[meteorite-list] ADS Cottingham

From: Mark Grossman <markig_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 22:58:07 -0500
Message-ID: <002201c981c5$cb9b68f0$6501a8c0_at_QED>

Sounds like good advice - if I see any meteorites at Target's, I be sure to
wait for a sale.

There are also some higher end stores that will tell a customer to wait
because the item of interest is going on sale.

Mark

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To: "Michael Cottingham" <mikewren at gilanet.com>;
<meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com>; "Mark Grossman"
<markig at westnet.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ADS Cottingham


> 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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> >>>
> >
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