[meteorite-list] Tucson questions and predictions

Fri Jan 30 18:31:14 EST 2009

Hi All,
I would encourage everyone to go to Tucson if they have a chance. If 
you have ever dreamed of hunting meteorites or wanted to hold a rare 
meteorite this is the place, not to mention the Famous birthday Bash 
and auction!
To make everyone happy for the high cost of travel, rooms, food etc I 
will be giving FREE autographs and photo opportunities to the first 200 
people .

Sonny

-----Original Message-----
From: MeteorHntr at aol.com
To: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 1:13 pm
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Tucson questions and predictions

In a message dated 1/30/2009 1:49:30 P.M. Central Standard Time,
star_wars_collector at yahoo.com writes:
I have questions anf thoughts about  Tucson...
Is it really worth going? I would think that prices would be hogher  
due to
cost of travel and living (room, food etc) for the show and the dealers 

wanting to recover funds for that.
Also a friend is out there and says its  slower then he has ever seen, 
does
anyone else see this?
Could this show be a  dissapointment like Denver was?
Will this be more of a dealers meeting/buying  trip then collectors and 
the
average person?
I was wanting to go, but from  what I have seen so far, I may have 
saved
myself alot of money by not making the  trip.
I am thinking that we will see prices drop after the show due to  
dealers
needing to recover costs of the trip.

Any opinions and or  comments on this?

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Greg,

I am not sure I have heard anyone that has ever said they  regretted 
every
going to Tucson.

I don't ever hesitate to tell ANYONE  that they need to go to Tucson at 
least
once in their lives.  Just walking  around and seeing everything
(non-meteorite even) that is for sale is amazing,  and unlike anything 
you will
ever
experience.

Your logic above is  quite a bit flawed.  You mention the prices might 
be
higher at the show due  to the costs, then you mention that afterwards 
the
prices
might be lower due to  the costs.   Over the years I have found that if 
the
prices are going  to be higher or lower, they will both be higher or 
lower
during and after the  show.

Every year there seems to be a pattern, buyers come in early during  
the show
to cherry pick the best quality and the most undervalued pieces that  
the
show has to offer.  Then buyers also come in at (or stick around until) 
 the end

to pick up great bargains that might be left at the end of the  show.  
Then
others come in for the main weekend only to go to the Birthday  Bash 
and the
Auction, and to get their fix for the year then head  home.

Now, if you don't value being able to compare side by side 20  slices 
of the
same specimen to be able to examine and determine what is the BEST  one 
for
you, then you probably won't want to go to Tucson.

If you  don't like the idea of getting items at INCREDIBLE prices at 
the
auction, then  you won't want to bother showing up this year.

If you don't like  the idea of pitting one dealer against the other, to 
get
the best possible price  on a particular rock, Tucson is definitely is 
not for
you.

If you  don't like the idea of stumbling onto a foreign dealer, that 
doesn't
even speak  English, that mostly sells something else, but has a crate 
of
meteorites under  the table, that one of his buddies back home asked 
him to
bring
and sell for  him, and he doesn't even know what he has, or what they 
are
really worth, then  you should definitely stay home and leave those 
treasures
for
others to  find.

If the thought of sitting down with a seller that has had a few too  
many
Margaritas and is almost giving stuff away because he is in a great 
mood,  then
I
would have to agree that you had better save your airfare and not waste 
 the
time making it out.

And by all means, if getting to know other  collectors on a personal 
basis,
who will tip you off as to whom to stay away  from (because they would 
NEVER
write in an email such advice that might be used  against them) OR they 
might
ask you if you want to go in with them to make a big  wholesale lot to 
share at
a great price, then I would have to suggest that you  go with your gut 
feeling
and stay home this year.

Besides, the  weather might not be so good this year anyway.  I hear it 
is
only going to  be 80 degrees, and the hot tub at the hotel doesn't 
really feel
so good unless  it cooler out.  And if you get a tan in the middle of 
winter,
all your  friends at home might be jealous of you.

If you don't like the idea of  getting the best $2 bottle of bootlegged 
wine
you will ever find...I didn't just  say that did I?  (Hey, Mike, save 
me a
case, ok?)

Yea, I think it  might be best if you just stay home and wait to buy 
what
everyone else is  reselling from the great deals they found at Tucson 
this year.

After all,  you can always go down to your local bar and buy a cheaper
Margarita, and go to  a $3 tanning bed, and read the posts here on the 
list
about
how much fun  everyone else is having and it will be almost EXACTLY the 
same as
being in  Tucson yourself.   And look at all the money you will save!

Do  you want me to collect all the dealers names that didn't sell much 
by the
end of  the show and send their contact info for you so you can make 
the
after show  deals with them?

For everyone else, I can't wait to see you in the Sun in  a couple of 
days!

Steve Arnold #1
Birthday Kid #2

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