[meteorite-list] Ebay prices.
From: Rosemary Hackney <ltcrose_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:36 2004 Message-ID: <003301c21fb1$d116ccc0$dc72d6d1_at_default> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C21F87.E7236DE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I noticed this since I began collecting. There were very few to chose = from.. then all of a sudden.. hmm. Like you guys. I tend to look at new = and going ... I figure I will catch the other on the upswing. But it = seems my best pieces are from my friends I deal with on internet.. Like = Mike Cottingham..Or Jim Stroupe or Zeppie or Michael Farmer or Dave = Harris or Rocks on Fire or Lockyear. From them I have obtained many = amazing pieces... as well as from some others. I did buy on ebay to = start.. but like you said.. small pieces. But still a piece. I am = opening a rock and mineral shop and I hope to add some of these = specimens as kits to the public. Beginner type stuff. Maybe some on ebay = .. I am developing a website too. Hope there is room for me. A lot of = the stuff will be the duplicates I obtained trying to get better = specimens. I hope this in no way infringes on anyone. I have always = liked rocks and minerals and fossils and have collected all my life.. = Meteorites are just new to me now. I hope to be more qualified in the = future. and with the help I have received from you guys..I am getting = there. But am in no way an expert. Is why I buy from those on the list = .. so I can feel assured that it is authentic. Only one I have bought = from do I have some thoughts... ( panahanaswife) but they look like all = the other Canyon diablos to me..so I have no reason to believe they are = not what they are supposed to be. Thanks for all the kind words and acceptance from you guys. Rosie ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Farmer=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 12:11 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Ebay prices. 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_0030_01C21F87.E7236DE0 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 6.00.2716.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I noticed this since I began = collecting.=20 There were very few to chose from.. then all of a sudden.. hmm. Like you = guys. I=20 tend to look at new and going ... I figure I will catch the other on the = upswing. But it seems my best pieces are from my friends I = deal with=20 on internet.. Like Mike Cottingham..Or Jim Stroupe or Zeppie or Michael = Farmer=20 or Dave Harris or Rocks on Fire or Lockyear. From them I have obtained = many=20 amazing pieces... as well as from some others. I did buy on ebay = to=20 start.. but like you said.. small pieces. But still a piece. = I am=20 opening a rock and mineral shop and I hope to add some of these = specimens as=20 kits to the public. Beginner type stuff. Maybe some on ebay .. I am = developing a=20 website too. Hope there is room for me. A lot of the stuff will be the=20 duplicates I obtained trying to get better specimens. I hope this in no = way=20 infringes on anyone. I have always liked rocks and minerals and = fossils=20 and have collected all my life.. Meteorites are just new to me now. = I hope=20 to be more qualified in the future. and with the help I have received = from you=20 guys..I am getting there. But am in no way an expert. Is why I buy from = those on=20 the list .. so I can feel assured that it is authentic. Only one I = have=20 bought from do I have some thoughts... ( panahanaswife) but they look = like all=20 the other Canyon diablos to me..so I have no reason to believe they are=20 not what they are supposed to be.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thanks for all the kind words and = acceptance from=20 you guys.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Rosie</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dfarmerm_at_concentric.net = href=3D"mailto:farmerm_at_concentric.net">Michael=20 Farmer</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, June 29, 2002 = 12:11=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] Ebay=20 prices.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <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=20 1996 when ebay was less than one year old! There were always about 5 = items of=20 meteorites on there, ALWAYS mine with the occasional Canyon Diablo = some=20 mineral dealer would list. I used to get beyond top dollar = there, then=20 slowly the meteorite people noticed and began the flood. It went well = for=20 several more years, until about 2000, when everyone who owned a = meteorite=20 called themselves a "dealer" and began selling. Many people bought = from me on=20 ebay, then 4 days later I saw the same meteorite on ebay again. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> People tend to = destroy all=20 good things, as it mostly is with ebay now. Flooded with some many = meteorites,=20 mostly duplicates by the same people who seem to have little common = since=20 about how auctions actually work. I don't even bother looking through = the=20 auctions any more. Too many items, too many sikhote-alins, Bessy = Monday,=20 Tuesday, Wednesday, 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=20 works well, but the prices there are in the toilet. My website makes = my money,=20 ebay gets me customers. For those out there now who thought that by = selling on=20 ebay 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=20 house for low quality or small pieces. Not to say bad stuff, but it is = my low=20 quality stuff that goes on there, my good stuff goes on my website = with prices=20 that fit 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,=20 even in meteorites, sometimes the buyer gets really lucky. It never = happened=20 until the sheer glut of meteorites on ebay was so much that there is = simply=20 too many to look through. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Ebay is NOT the meteorite market, = anyone who=20 thinks 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></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C21F87.E7236DE0-- Received on Sat 29 Jun 2002 05:13:27 PM PDT |
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