by jason1980s » Thu Nov 28, 2013 2:24 pm
This will probably the way it is from now on. Maybe one can get a success if they put on a post-it asking for personalization. Or perhaps put their address sticker on the item. She seems very concerned about re-sale as even her photos she sells must be personalized.
She gave a guy a hard time at a recent convention (maybe a regular thing, as I only was there a few minutes to see this one).
The guy brought an original, vintage photo of her and she wanted it. She was willing to trade him a photo or two for free in exchange for him giving it to her.
Seemed like things were going well. But I guess he said he wanted to keep it, she was fine with that, but what she wasn't find with was him asking for her name only. She went on a minute or two diatribe about ebay. It was pretty embarrassing to see from an outsider fan point of view.
With these older stars I'm not too sure they understand ebay. The newer stars I bet know that fans aren't becoming Bill Gates from selling on ebay but I don't quite know about the older ones. There's a guy on another site who was one on one with Jason Statham. Statham stalled and in the meantime two girls go over to him and he tells the guy he will get the girls first. Then a dealer comes over with a bunch of photos. Statham uses the dealer excuse and takes off. I'm sure he wouldn't have signed for the single photo guy under any circumstances. But he gets a giggle knowing he used the ultimate excuse to blow off everyone.
I just imagine the older star not being as knowledgeable about ebay. Dealers have been around for years and even with websites. Years ago they had catalogs and sold at trade shows in malls. It's not a new trade. But ebay is more prevalent because IT, not the specific seller, is a multi billion dollar business and yet the star doesn't seem to understand the difference.
A poster on a sports site posted a reply from an obscure basketball player. The guy wrote a personal note saying how his son "surfed" ebay and saw his autograph for sale therefore he won't sign (8x10) photos anymore. He was however willing to sign a small custom photo as it looked like an item that wouldn't bring money. The guy's kid probably saw one signed photo. LOL. These older guys just don't seem to understand. The newer ones, I'm sure understand but love the excuse.
This will probably the way it is from now on. Maybe one can get a success if they put on a post-it asking for personalization. Or perhaps put their address sticker on the item. She seems very concerned about re-sale as even her photos she sells must be personalized.
She gave a guy a hard time at a recent convention (maybe a regular thing, as I only was there a few minutes to see this one).
The guy brought an original, vintage photo of her and she wanted it. She was willing to trade him a photo or two for free in exchange for him giving it to her.
Seemed like things were going well. But I guess he said he wanted to keep it, she was fine with that, but what she wasn't find with was him asking for her name only. She went on a minute or two diatribe about ebay. It was pretty embarrassing to see from an outsider fan point of view.
With these older stars I'm not too sure they understand ebay. The newer stars I bet know that fans aren't becoming Bill Gates from selling on ebay but I don't quite know about the older ones. There's a guy on another site who was one on one with Jason Statham. Statham stalled and in the meantime two girls go over to him and he tells the guy he will get the girls first. Then a dealer comes over with a bunch of photos. Statham uses the dealer excuse and takes off. I'm sure he wouldn't have signed for the single photo guy under any circumstances. But he gets a giggle knowing he used the ultimate excuse to blow off everyone.
I just imagine the older star not being as knowledgeable about ebay. Dealers have been around for years and even with websites. Years ago they had catalogs and sold at trade shows in malls. It's not a new trade. But ebay is more prevalent because IT, not the specific seller, is a multi billion dollar business and yet the star doesn't seem to understand the difference.
A poster on a sports site posted a reply from an obscure basketball player. The guy wrote a personal note saying how his son "surfed" ebay and saw his autograph for sale therefore he won't sign (8x10) photos anymore. He was however willing to sign a small custom photo as it looked like an item that wouldn't bring money. The guy's kid probably saw one signed photo. LOL. These older guys just don't seem to understand. The newer ones, I'm sure understand but love the excuse.