[meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items

From: meteoriteguy.com <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 19:49:34 -0500
Message-ID: <C543AAE0-7A30-43DA-B5D3-04301C7160E8_at_meteoriteguy.com>

For those of us who spend most of our time hunting meteorites in the field, for me meaning overseas, we just do not have the time needed to update enough. My site has more than 50 pages of meteorites, in the las 6 months I have only updated about 10 of them. Often now when I get a new meteorite, it is sold without ever going on the site, just more Efficient for me. It mostly comes down to time though.
Michael Farmer

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On Apr 12, 2011, at 6:21 PM, Michael Mulgrew <mikestang at gmail.com> wrote:

> List,
>
> I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's website displays
> specimens that have already sold right along side specimens that are
> in stock and available for sale? I do not know of any other market
> that does this; it is unique to meteorites in my experiences. As a
> collector/prospective buyer I do not see the upside to this practice.
> It does nothing for helping me find what I'm looking for; in fact it
> is counter productive when I am shopping for a specimen as it makes it
> more difficult to see what is actually available for sale. It's
> synonymous with looking for clothes in your size and every store has
> displays showing your size but not actually selling any clothes that
> fit you. Maybe a separate page for "Sold Specimens" would be more
> appropriate if there was a need that I am not aware of to display
> pieces that have already been sold? I look forward to becoming
> educated on this matter.
>
> Regards,
> Michael in so. Cal.
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Received on Tue 12 Apr 2011 08:49:34 PM PDT