[meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

From: Mike Bandli <fuzzfoot_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:37:21 -0700
Message-ID: <9664C0754E1940E2AC90AF90C01B6F17_at_Bandli1>

This auction site already exists and has been around for a long time. Best
of all, there are zero fees. There is also a section for meteorites:

www.Astro-Auction.com

Though used mostly for space memorabilia, I believe an effort to move
meteorite folks over there could be done. The only problem I see is that you
are going to miss a massive chunk of the exposure that eBay provides.

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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

Hi Jim,

It's been tried before, most recently Eric W. tried it. (if memory
serves me correctly)

The problem is, many meteorite dealers are very competitive with each
other, and I think if a dealer owns/runs the auction site, some other
dealers will avoid it - no matter who that dealer/owner is.

But I agree that a meteorite auction site (with traffic) would be great. :)

Best regards,

MikeG



On 3/17/10, meteoriteman at comcast.net <meteoriteman at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> It seems that the solution to these high ebay fees is a no brainer. With
so
> many meteorite dealers on the met-list, all of you should get together and
> have your auctions on a new site. An existing site or create your own.
> Possibly create a "Meteorite Dealers Association" that runs it and keeps
it
> free of bogus sellers. I'm sure that a fee smaller than ebay's would pay
for
> the site's maintenance. The possibility's of such a site would be endless.
>
> Jim Konwerski
> Crete, IL
> USA
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