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From: Randy Mils <acculabs_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:23 2004
Message-ID: <BAY2-F47Vtu2xqLAUtM000041b0_at_hotmail.com>

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<P>Here is an idea..........</P>
<P>Reputable retailers (like at the mall) will give you a reduction in price if an item you buy goes on sale within a reasonable amount of time.  Why wouldn't this work for meteorite dealers?</P>
<P>Example........  If I sell XXX meteorite this week for $100- per gram and then put it on sale next week for $50- per gram, I give a partial refund to everyone who bought it from me the first week.</P>
<P>Randy<BR><BR></P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>>From: Michael L Blood <MLBLOOD_at_COX.NET>
<DIV></DIV>>To: Michael Cottingham <MIKEWREN_at_GILANET.COM>, <SHARKKB8@AOL.COM>,<METEORITECOLLECTORS@YAHOOGROUPS.COM>,M come Meteorite Meteorites <MCOMEMETEORITE2000@YAHOO.IT>,<METEORITE-LIST@METEORITECENTRAL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...
<DIV></DIV>>Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:12:05 -0700
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>Michael,
<DIV></DIV>> Why don't I "PRAISE some of the CHEAPEST prices around?"
<DIV></DIV>>Read my article this month in METEORITE TIMES. If you read that
<DIV></DIV>>and STILL can't figure out why I don't "PRAISE some of the CHEAPEST
<DIV></DIV>>prices around?" Let me make it clear right here:
<DIV></DIV>> When you offer merchandise for a given price, then offer the
<DIV></DIV>>same material later for less - then, if you don't sell all of it at that
<DIV></DIV>>price, you offer it later for even less - over and over and over, as
<DIV></DIV>>you do, Michael, you create several effects that go far beyond your
<DIV></DIV>>personal reality.
<DIV></DIV>> For one thing, you give buyers the message they should never buy
<DIV></DIV>>now, wait, and the price will go down (however, this only badly hurts
<DIV></DIV>>all dealers, not necessarily the collectors.). However, you ALSO burn
<DIV></DIV>>ALL your own customers who paid more for this material when you
<DIV></DIV>>originally offered it.
<DIV></DIV>> I buy something from you for $3.50/g and 2 weeks later you drop
<DIV></DIV>>the price to $1.75/g - I feel RIPPED OFF. (perhaps you STILL don't get
<DIV></DIV>>this, despite doing this to all of us who invested heavily in Wagon
<DIV></DIV>>Wheel - which you, then proceeded to GIVE AWAY. Those of us in for
<DIV></DIV>>$3.50 a gram felt really burned and I, for one, told you that strait to
<DIV></DIV>>your face and I KNOW several others who did as well.) ALSO, when
<DIV></DIV>>you do this, there is NO STABILITY in the meteorite market.
<DIV></DIV>> Low prices, I am all for it. My collection has never been "gaining
<DIV></DIV>>weight" so fast. I can make just as much money dealing low priced
<DIV></DIV>>material as high priced material. No problem. It is the instability
<DIV></DIV>>that TOTALLY destabilizes everything
<DIV></DIV>> It really doesn't matter (on a market level) whether meteorites
<DIV></DIV>>are "cheap" or "expensive" - of course, as a collector, I prefer them
<DIV></DIV>>cheap - but as a dealer, I don't care one way or the other. WHAT I DO
<DIV></DIV>>CARE ABOUT IS STABILITY. Without it, neither collectors OR dealers
<DIV></DIV>>can conduct business in a sane manor.
<DIV></DIV>> Your CONSTANT "fire sales" followed by even greater fire sales
<DIV></DIV>>undermine that stability entirely. No one can reckon the "value"
<DIV></DIV>>of material, because the prices are running all over the board. But
<DIV></DIV>>you get your cash in hand NOW and that is all you care about.
<DIV></DIV>> So, Michael, THAT is why I don't "praise some of the cheapest
<DIV></DIV>>prices around." Get it? Or, is it STILL too subtle for you?
<DIV></DIV>> I resent it as a collector and I resent it as a dealer.
<DIV></DIV>> Sincerely, Michael Blood
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>>on 10/8/03 12:27 AM, Michael Cottingham at mikewren_at_gilanet.com wrote:
<DIV></DIV>>
<DIV></DIV>> > Hello,
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Maybe I just really don't want to sell that piece that bad!!!
<DIV></DIV>> > Hey ...why don't you look at the other pieces and PRAISE some of the
<DIV></DIV>> > CHEAPEST prices around!
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Really folks ...don't look for ghosts on this one. Either
<DIV></DIV>> > buy the pieces or don't. It is all up front and it is a public sale.
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Michael
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> > Michael Cottingham
<DIV></DIV>> > ----- Original Message -----
<DIV></DIV>> > From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <MCOMEMETEORITE2000_at_YAHOO.IT>
<DIV></DIV>> > To: <SHARKKB8_at_AOL.COM>; <METEORITECOLLECTORS@YAHOOGROUPS.COM>
<DIV></DIV>> > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:18 AM
<DIV></DIV>> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off
<DIV></DIV>> > everything on ...
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >
<DIV></DIV>> >> it resolves with these useless sentences
<DIV></DIV>> >>
<DIV></DIV>> >> Matteo
<DIV></DIV>> >>
<DIV></DIV>> >> --- Michael Cottingham <MIKEWREN_at_GILANET.COM>wrote:
<DIV></DIV>> >>> It is something else....
<DIV></DIV>> >>>
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Michael
<DIV></DIV>> >>> ----- Original Message -----
<DIV></DIV>> >>> From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com
<DIV></DIV>> >>> To: mikewren_at_gilanet.com ;
<DIV></DIV>> >>> mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it ;
<DIV></DIV>> >>> meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:05 AM
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re:
<DIV></DIV>> >>> [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off everything on
<DIV></DIV>> >>> ...
<DIV></DIV>> >>>
<DIV></DIV>> >>>
<DIV></DIV>> >>> mikewren_at_gilanet.com writes:
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Matteo and Michael Blood should go back to
<DIV></DIV>> >>> bed...you nit wits!
<DIV></DIV>> >>> C'mon Michael (C.) - that doesn't really address
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Michael (B.)'s inquiry about your "discount"
<DIV></DIV>> >>> pricing. If it's just a (moderately-insulting)
<DIV></DIV>> >>> marketing ploy to get the same net amount of money
<DIV></DIV>> >>> for a rock, just say so. If it's something else,
<DIV></DIV>> >>> just say so. I'm speaking as a past
<DIV></DIV>> >>> customer....could you please answer the question?
<DIV></DIV>> >>>
<DIV></DIV>> >>> Gregory
<DIV></DIV>> >>>
<DIV></DIV>> >>
<DIV></DIV>> >>
<DIV></DIV>> >> =====
<DIV></DIV>> >> M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato
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<DIV></DIV>> >> Email: mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it
<DIV></DIV>> >> Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site:
<DIV></DIV>> > http://www.mcomemeteorite.info
<DIV></DIV>> >> International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140
<DIV></DIV>> >> MSN Messanger: spacerocks_at_hotmail.com
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