[meteorite-list] Possible Ebay Solution re: Policeman etc.
Good evening list, Been a while since I threw in my 2 grams worth on a subject. Tom, and others, you bring up a good points with regards to size of meteorites and cost relation, etc. It seems to me that meteorite auctions are a bit trickier to post than say, Wedgewood china, Waterford crystal, etc. Again you are still at the mercy of the seller, in that fake china pieces abound, but for the most part, the seller sometimes will have closeups of Mfgr / markings, artist signatures, etc. We in the meteorite community don't have that benefit. I for one would like to see a dealer, if the desire moves them, to offer a modestly priced meteorite Sampler Box to newbies jsut looking into getting this hobby. I don't mean 10 or 25 samples, but maybe 3, i.e. an iron, an ordinary chondrite, and possibly a piece of inexpensive pallasite. Along with the samples would obviously be information about meteorites, and meteorwrongs for that matter. Keeping the price low, and advertising it as Starter kit would allow persons who don't have any idea what to look for, or any knowledge about meteorites, a new beginning. I still have a few of Ninninger's starter kits and have been surprised (considering all of the Ebay consternation) no-one has tried to duplicate Ninninger's sample/ starter kit. If the cost factor is a problem, just offer one sample. At least a newbie, unwisely putting a bid on an obvious piece of slag, (and possibly a large bid) won't get burned. If the newbie chooses to ignore an offering of an educational Sampler Box and opts for the big one...well that's their choice. As is said in the Indiana Jones movie: He chose unwisely. As it is now, some bidders don't know about IMCA, or possibly don't care. The Meteorwrong pages that some members offer are EXCELLENT. The question is: how do you get a newbie to go to it? And would the pages translate from the meteorwrong page back to the Ebay page? It may be very confusing to the person just introduced to this science. Anywho. Feedback??? __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Ebay Solution re: Policeman etc.
I am really surprised that a sampler kit of meteorite meteorwrongs isn't around. I have a fair amount of wrongs and they are superb learning tools for the novice collector. Slag by any other name, Dave F. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good evening list, Been a while since I threw in my 2 grams worth on a subject. Tom, and others, you bring up a good points with regards to size of meteorites and cost relation, etc. It seems to me that meteorite auctions are a bit trickier to post than say, Wedgewood china, Waterford crystal, etc. Again you are still at the mercy of the seller, in that fake china pieces abound, but for the most part, the seller sometimes will have closeups of Mfgr / markings, artist signatures, etc. We in the meteorite community don't have that benefit. I for one would like to see a dealer, if the desire moves them, to offer a modestly priced meteorite Sampler Box to newbies jsut looking into getting this hobby. I don't mean 10 or 25 samples, but maybe 3, i.e. an iron, an ordinary chondrite, and possibly a piece of inexpensive pallasite. Along with the samples would obviously be information about meteorites, and meteorwrongs for that matter. Keeping the price low, and advertising it as Starter kit would allow persons who don't have any idea what to look for, or any knowledge about meteorites, a new beginning. I still have a few of Ninninger's starter kits and have been surprised (considering all of the Ebay consternation) no-one has tried to duplicate Ninninger's sample/ starter kit. If the cost factor is a problem, just offer one sample. At least a newbie, unwisely putting a bid on an obvious piece of slag, (and possibly a large bid) won't get burned. If the newbie chooses to ignore an offering of an educational Sampler Box and opts for the big one...well that's their choice. As is said in the Indiana Jones movie: He chose unwisely. As it is now, some bidders don't know about IMCA, or possibly don't care. The Meteorwrong pages that some members offer are EXCELLENT. The question is: how do you get a newbie to go to it? And would the pages translate from the meteorwrong page back to the Ebay page? It may be very confusing to the person just introduced to this science. Anywho. Feedback??? __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] Possible Ebay Solution re: Policeman etc.
Good question and a good suggestion. One of the problems with ebay is they do not allow links to any pages that also have sale pages on the same site. They want exclusive market. You can link from your me page though, but that doesn't help the newbie as most don't have a clue about how to get around ebay well. Linking to your auctions from your website is ok, it brings in money to ebay. What we could do is see about a meteorite chat board on ebay. They do help the new and unknowing with problems. I'll write them and see. Mark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Possible Ebay Solution re: Policeman etc. Good evening list, Been a while since I threw in my 2 grams worth on a subject. Tom, and others, you bring up a good points with regards to size of meteorites and cost relation, etc. It seems to me that meteorite auctions are a bit trickier to post than say, Wedgewood china, Waterford crystal, etc. Again you are still at the mercy of the seller, in that fake china pieces abound, but for the most part, the seller sometimes will have closeups of Mfgr / markings, artist signatures, etc. We in the meteorite community don't have that benefit. I for one would like to see a dealer, if the desire moves them, to offer a modestly priced meteorite Sampler Box to newbies jsut looking into getting this hobby. I don't mean 10 or 25 samples, but maybe 3, i.e. an iron, an ordinary chondrite, and possibly a piece of inexpensive pallasite. Along with the samples would obviously be information about meteorites, and meteorwrongs for that matter. Keeping the price low, and advertising it as Starter kit would allow persons who don't have any idea what to look for, or any knowledge about meteorites, a new beginning. I still have a few of Ninninger's starter kits and have been surprised (considering all of the Ebay consternation) no-one has tried to duplicate Ninninger's sample/ starter kit. If the cost factor is a problem, just offer one sample. At least a newbie, unwisely putting a bid on an obvious piece of slag, (and possibly a large bid) won't get burned. If the newbie chooses to ignore an offering of an educational Sampler Box and opts for the big one...well that's their choice. As is said in the Indiana Jones movie: He chose unwisely. As it is now, some bidders don't know about IMCA, or possibly don't care. The Meteorwrong pages that some members offer are EXCELLENT. The question is: how do you get a newbie to go to it? And would the pages translate from the meteorwrong page back to the Ebay page? It may be very confusing to the person just introduced to this science. Anywho. Feedback??? __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
