[meteorite-list] Data in auctions

From: Martin <Martin_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:37 2004
Message-ID: <003801c39f26$92562a80$8fd6e4d9_at_9y6y40j>

Hi Jamie, Michael...

unfortunately the title line for ebay auctions is limited: max. 45
characters,
thus such a standard is not possible.

"meteorite" is essential, for the item displayed in the search results.
If you ad "IIIAB"&"partslice"&"145.36g" and then the meteorite would be
named:
"Tomhannock Creek" or "Sacramento Mountains" or "Sulphur Springs Draw"...

Furthermore each seller has to emphasize the particularities of the
specimen, if he wants to get a good price:
Flow lines, 100% fusion crust, low tkw, only LL3.7 on Earth, Neumann lines,
rhabdites, orintation or simply if it's rare or a fall ect.

It's illusoric.

A standardized block in the description text would be sensefull.

I spend my two cents tomorrow at the Munich Show!
Martin A.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net>
To: "Jamie Stephens" <j.stephens_at_morphism.com>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 6:49 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Data in auctions


> Hi Jamie & all,
> I believe the refinement of posting info on eBay you suggest
> below is as good as it is going to get, given all the people selling on
> eBay. If list members adopted this this format:
>
> name, class, specimen weight, cut, comments
>
> it would be, in my opinion, a great boon to ebay functioning.
> One of the reasons I rarely even check ebay is that such information
> is often lacking in the list of items offered. This is the info I ALWAYS
> look for just to CONSIDER checking an item out. I have been frustrated
> hundreds of times, seeing a name - but no weight listed - checking
> it out only to find it is a Bessey Speck or the like. Or, I want a whole
> stone, and it is a part slice, or vice verca & on & on.
> Besides for making the eBay meteorite market FAR more
> "buyer friendly" it would, as you point out, make analysis vastly
> easier.
> I suggest all sellers use this format if they don't already (I
have
> always included this info in my listings) and that the IMCA encourage
> all members to do the same when selling on eBay.
> That's my two cents.
> Michael
>
Received on Thu 30 Oct 2003 03:44:10 PM PST