[meteorite-list] meteorites vs. tektites on ebay

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:18:58 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW_f7m_UqJUvFHend_U3uJopCSAuWSazQW1iiUJu_BHGRw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi William,

I like tektites, but I don't want meteorite results flooded with them.
 I encountered the same problem as you.

Easy fix.

Use this search string : "meteorite -tektite"

That will show only meteorites and will exclude all listings with the
word "tektite" in the title. A few tektites will still sneak through,
but you won't see the majority of them.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 4/24/13, William Feek <lunarmajor at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is anyone else sick of encountering tektite listings when searching for
> meteorites on ebay?
> A search for "meteorite" yields both meteorites and tektites, a search for
> "tektite" yields only tektites, so someone interested in tektites has the
> capability of viewing only what they want to see while the meteorite
> enthusiast is stuck with having to wade through a lot of extra crap. The way
> I see it, tektites are not meteorites, yet sellers of these items are able
> to add the word "meteorite" to their listing because ebay has lumped them
> both into the same category.
> I just searched "meteorite" in the "meteorites and tektites" category and
> the results were 7,899 listings, a "tektite" search yielded 1,623 results,
> this is a ridiculous amount of worthless tektites mixed in with and diluting
> the more important meteorite listings. I'm prompted to write ebay, to point
> the situation out and suggest the creation of a separate category for
> tektites, a category which should also include impactites, but before doing
> so I'd like to ask if any of you prominent meteorite dealers have a problem
> with this, am I missing something or does my problem with tektites make
> sense?
> By the way, an "impactite" search yielded a mere 80 results, but again like
> when searching for tektites, impactites are easily weeded out from all the
> true meteorite listings, and again a meteorite enthusiast is unable to
> refine their search and eliminate the impactite listings just as they are
> unable to eliminate the tektite listings.
> So the simple creation of a separate category, a "tektites and impactites"
> category, would be an improvement for the meteorite buyer and at the same
> time would have no impact on the tektite or impactite buyer, but I could be
> wrong about all of this, I admit I could be overlooking some aspect, thus
> want to ask for input. 		 	   		
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Received on Wed 24 Apr 2013 04:18:58 PM PDT