[meteorite-list] Tucson questions and predictions

From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 16:13:25 EST
Message-ID: <c9f.457ba0c9.36b4c775_at_aol.com>

In a message dated 1/30/2009 1:49:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
star_wars_collector at yahoo.com writes:
I have questions anf thoughts about Tucson...
Is it really worth going? I would think that prices would be hogher due to
cost of travel and living (room, food etc) for the show and the dealers
wanting to recover funds for that.
Also a friend is out there and says its slower then he has ever seen, does
anyone else see this?
Could this show be a dissapointment like Denver was?
Will this be more of a dealers meeting/buying trip then collectors and the
average person?
I was wanting to go, but from what I have seen so far, I may have saved
myself alot of money by not making the trip.
I am thinking that we will see prices drop after the show due to dealers
needing to recover costs of the trip.

Any opinions and or comments on this?
 
 
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Greg,

I am not sure I have heard anyone that has ever said they regretted every
going to Tucson.

I don't ever hesitate to tell ANYONE that they need to go to Tucson at least
once in their lives. Just walking around and seeing everything
(non-meteorite even) that is for sale is amazing, and unlike anything you will ever
experience.

Your logic above is quite a bit flawed. You mention the prices might be
higher at the show due to the costs, then you mention that afterwards the prices
might be lower due to the costs. Over the years I have found that if the
prices are going to be higher or lower, they will both be higher or lower
during and after the show.

Every year there seems to be a pattern, buyers come in early during the show
to cherry pick the best quality and the most undervalued pieces that the
show has to offer. Then buyers also come in at (or stick around until) the end
to pick up great bargains that might be left at the end of the show. Then
others come in for the main weekend only to go to the Birthday Bash and the
Auction, and to get their fix for the year then head home.

Now, if you don't value being able to compare side by side 20 slices of the
same specimen to be able to examine and determine what is the BEST one for
you, then you probably won't want to go to Tucson.

If you don't like the idea of getting items at INCREDIBLE prices at the
auction, then you won't want to bother showing up this year.

If you don't like the idea of pitting one dealer against the other, to get
the best possible price on a particular rock, Tucson is definitely is not for
you.

If you don't like the idea of stumbling onto a foreign dealer, that doesn't
even speak English, that mostly sells something else, but has a crate of
meteorites under the table, that one of his buddies back home asked him to bring
and sell for him, and he doesn't even know what he has, or what they are
really worth, then you should definitely stay home and leave those treasures for
others to find.

If the thought of sitting down with a seller that has had a few too many
Margaritas and is almost giving stuff away because he is in a great mood, then I
would have to agree that you had better save your airfare and not waste the
time making it out.

And by all means, if getting to know other collectors on a personal basis,
who will tip you off as to whom to stay away from (because they would NEVER
write in an email such advice that might be used against them) OR they might
ask you if you want to go in with them to make a big wholesale lot to share at
a great price, then I would have to suggest that you go with your gut feeling
and stay home this year.

Besides, the weather might not be so good this year anyway. I hear it is
only going to be 80 degrees, and the hot tub at the hotel doesn't really feel
so good unless it cooler out. And if you get a tan in the middle of winter,
all your friends at home might be jealous of you.

If you don't like the idea of getting the best $2 bottle of bootlegged wine
you will ever find...I didn't just say that did I? (Hey, Mike, save me a
case, ok?)

Yea, I think it might be best if you just stay home and wait to buy what
everyone else is reselling from the great deals they found at Tucson this year.
After all, you can always go down to your local bar and buy a cheaper
Margarita, and go to a $3 tanning bed, and read the posts here on the list about
how much fun everyone else is having and it will be almost EXACTLY the same as
being in Tucson yourself. And look at all the money you will save!

Do you want me to collect all the dealers names that didn't sell much by the
end of the show and send their contact info for you so you can make the
after show deals with them?

For everyone else, I can't wait to see you in the Sun in a couple of days!

Steve Arnold #1
Birthday Kid #2
 
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Received on Fri 30 Jan 2009 04:13:25 PM PST