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Jim VB"Dude are you serious?"
Totally.
"...what they are built on is generally DEATH."
Very few consignors, and almost NONE of this board's readers, are dead. Living consignors often have trust in the auction house they choose. The mere act of packaging up your cards, sending them somewhere and then waiting months for your money, implies trust.
"...i walked up and grabbed it from the runner and threw it against the back wall before it got to the buyer he was in bed with..."
Great story. Wish I'd been there. I can see how it relates to... Oh wait... It actually has nothing to do with auction houses doing business through catalogs and the internet. Great story, anyway.
"If you want your business to be successful...(followed by line after line of an infantile marketing idea.)"
I seriously doubt anyone would bid harder and higher on the off chance that they MIGHT win an autographed item. This is the gambler in you talking, not the collector.
On a side note, you would be taken more seriously if you were able to communicate inside the norms of the English language concerning grammar, usage, spelling, and punctuation. I'm not talking about the occasional typo. Everyone makes those (even Barry had a "there/their" yesterday.) I'm talking about line after line that is almost indecipherable.