[meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale
From: Darryl Pitt <darryl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 14:58:49 -0500 Message-ID: <229E9866-D9C6-4102-8E40-FE4EC8F54413_at_dof3.com> Hi Again, Darren... Gotta jump in for a minute before taking off.... Two very different thoughts were thrown together and the result is a bit confusing. I was not suggesting to keep prices high. Oh my golly, no. I am only attempting to suggest that a longer view should be taken and that it would be nice if an effort were made to reduce the number of pricing anomalies. By the way, most wealthy collectors I know do not buy common specimens. The involvement of such collectors simply provides increased stability by driving overall demand which enhances the value of all of our collections---not a bad thing. It's going to be a long, long time before any of us have to worry about an inability to be able to snag cheap meteorites. All best and wishing everyone a nice Sunday! Darryl On Dec 7, 2008, at 2:26 PM, Darren Garrison wrote: > On Sun, 7 Dec 2008 12:57:16 -0500, you wrote: > >> This is a serious business... > > One last point on this-- of course a "business" will legitamately > want to make > as much money for product or service X as they can for it-- but it > is entirely a > different matter to expect customers of said business to want the > business to > charge more, which is what Darryl said and I was replying to-- > > quote: > > "Everything else being the same, no witnessed fall should ever sell > for > a couple of bucks a gram, and we should all strive to make certain > this doesn't occur." > > Meaning-- we should try to keep the prices of these high, even if > they could > sell for less. With the implication that this is to attract "serious > collectors", which seems to mean rich people collecting for future > profits. > > Now, while (to illustrate with some other buyable product) it is > well and good > for Best Buy to want $1000 for a flat-screen TV if they can get it. > But it > isn't reasonable to expect the customer to want Best Buy to charge > $1000 for > that flat-screen when it COULD sell for $100. If what it costs to > sell it at a > profit is $1000, then fine. But if it could be sold for $100, why > on Earth > would the customer be expected to get behind selling it for $1000 > just because > $100 is "too cheap"? My position as a consumer is to attempt to pay > the lowest > reasonable cost for any item. > > I'd think that the main expense for hunters isn't the travel costs, > but the cost > of buying the meteorites from the land owner, who always expect it > to be a "get > rich quick" situation. If the land owners expect (and get) a price > that > requires hunters to resell it at around $50 a gram, then that's what > the hunters > will have to charge. But if the land owners didn't expect as much > money, then > the resellers wouldn't have to charge as much money. It is a > feedback loop. > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sun 07 Dec 2008 02:58:49 PM PST |
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