[meteorite-list] You have to be KIDDING

From: meteoriteplaya_at_comcast.net <meteoriteplaya_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon Oct 2 19:03:11 2006
Message-ID: <100220062303.27386.45219AAC000DC86C00006AFA22028887440E970E049F0A9B079D010A9B0A03_at_comcast.net>

Hi Bob
It is because Ebay charges a listing fee of only $4.80 for items over $500. So the lister paid only $4.80 to list it. Where they get you is if the item sells. It would be 1.5% from $1000 and up....almost $200,000.
To see what I mean use this Ebay/PayPal calculator. Enter 13,000,000 in both the starting bid and final bid price. Enter 0 in the shipping.
http://home.alltel.net/micrep/fees.html
Mike

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Mike Jensen
Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
303-337-4361
IMCA 4264
website: www.jensenmeteorites.com
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531_at_comcast.net>
> These never cease to amaze me. With the internet available around the globe, 
> even the people with the lowest I.Q.'s can check the market on virtually 
> anything.
> A simple check would put the value of his so-called meteorite at a few 
> dollars at best, saving him big money on listing fees.
> Am I missing something or do they offer zero fee auction listings in the 
> U.K. ?
> I just dont get it !
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net>
> To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] You have to be KIDDING
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:06:25 -0400, you wrote:
> 
> >Hey list. Check this meteorite for sale for a mere $13 million dollars!!
> >http://cgi.ebay.com/METEORITE_W0QQitemZ300034369553QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ
> 1QQcmdZViewItem
> 
> Sigh.  As long as the mentally ill are just posting auctions on Ebay that'll
> obviously never sell and not out shooting Amish schoolgirls, I guess they're
> pretty harmless.  (It's the ones who have good photos, lucid descriptions, 
> and
> realistic prices for their fakes that are a harm to meteorite collecting).
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Received on Mon 02 Oct 2006 07:03:09 PM PDT