[meteorite-list] Ebay prices.
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:36 2004 Message-ID: <006401c21f8f$f59719a0$88d00140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0061_01C21F55.480A21E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I must say that I have seen this coming for some years now. I was about = the first meteorite dealer on ebay, that was in mid 1996 when ebay was = less than one year old! There were always about 5 items of meteorites on = there, ALWAYS mine with the occasional Canyon Diablo some mineral dealer = would list. I used to get beyond top dollar there, then slowly the = meteorite people noticed and began the flood. It went well for several = more years, until about 2000, when everyone who owned a meteorite called = themselves a "dealer" and began selling. Many people bought from me on = ebay, then 4 days later I saw the same meteorite on ebay again.=20 People tend to destroy all good things, as it mostly is with ebay = now. Flooded with some many meteorites, mostly duplicates by the same = people who seem to have little common since about how auctions actually = work. I don't even bother looking through the auctions any more. Too = many items, too many sikhote-alins, Bessy Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, = Thursday etc, you get the point.=20 I use ebay like I always have, selling the lower end stuff, small = pieces, to get new customers. It still works well, but the prices there = are in the toilet. My website makes my money, ebay gets me customers. = For those out there now who thought that by selling on ebay they would = get rich, well, good luck.=20 Now, it seems that Mr. Warren among others just keep spouting that = prices on ebay reflect the market. Well, they don't know the market. = Ebay is for the most part, a discount clearing house for low quality or = small pieces. Not to say bad stuff, but it is my low quality stuff that = goes on there, my good stuff goes on my website with prices that fit the = merchandise. If you want quality you pay for it.=20 As with all auctions, ebay has great bargains, even in meteorites, = sometimes the buyer gets really lucky. It never happened until the sheer = glut of meteorites on ebay was so much that there is simply too many to = look through.=20 Ebay is NOT the meteorite market, anyone who thinks so needs to get a = different job, you aren't doing too well in this one.......... Mike farmer ------=_NextPart_000_0061_01C21F55.480A21E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I must say that I have seen this coming = for some=20 years now. I was about the first meteorite dealer on ebay, that was in = mid 1996=20 when ebay was less than one year old! There were always about 5 items of = meteorites on there, ALWAYS mine with the occasional Canyon Diablo some = mineral=20 dealer would list. I used to get beyond top dollar there, then = slowly the=20 meteorite people noticed and began the flood. It went well for several = more=20 years, until about 2000, when everyone who owned a meteorite called = themselves a=20 "dealer" and began selling. Many people bought from me on ebay, then 4 = days=20 later I saw the same meteorite on ebay again. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> People tend to = destroy all good=20 things, as it mostly is with ebay now. Flooded with some many = meteorites, mostly=20 duplicates by the same people who seem to have little common since about = how=20 auctions actually work. I don't even bother looking through the auctions = any=20 more. Too many items, too many sikhote-alins, Bessy Monday, Tuesday, = Wednesday,=20 Thursday etc, you get the point. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I use ebay like I = always have,=20 selling the lower end stuff, small pieces, to get new customers. It = still works=20 well, but the prices there are in the toilet. My website makes my money, = ebay=20 gets me customers. For those out there now who thought that by selling = on ebay=20 they would get rich, well, good luck. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Now, it seems that = Mr. Warren=20 among others just keep spouting that prices on ebay reflect the market. = Well,=20 they don't know the market. Ebay is for the most part, a discount = clearing house=20 for low quality or small pieces. Not to say bad stuff, but it is my low = quality=20 stuff that goes on there, my good stuff goes on my website with prices = that fit=20 the merchandise. If you want quality you pay for it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>As with all auctions, ebay has great = bargains, even=20 in meteorites, sometimes the buyer gets really lucky. It never happened = until=20 the sheer glut of meteorites on ebay was so much that there is simply = too many=20 to look through. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ebay is NOT the meteorite market, = anyone who thinks=20 so needs to get a different job, you aren't doing too well in this=20 one..........</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0061_01C21F55.480A21E0-- Received on Sat 29 Jun 2002 01:11:06 PM PDT |
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