[meteorite-list] ADS Cottingham

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Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2009 03:32:53 +0000
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I don't see the difference in Michaels approach to any other retail outfit.
Target has sales all the time. I buy something one week, then the next month it is on sale. What can you do.
My advice for meteorites...make an offer. Most dealers are very flexible especially if you are a returning customer.
Matt
Matt Morgan
Mile High Meteorites
http://www.mhmeteorites.com
P.O. Box 151293
Lakewood, CO 80215 USA

-----Original Message-----
From: michael cottingham <mikewren at gilanet.com>

Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:23:53
To: Mark Grossman<markig at westnet.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ADS Cottingham


Hello,

I agree with most of what you say. It is good to wait and have patience.

I offer all kinds of sales.

Set prices in my ebay store

10% to 30% off sales, sometimes more.

And 0.99 cents auction about every 2 weeks.

Sometimes items can be bought for less if you wait. Other times there
is no time to wait because it is limited in quantity.

Over all, most of my customers are repeat buyers who know prices go up
and down, but I know they get great deals in the long run and most
probably do the math and know that in the long run they get GREAT
prices from me. Also, it is funny when I have a 30% off sale for
several days and when I have advertised it, but it is the day after
the sale ends that a lot of pieces sell for full price.... figure that
one out!

Best Wishes

Michael Cottingham









On Jan 28, 2009, at 8:03 PM, Mark Grossman wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have mixed feelings on this.
>
> I don't have any objections at all to the number of ads posted. Two
> or three
> a week - its not five or ten a day.
>
> However, it's all those sales that are a bit problematic. 10 -20 or
> more
> percent off fairly quickly after the original items are first listed
> for
> sale.
>
> You see something you like, you buy it, and then find out you could
> have
> gotten it significantly lower if you had waited a few days. This has
> happened to me twice.
>
> I know the sales are intended to benefit both buyer and seller, but
> when
> there are so many of them, how does that make the buyer feel who
> overpaid
> for an item?
>
> Is the lesson to be learned don't buy what you like when you first
> see it,
> because if you wait, you will almost certainly get it cheaper?
>
> Don't get me wrong. Michael has some great stuff for sale. But those
> prices coming down so quickly - next time I will try waiting before
> I buy.
>
> Sometimes sales, which are supposed to attract buyers, can have the
> reverse
> effect too.
>
> Mark Grossman
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>
> To: "michael cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>
> Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ADS Cottingham
>
>
> Hello,
>
> I also do not get it. I have been on this list for 10 years and I
> never once, have I cared about too many ads. I mean it really is a
> non-
> issue for most.
>
> Michael
> On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:14 PM, michael cottingham wrote:
>
>> Do you really have nothing better to do? Enough. 99% of the people
>> on the list- want ads, they want meteorites, they want to know what
>> is for sale, they are busy and they want to be reminded. You have
>> some tattle-tale like mentality. YOU can block my emails and then
>> rest easy.
>>
>> Michael
>> On Jan 28, 2009, at 7:02 PM, bill kies wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> It sounds like you're counting now! Very good. You understand the
>>> concept of twice. That's a good start. I thought you could'nt count
>>> at all. I'm always happy to help. Maybe you should appoint one of
>>> us to count for you if you're too distracted to keep track of all
>>> these silly rules.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>> Why don't you stop reposting my add over and over! I appreciate the
>>> extra exposure, but that is enough ads this week. I think between
>>> you
>>> and Greg, you have reposted me twice. Thanks, but that is even more
>>> than I care to do.
>>> Best Wishes
>>>_________________________________________________________________
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