Oh T get over yourself, re-read the statement - it hardly referred to you. But yes I did refer to you as being the Sergeant at Arms of the Poster Price Police (after you gave advice to not spend too much and if you think it's cheap it's probably not) because you have often been far too quick to critique what other people have spent on a poster. Yes, most of us here knows you have this low opinion of most poster dealers because they sell things that other people want to collect at a profit yet this is despite you coming from a long line of art dealers who also sell at a profit what people want to collect.
It's no sin to be a dealer, so I could care less that you say I am one - the fact is I spend more on posters than I make from selling them, the difference being a company I own builds and host websites so I can take advantage of that to be able to make my hobby a little more self sufficient and fun for me, just like you use your connections to the film industry to get a large portion of your posters for free.
So yeah, interesting.
Well, actually, you did call me a masochist because I would feel really bad about knowing that something I
happily bought one day could have been purchased for much cheaper the next day. The only reason I don't put myself in such a predicament is because I make sure whatever I purchase is as cheap as I can get it. If I buy a car, I don't need to see if I could have got cheaper a month later because I already did my research and I know I got it for the cheapest price. My wife and I flew to Napa Valley to save $6,000 on a car we wanted. Granted, we blew the money on the trip but we made damn sure the car was the cheapest in all of California. No regrets to be had. It is called research and it works the same with posters. Yes, people need to be informed that there are cheaper options out there than to pay a dealer's overhead and I, for one, will always be that voice, regardless of its popularity, because at the end of the day, I really don't give a damn. Too many dealers abuse the system and turn misinformed and gullible collectors off. What I love about people like Bruce and Rich (
) is that they are not afraid to let the market speak. They might lose a little here, gain a little there, but at least they let us, the collectors, decide our fate.
And in all honesty, I don't see what bringing my family history back to the table adds to the conversation. This is my stance, the stance of someone who has never sold a single poster in his life, not the one of people long gone.
And yes, Dave is right. Sorry to highjack your thread with our bullshit, Rage. Like David said, this stems from a clear difference of opinions and ultimately is the purpose of this forum.
T
