Urban Art Association

Zero feedback eh?!

It's not about money, it's about giving people a bargain and helping people who otherwise could not obtain the work. Exactly how does this damage an artist? Your negativity is saddening.

Trust me I am far from negative, but what happens if someone bids over the rrp. Are you going to pull the auction?? I just find all your messages are about money! Shouldn't you be posting pics of your artists works and such, rather than just asking for cash!

I dont think one image has been put on here has it ?

I dunno

I usually buy because i like the stuff. Not because its a bargain ( though it can help if I like the image :-)

I read all these words about bargain, less than retail, least cost, cheap.

I read nothing about what the artist is about, Pics of the images, etc etc



Dr D who are you ??



Also, and because I am in a foul mood, why is this on the main board and not under artists, or ebay sales?

I like it and made a couple of bids. If I could get it at a bargain price then that would be great. Don't know why people are having a go at s-editions, considering a lot of people put their work on ebay and even POW use to sell there, so give them a break eh!

griffermans - if i recall, in an earlier thread you were rumbled to be part of the s-editions team, so why would you pay £250 for something you are selling?

ok, my bad - apologies Griffer.

then you do have a very valid point therefore S-editions suck imo

I recall Legalactiongallery did the same with the AME72 AP's, but they didnt release the AME72 for general sale till after the ebay auction, which meant no one would have gotten pissed off

Call me cynical, but with the buyer ID set as private I don't think it'll go for less than website cost...

I'm not saying anything, except I find private auctions hard to trust and pieces on private auction are often relisted

Why all the conspiracy theories? It seems to me that s-editions were trying to do a decent thing and maybe someone would have got a bargain. I didn't realise that bidder ID was set to private but I bidded what I wanted to pay then stopped. They even told you what price not to go over. People need to chill out. And as for griffermans, why should you get a refund? You can bid for the ebay one and if you get it sell the other one at cost, no loss.

A few issues have been raised here, and we have a policy of always answering people's questions. Sorry that it is therefore quite a long post.

We were kinda hoping people would buy the art based on whether they like it or not, since that is the best reason to buy art. However, we also wanted to make it available to people at all levels of income and not price anybody out. Call it or 'doing the decent thing' if you want, or 'socialism' if you prefer. Remember that old 1970s philosphy? It's when people pay according to their means. As Gilbert & George have always said 'Art for all!'.

As for complaining about the prices of the 'H.M.P. London' railing boards we have already sold, we set the price of those £120 below the price of ones that someone took off the street and sold on eBay ie. a market price had been set by others well before we offered them for sale and we came in well below that. However, we still want to pay our artists well so that they and their families can eat, and so that they can afford to do all their stuff on the streets. The street stuff is not cheap you know.

The reason the eBay auction was set as private was for exactly the same reason we do not advertise the names of our other clients - it is nobody's business who buys what. Do you expect your name to be advertised every time you pop into Tesco, Harrods, Netto or wherever? Thought not. There would also not be a whole load of point in us shill bidding, since we have already suggested nobody bids above £250. It would also be incredibly dishonest and seriously impact on our abilities to sleep at night.

As for the person who has nominated us as one of the worst art sellers, well done on not letting an opinion get in the way of the facts. We would be equally surprised if we were nominated by you as one of the best sellers, since you have never ordered anything from us and you do not really have anything to go on, positive or negative. In recognition of your standards we will be canceling your entry for the free draw.

Love and peace,
All at s-editions

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whats this about a free draw?