Rich your packaging was great as well. Heritage packed well but was very slow...
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« Reply #3 on: January 22, 2012, 11:10:05 AM » |
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My poster buying has greatly dipped the past year due to our second kid arriving, but for me, I probably buy 10 posters on ebay for every single poster from eMovie.
eBay remains to be the best way to score a true bargain, the best being BIN auctions priced dramatically lower than average value that is fun to scoop up.
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« Reply #4 on: January 22, 2012, 12:38:37 PM » |
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I buy way more posters from Ebay than anywhere else. Probably 65% Ebay, 20% Bruce, 10% Rich and 10% Heritage.
In terms of quality, though, Emovie easily comes on top. That includes rarity of the piece, accurate description and perfect packaging.
And Rich is not far behind.
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« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2012, 12:50:04 PM » |
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I hardly buy from ebay. Maybe 3 in 2011 other than the Japanese I bought from Hideyuki who only sells on ebay, and those were about 100 I'd say. The rest came from Bruce and Rich, or through private sales. I hate ebay. I hate the idiot sellers that don't know how to pack, and I hate the resulting damaged posters. It's not worth it. I'll leave picking through the shit to Thierry and Charlie.  |
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Best regards, Holiday My Poster Collection"What happened to all the people?" Mystified MPF Member, February 20, 2010 "I actually quite like the name Peanut." Andy Neal on MOPO, April 22, 2010 Thierry: Type the word APF on MPF and it spells: "Banned due to malicious unsolicited private message ". Charlie to the guy who lost to EatBrie: You just got "T-boned"! Happens to the best of us... Wait until you get "Holidazed"! Thierry to Silhouette: Please tell her it's a tiny part of my collection so she doesn't think I'm a total creep. Oh wait, no, I am a total creep. |
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« Reply #6 on: January 22, 2012, 12:57:11 PM » |
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80% Ebay - it's still the place to find bargains, although 10% of sales are a PITA due to sellers' incompetence or ignorance. Today is a perfect example - some yahoo dealer sold this rare Rocky 2 advance for $60 on Ebay (not to me, unfortunately) - would have been a feeding frenzy on Emovie:  |
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« Reply #7 on: January 22, 2012, 01:10:40 PM » |
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80% Ebay - it's still the place to find bargains, although 10% of sales are a PITA due to sellers' incompetence or ignorance. Today is a perfect example - some yahoo dealer sold this rare Rocky 2 advance for $60 on Ebay (not to me, unfortunately) - would have been a feeding frenzy on Emovie: What else is insane is that I passed one up a few months ago for $20.... fleBay for the win (deal-wise)! |
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« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2012, 01:23:34 PM » |
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It's not insane, Charlie. It's an ugly poster.
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Poster Website- Holiday, I like you and respect you but you are probably the worst violator of all. - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Most Conservatives don't like to be labeled and personally attacked." - Thierry (brainwashed Liberal) (derisive): Really? - Ted (dumbass Conservative): "Yeah, really, you smug bastard." - I wish to thank all APF members for being part of the World's Largest Social Gathering of Movie Poster Collectors - "Wishing you the best of luck with All Poster Forum and in encouraging others to appreciate the magical art of film posters" - Martin Scorsese (2009)
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« Reply #9 on: January 22, 2012, 01:51:07 PM » |
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I can't say without looking it up (and without his permission) whether Rich bought more than 399 items from us last year. But I suspect he did. Bruce you are welcome to look it. I don't think I bought that many items from you in 2011 I got more from you in 2010 than I did in 2011 I did buy more from Heritage in 2011 than in 2010 |
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Zorba
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« Reply #10 on: January 22, 2012, 02:11:49 PM » |
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Last year I bought.
60% from emovie
30% from ebay
10% from Heritage, mpb and websites.
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paul waines
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« Reply #11 on: January 22, 2012, 02:19:32 PM » |
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It's not worth it. I'll leave picking through the shit to Thierry and Charlie. There's an Old saying where I live..."Where there's muck there's Money" I'll dig through Shit any day of the week if I can get a £1000 poster for £50....  |
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« Reply #12 on: January 22, 2012, 03:51:58 PM » |
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About 50/50, but I bough my most valuable posters on ebay. I've found that shooting sellers an offer is sometimes the best way to snag a poster for cheap. That being said, I've scored some really cheap low-tier posters from emovie.
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« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2012, 04:00:04 PM » |
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About 50/50, but I bough my most valuable posters on ebay. I've found that shooting sellers an offer is sometimes the best way to snag a poster for cheap. That being said, I've scored some really cheap low-tier posters from emovie.
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« Reply #14 on: January 22, 2012, 04:10:18 PM » |
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It`s never a low-tier poster if it means alot to YOU... Stew +1 |
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« Reply #15 on: January 22, 2012, 04:51:11 PM » |
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I buy more on eBay as eBay has a greater selection of Italian 2F and 4F posters, and that's mainly what I'm interested in. Found a pretty hard to find poster on eBay that was buy it now $100. Sold for over $200 on emovie back in 2009 (the only one they've ever had), no dealers actually had it (although those who had it on their site has it at over $300). Needless to say I was thrilled. The only thing I've noticed about eBay is I only find a real good deal (or something different that I haven't seen listed before) once a month, probably because my area of interest is somewhat narrow. But it hasn't failed, at least once a month I find something I haven't seen before at a reasonable price.
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« Reply #16 on: January 22, 2012, 05:03:56 PM » |
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2011 for me was about 45 posters on eBay and 1 from emovie (a RR lobby card)
My budget on collecting fell through the floor in 2011, however had it not, I think the numbers would have been up but the % might have been the same as I would have snagged a bigger $ item on emovie if I liked it, if it were there. I think on emovie, either not enough higher end stuff was there or I have a lot of what I want... not sure...
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« Reply #17 on: January 23, 2012, 01:25:18 AM » |
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Bruce, I would love to buy more from you than I do on eBay - but you haven't had as much material I've been wanting to buy.
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« Reply #18 on: January 23, 2012, 01:42:50 AM » |
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75% Greg Chilvers Shop in Tyabb, Victoria.
12% Emovie
8% Ebay
5% Movieposterbid and other websites.
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« Reply #19 on: January 23, 2012, 09:16:24 AM » |
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I'm a bit under 50% each on movieposterbid and emovieposter. Only 2 items from ebay and a few from random sources.
However, I seem to have hit that wall again that is being discussed in the other thread.
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