[meteorite-list] EBay analysis (preliminary)

From: Randy Mils <acculabs_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:36 2004
Message-ID: <BAY2-F115Xr6nbb3MOs00001701_at_hotmail.com>

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<P>Let me be the first to agree that this is an invasion of privacy.&nbsp; This is also not the place for "ebay analysis".&nbsp;&nbsp; We have been there and done that with another "former list member"<BR><BR>Randy</P></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;From: Jamie Stephens <J.STEPHENS_at_MORPHISM.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;To: Meteorite List <METEORITE-LIST_at_METEORITECENTRAL.COM>
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Subject: [meteorite-list] EBay analysis (preliminary)
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 08:06:43 -0600
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Listees,
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;On the dealer/collector spectrum, I'm at the collector end.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;I haven't yet sold any meteorites (but I do need to thin
<DIV></DIV>&gt;out my collection a bit). Anyway, I am interested in the
<DIV></DIV>&gt;meteorite market dynamics. It's fun.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Targeting Ebay, I exercised some software tools I have. I
<DIV></DIV>&gt;looked at completed "Meteorites, Tektites" category completed
<DIV></DIV>&gt;sales from 2003-10-10 to 2003-10-25 (the data that Ebay
<DIV></DIV>&gt;keeps easily available). Here are some interesting stats:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;[CAVEAT: I haven't thoroughly validated these results. Please
<DIV></DIV>&gt;consider them preliminary.]
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Items ended: 2036
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Items sold: 1035
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Number of unique sellers: 169
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Number of unique winners: 413
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Number of unique bidders: 815
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Total sold: $57,951.60
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Most expensive item sold: $6,736.00
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;More data below. I plan to start collecting data over time to
<DIV></DIV>&gt;see trends. If you're interested in the result, let me know.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;I'll post if there's sufficient interest. I'm mostly interested
<DIV></DIV>&gt;in the "demand side". Are more people bidding on meteorites?
<DIV></DIV>&gt;What else are they bidding on? Etc.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Of course, I'm only looking at EBay -- as opposed to the large
<DIV></DIV>&gt;number of direct deals that I can't see.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Some folks might gripe that I'm invading privacy. Yes? If
<DIV></DIV>&gt;so, lemme know. I can obfuscate identities. But folks can
<DIV></DIV>&gt;still figure out the identities from the EBay data.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Please remember the caveat above, and send my any comments
<DIV></DIV>&gt;or questions.
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;--Jamie Stephens
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Top 20 sellers making the most money:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;seller | # trans | usd
<DIV></DIV>&gt;-------------------------------+-------+-------
<DIV></DIV>&gt; cometshop | 47 | 10634
<DIV></DIV>&gt; finmet | 70 | 7436
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritehunter%40comcast.net | 80 | 4584
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritemarina | 17 | 3619
<DIV></DIV>&gt; a.chondrite | 6 | 2145
<DIV></DIV>&gt; mr-meteorite | 6 | 2132
<DIV></DIV>&gt; flattoprocks | 30 | 1956
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritelab | 108 | 1937
<DIV></DIV>&gt; katy2kary | 35 | 1710
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritehunters | 47 | 1374
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 17jack-anthony | 10 | 1141
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoriten | 8 | 1044
<DIV></DIV>&gt; illinoismeteorites | 12 | 1025
<DIV></DIV>&gt; paolo2000 | 7 | 1018
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 3281958 | 2 | 1005
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoriteusa.com | 22 | 940
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteorflash | 79 | 808
<DIV></DIV>&gt; svassiliev | 18 | 736
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritesandmore | 63 | 628
<DIV></DIV>&gt; litig8nshark | 6 | 516
<DIV></DIV>&gt;(20 rows)
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Top 20 bidders spending the most money:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;bidder | usd | wins
<DIV></DIV>&gt;---------------------+------+------
<DIV></DIV>&gt; nickelironmonkey | 6787 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; dbgbogey | 2065 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; cat_berlin | 1848 | 3
<DIV></DIV>&gt; peterutas%40aol.com | 1630 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; aggiemwd | 1525 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; pangeogem | 1447 | 3
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteorpassion | 1032 | 16
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritoeg | 1009 | 21
<DIV></DIV>&gt; pat11260 | 978 | 7
<DIV></DIV>&gt; tdaulton | 961 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; pema9 | 824 | 11
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 17jack-anthony | 817 | 10
<DIV></DIV>&gt; starsandrocks | 795 | 4
<DIV></DIV>&gt; sandro1921 | 770 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; alwaysdreaming.com | 760 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 3281958 | 732 | 6
<DIV></DIV>&gt; illinoismeteorites | 632 | 14
<DIV></DIV>&gt; centrosaurusred | 585 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; wols1 | 580 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; newforwu | 547 | 9
<DIV></DIV>&gt;(20 rows)
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;Top 20 EBay "traders", those buying and selling on EBay:
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;seller |net usd| wins | sells
<DIV></DIV>&gt;----------------------+-------+------+-------
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteoritesandmore | 593 | 3 | 63
<DIV></DIV>&gt; docdavev45%40aol.com | 429 | 1 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; illinoismeteorites | 393 | 14 | 12
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 17jack-anthony | 324 | 10 | 10
<DIV></DIV>&gt; 3281958 | 273 | 6 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; jacinth2 | 248 | 2 | 14
<DIV></DIV>&gt; phenomenologist | 22 | 3 | 4
<DIV></DIV>&gt; birago123456 | 9 | 2 | 3
<DIV></DIV>&gt; tigeroakantiques | 0 | 2 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; mi-meteorites | -51 | 2 | 3
<DIV></DIV>&gt; jnbran | -52 | 1 | 6
<DIV></DIV>&gt; driveahumlv | -60 | 2 | 2
<DIV></DIV>&gt; pardelmops | -449 | 3 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt; meteor4911 | -469 | 1 | 3
<DIV></DIV>&gt; nickelironmonkey | -6738 | 2 | 1
<DIV></DIV>&gt;(15 rows)
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
<DIV></DIV>&gt;
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