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Consignment

You are reading this because you are possibly interested in my selling items for you on consignment over the Internet. I have successfully sold over twenty million dollars of movie posters on consignment for hundreds of individuals, and since January of 2000, I have sold over $13,000,000 of material on consignment on the Internet (probably more than all other vintage poster sellers combined!).  I have only had the most minor of problems with a tiny number of consignors (and those were people I don't think anyone could please).  This is both because I keep extremely careful records (on computer) of what I have been given to sell (and what they sold for), and because I make 100% sure that the person consigning knows in advance what he/she is agreeing to (the exact terms and conditions).

First, let me find out if you are a good candidate for my selling your items. Your items need to have a realistic retail value of at least $50 per item (they could possibly retail for as low as $30 each, IF they are in wonderful condition!). You need to be willing to send them to me and trust me with them. You need to let me sell them with NO minimum bid for each item, and accept the possibility that you may receive less for some items than you thought they were worth. After I sell your items, I will send you (the end of the month after the month in which your posters were sold) a printed report that shows what each item sold for, and how much you will receive for each item after my commission (see below), and a check for payment in full. So basically, you need to trust me with your material during the time I have it, and trust that I will honestly report how much each item sold for (although, since they will have sold on the internet on the eBay auction site, you will be able to "follow along" and verify what I say). If you have any doubt about your willingness to trust me, stop reading now! I can say that I have paid out many millions of dollars to hundreds of people such as yourself, and I have had only a couple of dissatisfied consignors (out of over 1,000), a record I am very proud of!

There are many positives to having me sell your items for you online. You get all the benefits of selling online without going to all the time and expense of learning how to do it. You don’t even have to be online yourself! And you may end up with almost as much money as you would have if you had sold the items yourself, without doing any work at all!

How can that possibly be? For several reasons. Most of the online bidders know me and know that I always describe everything honestly and send purchases out within 24 hours of receiving payment (and I can take credit cards), very securely wrapped (in specially made extra-strong boxes and tubes). This makes bidders more likely to bid on an item I’m offering than one offered by someone unknown to them (like you!). And since I almost always have between five hundred and one thousand items up for bid, they will be more inclined to look over my auctions because I will probably have something to interest them. There are many hundreds of people who regularly check my auctions, who would probably miss your item unless they hit on it by chance!

Now for the details. I have carefully figured out how much time and effort goes into selling an item online, from start to finish. It takes the exact same amount of work to sell a $10 one-sheet as a $1000 one-sheet. The cost to me of the labor and overhead required to sell each item is an absolute minimum of $9 each. The vast majority of people pay with credit cards or PayPal, which costs me roughly three percent of the total. eBay charges a fee for listing the item, and another fee (a percentage) after the item is sold. Taking everything into consideration, I have arrived at the following commission rates (note that the rate is very high on sub-$30 items (and sky-high on sub-$12 items) in order to greatly discourage people from sending such items; I lose a substantial amount of money on all items that sell for just a few dollars each, and I am trying really hard to get people to stop sending them, as they "drag down" the final prices for all items):

Items selling for $ .01 to $ 7.99

75% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 8.00 to $ 11.99

66% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 12.00 to $ 19.99

60% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 20.00 to $ 29.99

50% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 30.00 to $ 39.99

40% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 40.00 to $ 69.99

35% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $ 70.00 to $ 99.99

30% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $100.00 to $299.99

28% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $300.00 to $399.99

26% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $400.00 to $499.99

24% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $500.00 to $999.99

22% of the actual selling price

Items selling for $1000.00+

20% of the actual selling price

These may seem like really high rates on the sub-$20 items, but in actuality, I will not come close to breaking even on the sub-$20 items, because I have an hour of labor in every item, and I don't get enough to pay for that hour for items that sell for under $20, plus I still have to pay all the eBay and credit card fees (I’ll get $5.99 for an item that sells for $7.99, but I still lose money on that item! I get $7.20 for an item that sells for $11.99, but I still lose money on that item! I get $12.00 for an item that sells for $19.99, and I probably just barely break even on that item, which is a waste of my time!) Therefore, I have made these rates extremely high on the sub-$20 items in an attempt to get people to stop sending them to me! Sub-$20 items COST me money (I lose money on almost every one) and they cost my consignors money, because having a lot of sub-$20 items causes bidders to lose interest in bidding, and they bid less than they do when there are very few sub-$20 items! Remember that I must pay all the eBay fees, the credit card fees, and the cost of sending the items, and, unlike every other major auction company, I CHARGE NO BUYERS PREMIUMS TO MY CUSTOMERS! Please realize that if you listed these lower priced items yourself, you would probably find that you weren’t even earning minimum wage, after taking into account the amount of time you spent and the fees you would pay. Selling items for just a few dollars each is just a waste of everyone’s time. I am looking for individuals who have items that have a minimum realistic value of at least $20 per item, and will trust me to be honest with them and to price the items fairly. Using this system, you can send me a box of posters and within a couple of months, you’ll start getting monthly checks for what sold the previous month, until all of your items are sold, and you won't have to do anything other than pack the box!

What if you have posters that are only worth a few dollars each, and you simply want to get rid of them? We can create "bulk lots" of 20 to 100 posters each, containing such posters, and auction them for you that way. You won't get that much money for the posters, but you WILL get more than you could selling them any other way, and there is no effort on your part. Plus, if you sell 100 posters for $1 each in a bulk lot, you only pay the commission on the $100 sale, not the commissions on the individual $1 sales, so that is far better for you.

If this seems good for you, then I need you to provide me with some details about what you have, along with your phone number. After I review what you send me, we will call or e-mail you to make sure we are in general agreement as to what your posters are worth. Then you’ll send me your posters, and we will begin to get them listed on eBay the next time  we sell those size(s) of poster (I sell a different size of poster each week, and it takes me around three months to run through all the sizes).  Since I work months in advance, it may take several months for the first of your items to be listed, especially if they are not very valuable, or unusual sizes that we sell far less often (generally I auction items that are valuable very quickly, but inexpensive items may take  quite a bit longer to auction, which I think is only fair).  PLEASE DO NOT SEND INEXPENSIVE ITEMS (or "difficult" items like six-sheets or 40x60s, or special large items) UNLESS YOU CAN ACCEPT THAT IT MAY TAKE ME 6 MONTHS, A YEAR OR MORE TO AUCTION THEM.  But I really do auction 95% of what I am sent within a few months!  It is the "oddball" and very inexpensive items that take a very long time to get auctioned (and it would be fine with me if no one sent those).

Of course, you can start with some items and see how they do, and then decide from there. But if I see that I am not making money at these rates, I will raise them. Let me tell you that I have sold over 240,000 items on eBay in the past 7 years, and I am extremely happy with the results as are 99% of my consignors! I am 100% sure that I will get you far more money for your items than you would get by selling them to any dealer, or consigning them to any other auction company, and if you sell them yourself, you will AT BEST get around what you would have gotten from me after my commissions, but you will have done a LOT of work!

I can be contacted at:
By phone at: 417 256 9616
By fax at: 417 257 6948

Or through the mail (if by Post Office) at:
Bruce Hershenson
Attention: Consignments
P.O. Box 874
West Plains, MO 65775.

Our address for UPS or FedEx only is:
Bruce Hershenson
Attention: Consignments
306 Washington Avenue
West Plains, MO 65775

We look forward to hearing from you!
Bruce Hershenson & the staff at eMoviePoster.com

This page last updated on January 24, 2007


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