[meteorite-list] List policies and ad posts thoughts

From: Robert Woolard <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Aug 3 15:54:02 2005
Message-ID: <20050803195358.67543.qmail_at_web32908.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Hello List,

   Mike Farmer makes a lot of good points in his email
below. I would add that the Ad posts could be looked
upon as sort of a "heads-up" for some great items a
lot of the time. If any member personally doesn't want
to take the time to open an Ad, it takes about, what,
1/2- 1 second to delete it? So I hope that the
relatively few people who don't like the Ads will
remember that there are a lot of us that do. Some of
the best photos of meteorites to be found on the
internet can be seen in some of these ads. That alone
is enough to justify them, in my opinion.

   When I posted to the List earlier today that I
agreed with Michael Blood's post, I SPECIFICALLY meant
the parts about Art doing a good job, and that I
personally don't understand people leaving the list
because of ONE person's action of posting MULTIPLE
times/day.

  Sincerely,
  Robert Woolard

--- Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
wrote:

> I have discussed this issue with many people in
> private at the Tucson show,
> and came to one conclusion. The vast majority of
> people on this list prefer
> the meteorite ads, including eBay ads. Most people,
> like myself included
> have little time to search through thousands of
> daily eBay auctions, so we
> all like to be reminded when people have large lots
> or special items are
> ending.
>
> I think that my sales like the one ending tonight
> are unique opportunities
> for collectors to acquire large and rare and
> valuable specimens for low
> prices. Where else can you find a 7.5 kilo witnessed
> fall individual started
> at one cent?
>
> I do agree that posts should be for large sales, or
> unique items. We would
> quickly be overwhelmed if people started posting
> every Gao or Canyon Diablo
> they had up for sale.
>
> This is a meteorite list, and it encompasses all
> parts of meteoritical
> studies and collecting, including the commercial end
> of it, for without
> people like me going all over the world getting
> these meteorites, there
> would be precious few to go around. And for me to
> pay for all those hunting
> trips (many of which are unsuccessful) I have to
> sell a large amount
> meteorites.
>
> Now if you are a member of several of the Yahoo
> meteorite sales lists, and
> this list, then often you will get several copies of
> the same sale. You need
> to remember that you signed up to those lists, and
> that many people are not
> all on one list, so I like most, send to each list.
>
> Michael Farmer
>
>
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