Love Unites?
This is a response to an email we received today that addresses some reactions we get every now then regarding our opinions on Ebay. Below is Shepard’s response. After the jump is the original Anonymous email. If anyone has any questions about sale policies and Ebay, click the links below.
Anonymous,
I suspect you are mad because you were banned from the print sales for being a scum bag. We don’t ban people without proof, so don’t act like your name got picked out of a hat. The Obey Giant Ebay policy is based on us trying to make sure that the people who REALLY want a print get the print at the intended price rather than aftermarket price. I’m selling the prints at below market value to make them affordable to people who really like the art. I want fans to get a piece of art, not bottom feeders trying to turn a quick profit at the expense of real fans of the work. If you plan to Ebay a print, YOU are the one creating a discriminatory situation, because not everyone who can afford the original price of my prints can afford the Ebay price. You are calling me a racist? Are you kidding? I just promoted a (half)black guy for president for 9 months! I just did a collaboration with Public Enemy! I have no idea what race you are and I don’t care. But you are right, I am prejudiced… I’m prejudiced against those who profit off the suffering of others. It is disturbing that anyone would even CONSIDER Ebaying the Love Unites print. The Obey Giant Ebay policy is the same for everyone. Do you think we want to be policing Ebay? Of course not, but we have to do it to protect the fans of the art from parasites.
-Shepard
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posted November 21, 2008
