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General Philatelic/Gen. Discussion : Marketing by Dealers

 

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DaveBecker

22 Dec 2016
01:04:49pm
Yesterday in the weekly Redplum mailing (where many of the local pizza places mail out their coupons) I see a full page ad from Kenmore: 44 US stamps for $2.00. Aimed at the non-collector or the grandparents of a child collector. Actually, I'm pleased to see it because when I was a kid I probably jumped at a chance like that via HE Harris or Jamestown companies. It's not quite what might grab the attention of the young non-collectors. They need a app on their smartphones that will draw them into collecting real stamps. Like Pokeman Go for stamp collectors. Suggest that to an app coder (programmer). The ASDA should (I'd say "would" but I'm a dreamer) probably pay to have that software created, huh?

There needs to be a competitive aspect to stamp collecting to attract some people.
Just like sports. I'm not talking about winning a blue ribbon at a stamp show. That's for existing collectors on a pretty high level of the stamp collecting pyramid. Maybe a real treasure hunt with a virtual reward on a computer game. Accumulate stamps off the mail, send a jpg to a Facebook group, the most interesting stamp collection gets some virtual album in the cloud.

I play World of Warcraft on computer and see how people spend thousands of hours questing for virtual rewards. So the energy to collect things is there---it's just not pointed at stamp collecting. Find a gimmick to reinvigorate the accumulating of collectables and the hobby will grow. A big box of used stamps for kids at stamp shows just isn't gonna cut it.




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22 Dec 2016
01:25:35pm
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"There needs to be a competitive aspect to stamp collecting to attract some people."




They already have that...PSE registry. Not really for kids but established only for "bragging rights".
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22 Dec 2016
03:00:05pm
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"44 US stamps for $2.00"




I can remember in the late 60's, when it was anywhere from 100-1000 stamps for a dime. You did have to make 5-10 purchases before you could cancel, though. I think I must have joined every one of those approval services in the back of Boys Life magazine.


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22 Dec 2016
03:48:33pm
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There is a surge in stamp demand. Especially for the better quality items.

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Tom in Exton, PA

22 Dec 2016
07:31:15pm

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"Yesterday in the weekly Redplum mailing (where many of the local pizza places mail out their coupons) I see a full page ad from Kenmore: 44 US stamps for $2.00. Aimed at the non-collector or the grandparents of a child collector. Actually, I'm pleased to see it because when I was a kid I probably jumped at a chance like that via HE Harris or Jamestown companies"



It is a good thing. Scott English, Executive Director of the APS, spoke at our club meeting recently and said that the growth in APS membership was in the 50s-60s, the group of Baby Boomers that are now retiring and looking for a pastime. That will spark people their fond memories of stamp collecting in the distant past and may just bring them back.

It's also good to attract youth, but some of what impressed us as kids is gone because kids today are more sophisticated and the world is a few clicks away. When I was about 8 my father gave me a stamp from South Africa. It was like, WOW! This came all the way from AFRICA! I had no other access to Africa, and thought this was something special.

"PSE registry. Not really for kids but established only for "bragging rights"."


More like creating resale value!

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..

29 Dec 2016
01:25:32pm
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" ... kids today are more sophisticated and the world is a few clicks away. ..."

The general run of kids today are not sure whether Africa ia a country or a state prison.

Knowledge of geography and history is pathetic.
As for science or math, worse than pathetic.

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02 Jan 2017
10:20:07pm
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"The general run of kids today are not sure whether Africa ia a country or a state prison.

Knowledge of geography and history is pathetic.
As for science or math, worse than pathetic. "



I teach 12-grade government and can vouch for this.
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03 Jan 2017
03:48:51pm
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So is this the reason the cashiers at wallyworld are on break when the power goes off?

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Tom in Exton, PA

03 Jan 2017
05:22:24pm

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"So is this the reason the cashiers at wallyworld are on break when the power goes off?"



No, that's because Walmart cash registers collect data into an intricate system that manages inventory levels and alerts suppliers to send more product!

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DaveBecker

22 Dec 2016
01:04:49pm

Yesterday in the weekly Redplum mailing (where many of the local pizza places mail out their coupons) I see a full page ad from Kenmore: 44 US stamps for $2.00. Aimed at the non-collector or the grandparents of a child collector. Actually, I'm pleased to see it because when I was a kid I probably jumped at a chance like that via HE Harris or Jamestown companies. It's not quite what might grab the attention of the young non-collectors. They need a app on their smartphones that will draw them into collecting real stamps. Like Pokeman Go for stamp collectors. Suggest that to an app coder (programmer). The ASDA should (I'd say "would" but I'm a dreamer) probably pay to have that software created, huh?

There needs to be a competitive aspect to stamp collecting to attract some people.
Just like sports. I'm not talking about winning a blue ribbon at a stamp show. That's for existing collectors on a pretty high level of the stamp collecting pyramid. Maybe a real treasure hunt with a virtual reward on a computer game. Accumulate stamps off the mail, send a jpg to a Facebook group, the most interesting stamp collection gets some virtual album in the cloud.

I play World of Warcraft on computer and see how people spend thousands of hours questing for virtual rewards. So the energy to collect things is there---it's just not pointed at stamp collecting. Find a gimmick to reinvigorate the accumulating of collectables and the hobby will grow. A big box of used stamps for kids at stamp shows just isn't gonna cut it.




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ernieinjax

22 Dec 2016
01:25:35pm

re: Marketing by Dealers

"There needs to be a competitive aspect to stamp collecting to attract some people."




They already have that...PSE registry. Not really for kids but established only for "bragging rights".
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whitebuffalo

22 Dec 2016
03:00:05pm

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"44 US stamps for $2.00"




I can remember in the late 60's, when it was anywhere from 100-1000 stamps for a dime. You did have to make 5-10 purchases before you could cancel, though. I think I must have joined every one of those approval services in the back of Boys Life magazine.


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smauggie

22 Dec 2016
03:48:33pm

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There is a surge in stamp demand. Especially for the better quality items.

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Tom in Exton, PA
22 Dec 2016
07:31:15pm

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re: Marketing by Dealers

"Yesterday in the weekly Redplum mailing (where many of the local pizza places mail out their coupons) I see a full page ad from Kenmore: 44 US stamps for $2.00. Aimed at the non-collector or the grandparents of a child collector. Actually, I'm pleased to see it because when I was a kid I probably jumped at a chance like that via HE Harris or Jamestown companies"



It is a good thing. Scott English, Executive Director of the APS, spoke at our club meeting recently and said that the growth in APS membership was in the 50s-60s, the group of Baby Boomers that are now retiring and looking for a pastime. That will spark people their fond memories of stamp collecting in the distant past and may just bring them back.

It's also good to attract youth, but some of what impressed us as kids is gone because kids today are more sophisticated and the world is a few clicks away. When I was about 8 my father gave me a stamp from South Africa. It was like, WOW! This came all the way from AFRICA! I had no other access to Africa, and thought this was something special.

"PSE registry. Not really for kids but established only for "bragging rights"."


More like creating resale value!

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Silence in the face of adversity is the father of complicity and collusion, the first cousins of conspiracy..
29 Dec 2016
01:25:32pm

re: Marketing by Dealers

" ... kids today are more sophisticated and the world is a few clicks away. ..."

The general run of kids today are not sure whether Africa ia a country or a state prison.

Knowledge of geography and history is pathetic.
As for science or math, worse than pathetic.

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".... You may think you understood what you thought I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you think you heard is not what I thought I meant. .... "
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02 Jan 2017
10:20:07pm

re: Marketing by Dealers

"The general run of kids today are not sure whether Africa ia a country or a state prison.

Knowledge of geography and history is pathetic.
As for science or math, worse than pathetic. "



I teach 12-grade government and can vouch for this.
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StampCollector

03 Jan 2017
03:48:51pm

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So is this the reason the cashiers at wallyworld are on break when the power goes off?

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Tom in Exton, PA
03 Jan 2017
05:22:24pm

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"So is this the reason the cashiers at wallyworld are on break when the power goes off?"



No, that's because Walmart cash registers collect data into an intricate system that manages inventory levels and alerts suppliers to send more product!

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