[meteorite-list] Tucson questions and predictions

From: wahlperry at aol.com <wahlperry_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:31:14 -0500
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Hi All,
I would encourage everyone to go to Tucson if they have a chance. If
you have ever dreamed of hunting meteorites or wanted to hold a rare
meteorite this is the place, not to mention the Famous birthday Bash
and auction!
To make everyone happy for the high cost of travel, rooms, food etc I
will be giving FREE autographs and photo opportunities to the first 200
people .

Sonny


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From: MeteorHntr at aol.com
To: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 1:13 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson questions and predictions






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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