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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Daniel Silk on Apr 25, 2006 11:39:12 GMT 1, Yep, it was printed in pretty low numbers really
Yep, it was printed in pretty low numbers really
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Run Pig Run on Apr 25, 2006 17:39:39 GMT 1, I ordered mine last week. I see Art Republic have just put one on ebay for ยฃ195, it was ยฃ95 yesterday!
I ordered mine last week. I see Art Republic have just put one on ebay for ยฃ195, it was ยฃ95 yesterday!
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by spence on Apr 25, 2006 17:54:26 GMT 1, I ordered mine on saturday. Looks like i'm sailing close to the wind lately what with ' I fought the law ' selling out the day after i buy it. As i wipes me brow phew.
I ordered mine on saturday. Looks like i'm sailing close to the wind lately what with ' I fought the law ' selling out the day after i buy it. As i wipes me brow phew.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by mido on Apr 25, 2006 18:49:20 GMT 1, I ordered mine last week. I see Art Republic have just put one on ebay for ยฃ195, it was ยฃ95 yesterday!
LOL - i've also done that with Welcome to hell and gangsta Rat - I literally have got into art republic mins before they realise and jack up the price. I actually feel like I'm providing a valuable service - liberating banksy print from their money grabbing claws
I'm amazing how obsession can sometimes be good. I seem to check the POW web site about 5 times a day!
I ordered mine last week. I see Art Republic have just put one on ebay for ยฃ195, it was ยฃ95 yesterday! LOL - i've also done that with Welcome to hell and gangsta Rat - I literally have got into art republic mins before they realise and jack up the price. I actually feel like I'm providing a valuable service - liberating banksy print from their money grabbing claws I'm amazing how obsession can sometimes be good. I seem to check the POW web site about 5 times a day!
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by spence on Apr 25, 2006 19:41:34 GMT 1,
I'm amazing how obsession can sometimes be good. I seem to check the POW web site about 5 times a day! [/quote]
Welcome to the club mate LOL
I'm amazing how obsession can sometimes be good. I seem to check the POW web site about 5 times a day! [/quote] Welcome to the club mate LOL
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Honest Jon on Apr 25, 2006 22:21:50 GMT 1, POW is now my homepage.
Added by Admin - What not Banksy.info
POW is now my homepage. Added by Admin - What not Banksy.info
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Run Pig Run on Apr 26, 2006 17:20:29 GMT 1, got my gansta rat today 305/350.
got my gansta rat today 305/350.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Run Pig Run on Apr 26, 2006 17:55:54 GMT 1, Art republic have just increased all rats on ebay to ยฃ245. I reckon you'd be lucky to sell at half that.
Art republic have just increased all rats on ebay to ยฃ245. I reckon you'd be lucky to sell at half that.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Honest Jon on Apr 27, 2006 0:32:59 GMT 1, I noticed that too, the owner is the same person who tried to charge ยฃ600 for a signed jack and jill one week after it was sold out.
Has anyone met the owner, hes a propper tight arse will not budge on price atall.
Example athena sold the same frames as them for ยฃ30 (went down to ยฃ22.50 in sale) and in art republic they were ยฃ43 (exactly the same make etc.....), so I wanted to buy a frame and print baring in mind they are already charging more for the print and he wouldn't budge on price even after sayin bout POW and athena!! so thought sod it and bought from athena and POW.
I just know he will buy aload of the next print and try and rip off people again, he is defenatly not following POW's ethics. Hmmmm...........
I noticed that too, the owner is the same person who tried to charge ยฃ600 for a signed jack and jill one week after it was sold out.
Has anyone met the owner, hes a propper tight arse will not budge on price atall.
Example athena sold the same frames as them for ยฃ30 (went down to ยฃ22.50 in sale) and in art republic they were ยฃ43 (exactly the same make etc.....), so I wanted to buy a frame and print baring in mind they are already charging more for the print and he wouldn't budge on price even after sayin bout POW and athena!! so thought sod it and bought from athena and POW.
I just know he will buy aload of the next print and try and rip off people again, he is defenatly not following POW's ethics. Hmmmm...........
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by mido on Apr 27, 2006 0:35:23 GMT 1, Art republic have just increased all rats on ebay to ยฃ245. I reckon you'd be lucky to sell at half that.
Yeah I reckon ยฃ150 is more realistic at the moment (that seems to be the going rate - double in value when just sold out). Maybe more in the future, but remember they did take a long time to sell out and people even doubted they would sell out!
Art republic have just increased all rats on ebay to ยฃ245. I reckon you'd be lucky to sell at half that. Yeah I reckon ยฃ150 is more realistic at the moment (that seems to be the going rate - double in value when just sold out). Maybe more in the future, but remember they did take a long time to sell out and people even doubted they would sell out!
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Run Pig Run on Apr 27, 2006 19:28:41 GMT 1, ยฃ295 now! wonder what they will be tomorrow.............
ยฃ295 now! wonder what they will be tomorrow.............
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by LoveRat on Apr 27, 2006 19:56:52 GMT 1, They seem to be putting them up daily
They seem to be putting them up daily
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by spence on Apr 27, 2006 20:51:39 GMT 1, They must be in cahoots with the oil companies. ;D
Or even sofa warehouse's, tomorrow they will be ยฃ1000, at the end of the week they call it a 'Spring Sale' and put back down to ยฃ200.
We should have a competition. The nearest guess for the price on 1st of June wins 5 gold stars. ;D
They must be in cahoots with the oil companies. ;D Or even sofa warehouse's, tomorrow they will be ยฃ1000, at the end of the week they call it a 'Spring Sale' and put back down to ยฃ200. We should have a competition. The nearest guess for the price on 1st of June wins 5 gold stars. ;D
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by spence on Apr 28, 2006 21:05:20 GMT 1, I noticed that too, the owner is the same person who tried to charge ยฃ600 for a signed jack and jill one week after it was sold out. Has anyone met the owner, hes a propper tight arse will not budge on price atall. Example athena sold the same frames as them for ยฃ30 (went down to ยฃ22.50 in sale) and in art republic they were ยฃ43 (exactly the same make etc.....), so I wanted to buy a frame and print baring in mind they are already charging more for the print and he wouldn't budge on price even after sayin bout POW and athena!! so thought sod it and bought from athena and POW. I just know he will buy aload of the next print and try and rip off people again, he is defenatly not following POW's ethics. Hmmmm...........
This is exactly the reason why they will never get my money with this attitude. My brother saw 'i fought the law' in there and was seriosly toying with the idea of buying it. After he told me about it we went straight to POW and made a purchase. I'll let some other mug pay the price.
I noticed that too, the owner is the same person who tried to charge ยฃ600 for a signed jack and jill one week after it was sold out. Has anyone met the owner, hes a propper tight arse will not budge on price atall. Example athena sold the same frames as them for ยฃ30 (went down to ยฃ22.50 in sale) and in art republic they were ยฃ43 (exactly the same make etc.....), so I wanted to buy a frame and print baring in mind they are already charging more for the print and he wouldn't budge on price even after sayin bout POW and athena!! so thought sod it and bought from athena and POW. I just know he will buy aload of the next print and try and rip off people again, he is defenatly not following POW's ethics. Hmmmm........... This is exactly the reason why they will never get my money with this attitude. My brother saw 'i fought the law' in there and was seriosly toying with the idea of buying it. After he told me about it we went straight to POW and made a purchase. I'll let some other mug pay the price.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by funkrye on Apr 28, 2006 21:24:57 GMT 1, POW supply art republic with these print, they cant be happy that they hold some prints back when they get sold out and then flog them on ebay for double the price. This isnt the way art galleries should be conducting there business.
POW supply art republic with these print, they cant be happy that they hold some prints back when they get sold out and then flog them on ebay for double the price. This isnt the way art galleries should be conducting there business.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Run Pig Run on Apr 29, 2006 11:45:53 GMT 1, to be fair they do start them off on ebay for ยฃ95 with free postage which means after fees they probably get about a tenner out of it. Also prints like napalm, virgin mary have been on there for months and months without many sales, it costs about 75p - ยฃ1 to list each one buy it now so my guess they've probably lost money on thoses. The rats will never sell at ยฃ295 (you could get a signed one for not much more than that) so let them carry on and we can all just laugh at them.
to be fair they do start them off on ebay for ยฃ95 with free postage which means after fees they probably get about a tenner out of it. Also prints like napalm, virgin mary have been on there for months and months without many sales, it costs about 75p - ยฃ1 to list each one buy it now so my guess they've probably lost money on thoses. The rats will never sell at ยฃ295 (you could get a signed one for not much more than that) so let them carry on and we can all just laugh at them.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by Honest Jon on Apr 29, 2006 12:15:36 GMT 1, I guess we all may bitch about them (me especially) but if artrepublic didn't have any banksy's on ebay how many original prints would there actually be on there? about 5 tops, you would just be searching through t-shirts photographs and other crap that gets put on there.
But Artrepublic are still bad people for there pricing.
I guess we all may bitch about them (me especially) but if artrepublic didn't have any banksy's on ebay how many original prints would there actually be on there? about 5 tops, you would just be searching through t-shirts photographs and other crap that gets put on there. But Artrepublic are still bad people for there pricing.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by mido on Apr 29, 2006 13:38:59 GMT 1, I guess we all may pregnant dog about them (me especially) but if artrepublic didn't have any banksy's on ebay how many original prints would there actually be on there? about 5 tops, you would just be searching through t-shirts photographs and other crap that gets put on there. But Artrepublic are still bad people for there pricing.
Their customer service is good. They also offer 10% off your next print (within a month) which is handy and reduces their margins on normal priced prints to something pretty small.
Wish they wouldn't wrap them so tightly though, and roll them length way rather than width way.
but, yes, the real problem is that they have got them at the normal price, then jack up the prices very fast when sold out.
2 ideas...
1) as soon as something sells out (you have to be very quick though - often just a few hours gap!), go on their site / ebay and buy any at ยฃ95 before they jack the price off. that must annoy them! :-) Liberate banksy prints!!
2) Let them advertise at ยฃ290 or whatever it is. Just don't buy them! I really doubt they are worth that at the moment. they are just taking a punt on someone buying it.
I guess we all may pregnant dog about them (me especially) but if artrepublic didn't have any banksy's on ebay how many original prints would there actually be on there? about 5 tops, you would just be searching through t-shirts photographs and other crap that gets put on there. But Artrepublic are still bad people for there pricing. Their customer service is good. They also offer 10% off your next print (within a month) which is handy and reduces their margins on normal priced prints to something pretty small. Wish they wouldn't wrap them so tightly though, and roll them length way rather than width way. but, yes, the real problem is that they have got them at the normal price, then jack up the prices very fast when sold out. 2 ideas... 1) as soon as something sells out (you have to be very quick though - often just a few hours gap!), go on their site / ebay and buy any at ยฃ95 before they jack the price off. that must annoy them! :-) Liberate banksy prints!! 2) Let them advertise at ยฃ290 or whatever it is. Just don't buy them! I really doubt they are worth that at the moment. they are just taking a punt on someone buying it.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by spence on Apr 29, 2006 14:32:53 GMT 1, to be fair they do start them off on ebay for ยฃ95 with free postage which means after fees they probably get about a tenner out of it. Also prints like napalm, virgin mary have been on there for months and months without many sales, it costs about 75p - ยฃ1 to list each one buy it now so my guess they've probably lost money on thoses. The rats will never sell at ยฃ295 (you could get a signed one for not much more than that) so let them carry on and we can all just laugh at them.
Agree with you there mate. I'm in business myself and if your not making 20-30% profit after costs on an item etc there's not a lot of point. We've all got to eat at the end of the day.No problem with that.If their not buying better than us then they've got a problem.
Putting up a picture to well over 200% profit is a bit of a liberty just after your competitor has just sold out. A 50-60% may be a bit more acceptable. Like I've said before in a previous thread after you've been ripped of once would you give them repeat business? I'd certainly think twice.
to be fair they do start them off on ebay for ยฃ95 with free postage which means after fees they probably get about a tenner out of it. Also prints like napalm, virgin mary have been on there for months and months without many sales, it costs about 75p - ยฃ1 to list each one buy it now so my guess they've probably lost money on thoses. The rats will never sell at ยฃ295 (you could get a signed one for not much more than that) so let them carry on and we can all just laugh at them. Agree with you there mate. I'm in business myself and if your not making 20-30% profit after costs on an item etc there's not a lot of point. We've all got to eat at the end of the day.No problem with that.If their not buying better than us then they've got a problem. Putting up a picture to well over 200% profit is a bit of a liberty just after your competitor has just sold out. A 50-60% may be a bit more acceptable. Like I've said before in a previous thread after you've been ripped of once would you give them repeat business? I'd certainly think twice.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by LoveRat on Apr 29, 2006 22:10:57 GMT 1, We are all moaning about them ,but who else sells their prints on ebay for POW prices once they're sold out So it's alright for everyone else to sell them for 2x or more than their original price but not a business ? I would be happy to get some prints for a 200% mark up on their original price
We are all moaning about them ,but who else sells their prints on ebay for POW prices once they're sold out So it's alright for everyone else to sell them for 2x or more than their original price but not a business ? I would be happy to get some prints for a 200% mark up on their original price
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by funkrye on Apr 30, 2006 22:43:54 GMT 1, Why not just let them sell out in the shop instead of flogging them on ebay...
Or should POW just start selling straight to ebay instead of making art available to the the the masses
Why not just let them sell out in the shop instead of flogging them on ebay...
Or should POW just start selling straight to ebay instead of making art available to the the the masses
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by The Voice of Authority on Jan 28, 2006 11:17:37 GMT 1,
* Print name - Gangsta Rat
* Release date - 28/10/2004
* Dimensions - 350mm x 500mm
* Edition size - 500
* Signed edition - 1 / 150 (Signature - Located on left hand side of print) (Numbering - Located on right hand side of print)
* Unsigned edition - 1 / 350 (Numbering- Located on either left or right hand side of print)
* Banksy tagged - Without
* P.O.W. Embossed stamp - With
* Additional details (if any) - We think that all of these prints were POW stamped and numbered in pencil. Is your Signed one Stamped? Is your Unsigned one Stamped? If yours was not, Please let us know below.
Please advise of any variations to above details
* Print name - Gangsta Rat
* Release date - 28/10/2004
* Dimensions - 350mm x 500mm
* Edition size - 500
* Signed edition - 1 / 150 (Signature - Located on left hand side of print) (Numbering - Located on right hand side of print)* Unsigned edition - 1 / 350 (Numbering- Located on either left or right hand side of print)* Banksy tagged - Without
* P.O.W. Embossed stamp - With
* Additional details (if any) - We think that all of these prints were POW stamped and numbered in pencil. Is your Signed one Stamped? Is your Unsigned one Stamped? If yours was not, Please let us know below. Please advise of any variations to above details
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by mido on Apr 12, 2006 20:02:56 GMT 1, FYI - got mine today at POW. it was numbered 280 odd, so probably not that many left. Remember, this is a slightly lower edition to other (500 overall).
FYI - got mine today at POW. it was numbered 280 odd, so probably not that many left. Remember, this is a slightly lower edition to other (500 overall).
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by goffy on Mar 16, 2007 1:13:51 GMT 1, Mine is signed out of /750
Mine is signed out of /750
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by RBK on Mar 16, 2007 16:25:02 GMT 1, Sure the 7 isn't a 1?
Sure the 7 isn't a 1?
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by goffy on Mar 16, 2007 16:45:51 GMT 1, There is no mistaking the 7 for a 1. It is even written the foreign way, a 7 with a line through it.
There is no mistaking the 7 for a 1. It is even written the foreign way, a 7 with a line through it.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by goffy on Mar 16, 2007 17:02:17 GMT 1, I have sent an email to POW in the hope that they might be able to clarify things.
I have sent an email to POW in the hope that they might be able to clarify things.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by RBK on Mar 16, 2007 17:05:32 GMT 1, My guess is it was just human error. Sure you can get an email stating that you are the rightful owner and the print is legit.
My guess is it was just human error. Sure you can get an email stating that you are the rightful owner and the print is legit.
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Banksy โข Gangsta Rat Print, by goffy on Mar 16, 2007 17:13:25 GMT 1, That's what I hoping for. Although I have no intention of selling it, I would still like to have official confirmation that it is what I know it to be.
That's what I hoping for. Although I have no intention of selling it, I would still like to have official confirmation that it is what I know it to be.
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