Hi Mike & List, Thanks Mike. Then I understand better that his cost won't be much but still I wonder wheter this "seller" can expect selling such a doubtful item at such a price! What can he try to get from such an auction on ebay?.... Well it's a mystery to me. Cheers Fred ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Fred Caillou Noir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Dave Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "metlist" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:40 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] The eBay $13,000,000 space rock
> Hi Frederic > The maximum cost to list any item at any price is $4.80. The real money is in > selling of the item for Ebay. The fees would be almost $200,000 for Ebay and > $377,000 for PayPal. Here is the fee calculator I mentioned on this same > subject earlier in the week. > > http://home.alltel.net/micrep/fees.html > > Just enter 13,000,000 in both the starting and final sales price. Enter 0 for > shipping as he is nice enough to not charge for that and you will find the > numbers I came up with above. > Mike > -- > Mike Jensen > Jensen Meteorites > 16730 E Ada PL > Aurora, CO 80017-3137 > 303-337-4361 > IMCA 4264 > website: www.jensenmeteorites.com > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > From: "Fred Caillou Noir" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I also contacted this seller about item #300034369553 - METEORITE offered > > at > > £7,000,000 starting price, saying that he will never have a single bid and > > I > > received the following reply: > > > > 'Of course when someone's grandaddy bought a large house his friends only > > jested > > that it might make a million one day. And of course you'ver NEVER seen a > > house > > advertised for £1million or more......... ' > > > > Well,... humour...? > > > > I do not know what ebay insertion fees have to be paid with such a starting > > price and do not want to use time counting, but it must be high! What kind > > of > > game is this? > > > > Cheers > > > > Frederic > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dave Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "metlist" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:38 PM > > Subject: [meteorite-list] The eBay $13,000,000 space rock > > > > > > > Well, I did email the seller with a respectable tone - offering my > > > experience and so on, and spent some time explaining that the pics couilld > > > be better and so on and that the price was unreasonable and so on... > > > > > > I obviously wasted far too much time - I got a single word response > > > "Thanks" > > > > > > > > > Then I saw the other guff they were selling at equally ludicrous prices > > > so I > > > again, politely and self-effacingly emailed them back apologising for "not > > > realising that you were a major loon" and that I was foolish to try to > > > help! > > > > > > > > > Craaaa-zzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > ho hum... > > > > > > > > > dave > > > > > > IMCA #0092 > > > Sec.BIMS > > > www.bimsociety.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >
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