[meteorite-list] Membrane Boxes
From: Gerald Flaherty <grf2_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Feb 12 01:48:40 2006 Message-ID: <007d01c62fa0$59d93dc0$6402a8c0_at_Dell> Excellent reasoning from my point of view, Darren. Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse_at_charter.net> To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe_at_tampabay.rr.com> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com> Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2006 3:36 PM Subject: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Membrane Boxes On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 13:15:53 -0500, you wrote: >I find Ron Hartman's pricing very reasonable. Try to beat that by buying >from the source in Europe and having them shipped to the US. > The prices are reasonable-- if you are displaying pieces worth a sizable multiple of the price of the membrane box. For instance, a $800 lunar in a $2 membrane box is no big deal. I tend to collect micromounts, both for economic and for space reasons. I thought about putting all of mine into membrane boxes, but I just could not justify paying the price per membrane box when you could get a gem jar of about the same size for a small fraction of the price. The gem jars are about the same size, about the same amount of material, and about the same complexity to manufacture, but because only one company is making the membrane boxes, there is no competition for them, and therefore inflated, monopoly prices. You can't tell me that stretching that membrane across the plastic is so much more difficult than sticking a piece of round foam in a jar that it costs 3-4 times as much to make? I only go with a membrane box for the pieces with great interest on both size. My other micro pieces go into gem jars. Also, I have one of the boxes like this one, and am really annoyed by the mold mark in the middle of it-- exactly where a mold mark should NOT be on a display case: http://home.earthlink.net/~capricorn89/box23.jpg (irrelevant side note-- I worked in a plastics plant running injection molding machines one summer during school, some of the machines the size of rooms. It gives an interesting perspecitive on how plastic objects are made). ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Received on Sun 12 Feb 2006 01:48:36 AM PST |
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