[meteorite-list] Help with Ebay bidding

From: Richard Montgomery <rickmont_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2011 18:20:45 -0800
Message-ID: <76771DE941314A028EDDB37EDD387435_at_bosoheadPC>

Hi List...

The ones I bought from 'this entity' who stated this answer via an ebay
question, "I won't list the weights so please don't ask"....however did
provide a cm/mm grid (in blue...ahem, so now we know)...

[So going in I did have and idea of what I was bidding on. Other clues
prevailed as well: knowing NWA801 well, already owning a few small
specimens from semi-cubes, slices and a really nice end-piece with
protruding chondrules...I was already familiar with associated size, based
on the chondrule size. So, it wasn't a blank purchase.]

With that as a preamble, I'd probably dig a bit deeper next time.

Curiously as well, I never received answers to common-hello-emails after the
purchase, no ID cards (although labeled on the box) nor feedback on the
ebay-machine, by far the most worrisome part of the whole thing, even after
a number of attempts. (One of the most rewarding things is the
correspondence subsequent...alas) But, as always, I lend the bennefit of
doubt to others. And, I'll re-state it again, as re-redundant as it is, I
am still pleased with the specimens!

At least they didn't have martian fossil blood-cells tainting the membrane
box :)

-Richard Montgomery


----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Blood" <mlblood at cox.net>
To: "Met. Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>; "Richard Montgomery"
<rickmont at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>;
<valparint at aol.com>
Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Help with Ebay bidding


> Michael,
> I completely disagree. When I buy or collect micromount
> Lunars, that NWA Chassignite, very rare hammers - I care
> MUCH MUCH more about visual apperance than how much
> Mass the damned thing has!
> I have seen pieces twice as "big" than another that weighs
> Twice as much.
> To me it's a no brainer.
> Same with wire thin sliced specimens that have 4 times
> The surface area of a thickly sliced specimen that weights
> 8 times as much.
> Buying by weight is just ONE way of looking at "value"
> A specimen has.
> Michael
>
>>Of course, certain very rare types and
>> historicals should be weighed, unless the speck is so small that
>> static electricity can move it. ;)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> MikeG
>>
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>>
>> On 3/7/11, Richard Montgomery <rickmont at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Hi List:
>>>
>>> I ended up buying a few specimens from (I think) the entity you first
>>> mentioned, (not mineralwold1)...NWA801, Kenna and Kainsaz...they were
>>> all
>>> super super thin (in a good way...even translucent) with great surface
>>> area;
>>> their weights though were far more expensive than usual. Aesthetics,
>>> for
>>> sure; certainly not good for re-sale, but that wasn't the point. I
>>> mention
>>> this to beware: if the weights had been listed I may have thought
>>> twice.
>>> But, I'm still pleased.
>>>
>>> -Richard Montgomery
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: <valparint at aol.com>
>>> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 07, 2011 6:56 AM
>>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Help with Ebay bidding
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hello Listoids.
>>>>
>>>> Recently a seller on Ebay ran meteorite auctions and refused to supply
>>>> weights because he was selling aesthetics. He suggests you pop on down
>>>> to
>>>> the local market and buy some cheese if you want to purchase something
>>>> by
>>>> weight.
>>>>
>>>> Yesterday I found "mineralwold1". There are no weights included in his
>>>> listings but he will supply some info if you inquire. Here's his
>>>> response
>>>> to an inquiry I made yesterday about items 270688649572 and
>>>> 280612372239:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello,
>>>>> weight 20-25g
>>>>> and another piece 15-20g
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks Alex
>>>>>
>>>>> -mineralwold1
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know how I can enter a bid of 35-42 dollars?
>>>>
>>>> Paul Swartz
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