[meteorite-list] eBay Likes and Dislikes

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:21:04 2004
Message-ID: <00a101c349a4$94a4d340$84c643d8_at_malcolm>

Hello Adam and list, I love ebay. It is way to hard to shop for meteorites
finding & comparing prices web site to web site. From what I have seen, most
web sites sell meteorites at higher prices than ebays prices. I once won a
51g Oriented SA on ebay for $8.00, And an NWA 869 at 7 cents a gram, if any
dealers can beat that price, please let me know! I know everyone who buys on
ebay can tell of even better deals than that!
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 13, 2003 5:22 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay Likes and Dislikes


> Dear List Members,
>
> Since there are collectors and dealers that both like and dislike eBay I
> thought I would throw some of my thoughts in. My first exposure to eBay
was
> locating and purchasing rare engines for my collection, like stirlings,
> steam and the like. I was able to complete my collection because of eBay.
>
> My second exposure was when I partnered with gentlemen who was going to
> college in Texas named Duane. I am sure some of you know who I am talking
> about even though I have not heard from him in over six years. We
purchased
> large batches of unclassified Saharan meteorites (Long before NWA) from
the
> French who were working the desert consistently. I was content to hang
onto
> mine but he resold some material to help offset the enormous tuition costs
> at TCU.
>
> I had a girlfriend at that time that was also attending college to get a
> degree in business. Like most college students she was always short of
> money and did not have enough hours in the day to work full-time. I
decided
> to let her sell some of my excess meteorites on eBay and told her to keep
> the profits. This prevented her from bumming money off of me all the
time.
> I know some of you remember her because I see some of the same collectors
> still around, even after seven years. She went under the eBay handle
> "Lunarisha" and sold every meteorite she listed saving me the hassle of
> paying her way. There were only two other dealers selling meteorites on
> eBay with about 20 to 30 auctions at any given time. As a matter of fact
> she also sold on three other auction sites before eBay dominated the
market,
> mainly Yahoo.
>
> I think auctions are great, I have seen eBay help put people through
> college. It has helped my brother, Greg and I offset the enormous costs
of
> studying, classifying and to curate a large collection in which we always
> make samples available to the public.
>
> Wishing everybody the best,
>
> Adam
>
>
>
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Received on Sun 13 Jul 2003 09:09:29 PM PDT