[meteorite-list] ebay descriptions

From: CMcdon0923_at_aol.com <CMcdon0923_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:24 2004
Message-ID: <18D0BCFA.0AE87C5C.0A2C07BE_at_aol.com>

Another thing that I have always wished for is some type of standardization in the "title" field.

I first mentioned this back before there was a separate Ebay category for meteorites, and we were just lumped into the MINERALS section. You had to specifically search for the word "meteorite" to see what was available.

I realize that we could never standardize the "great unwashed masses" that list meteorites, but my personal wish would be to see specimens from list members listed as follows: FIND/FALL NAME - TYPE - WEIGHT - WHOLE/SLICE/PARTSLICE/(other)

I find it extremely annoying to see a location name that I'm interested in, only to click on it and see that it's a 0.000000438 gram speck. If it would have said that in the title, I needn't waste my time. Of course that may not benefit the seller, but if I'm not interested in it after looking closer, the end result was the same....no sale.

Craig
Received on Thu 09 Oct 2003 06:43:04 PM PDT