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

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:36 2004
Message-ID: <BBC556E2.C901%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Jamie, Mike & all list members,
        Any and all of you may be as offended as you please, however,
Jamie has done absolutely nothing to violate anyone's privacy. All
data he has provided IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE. All he has done is
organize it in a more comprehensive manner for the meteorite
community. If you have an issue, it is with eBay, not with Jamie.
        Additionally, I find this information both interesting and
informative and appreciate reading it. It IS one of the many topics
appropriate to the list - it is a definite indication of one level of the
meteorite market and, therefore, totally appropriate for the list.
        Those who feel otherwise can always use the old "delete" key.
        Other than my statement that I, personally, enjoy having
this information provided, the statements contained here are not a matter
of opinion, they are matters of fact. This is public information and
appropriate for the list. People can have all the "opinions" about
that they want, it still won't change the reality that those are facts.
I can be of the opinion that 2 + 2 = 3. I can be offended that 2 + 2 = 4.
That does not mean that 2 + 2 does not = 4.
        Sincerely, Michael Blood
        

on 10/29/03 4:53 AM, Michael Farmer at meteoriteguy_at_yahoo.com wrote:

> Hi, I just saw this in Prague. I am quite offended by
> the public posting of my information. If you want to
> take the time and do that research, ok, but making it
> public here is no one's business. DO NOTY put me in
> that information again. It might even be against ebay
> policy. I will research that when I get home.
> Mike Farmer
> --- RYAN PAWELSKI <yellowengine_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>> 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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