[meteorite-list] Re: EBay analysis (preliminary)

From: RYAN PAWELSKI <yellowengine_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:36 2004
Message-ID: <30893114.1067422356058.JavaMail.root_at_ernie.psp.pas.earthlink.net>

Should this be considered a true invasion of privacy even if all the information that was used in the analysis is available to anyone who wants to obtain it? It's not like this is confidential information being spewed without the persons consent. Or is it? : /

-Ryan


----- Original Message -----
From: Randy Mils
To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 4:01 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list]


Let me be the first to agree that this is an invasion of privacy. This is also not the place for "ebay analysis". We have been there and done that with another "former list member"

Randy

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