You are correct, to a degree. Todd does charge per autograph, as I
have. A whole $5.00 per autograph. That means that a convention
autograph that costs $20.00 totals out to $25.00 + the EXACT amount of
postage to get it to the person. Of course it should be slightly more
for someone like you because a business has to charge sales tax and
the cost of the item. If you're doing it friend to friend or
collector to collector, then there is no reason to charge them any
more than the actual value. Obviously, most people that get con
autographs for others feel the $5.00 is a fair wait time value. We're
at the location anyway. We didn't make a special effort to be there
other than the fact that we were going in the first place.
--
Mike
Gummby3
-= Star Collector =-
www.star-collector.net
Celebrity addresses the way they should be - free.
"barefoot" <barefootmk@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> yes, the wait time DOES factor into my price. that's not ON me in
> any
> way...
> if i waited for 20 minutes and it was an easy autograph to get, then
> yes, i do charge minimally....most people, their autograph is of
> minimal value...the thing about autographs is that i CHOOSE what i
> get
> to sell an item for...
> favtor in easability (matt damon signs a lot, so his autograph isn't
> worth all that much), accessability (johnny depp has bodyguards who
> YELL at you for one a piece now, so of course i'm going to sell him
> higher than i used to)...item it's signed on (depp sells better on a
> pirates item than say a sweeney todd item) and a fair market
> value...sure, i don't sell ford's autograph unless it's for more
> than
> $200, but that's also because i don't want to sell them. i have a
> huge
> collection, and that mostoftentimes comes first. i my time is
> valuable...to sit somewhere and then have someone say that time
> isn't
> valuable is LUDICRIOUS! it is about detail and time...and yes, you
> should charge people to sit in a line for hours on end..that's
> stupid
> not to...you do expect a trade on your items, and i've seen you sell
> autograph yourself...you wouldn't sell them if they were free and
> took
> you no time...your stamps cost you money for ttm, you don't think
> that
> didn't factor into your pricing...you don't think when todd stands
> in
> all those lines at the collector's shows, he's not charging for his
> time??? that's a stupid assumption (and you're usually pretty smart
> about these things.)
> a day is a day, an hour is an hour...if you aren't charging for your
> time, then it's silly to be in any business.
> i am not a store specializing in sony WII...i am an autograph
> dealer,
> and i don't tell people "well, i don't have it in right now, but we
> expect it to arrive any day now." some people don't sign and i
> HARDLY
> EVER have that person for sale (like a deniro, who by the way i
> charge
> much more than i charge for ford...deniro doesn't sign that often.).
> you assumption has no validity at this time sue.
> m
>
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