[meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see

[meteoriteman at comcast.net]

Hi Walter,

I agree 100% with you. At least 50% of the meteorite listings on ebay come from the people on this forum. If they can put there differences and ego's aside long enough to agree on an auction site, it would be to there benefit. The ebay meteorite buyers would find the new auction site. It would only work if enough sellers agree to a new site. News travels fast in the meteorite community.

Jim K




Hi Mike, 

For years I was the only meteorite seller at Astro Auction Kim Poor (the 
site administrator) asked me to bring more meteorite business to the site. 
I can't tell you how much Canyon Diablo I sold there. 

I informed a few dealers Astro Auction a few years ago but they never took 
advantage of the site. No one listed anything. 

Ironically Kim and Novaspace Galleries (the brick and morter store behind 
Astro Auction) are located in of all places, Tucson. 

Not too long ago I mentioned Cloudynights.com as an alternative to ebay. 
Totally free of fees.  The time it takes to list an item is 30 seconds to 
one minute.  How many new dealers started listing there?  None. 

>I see is that you are going to miss a massive chunk of the >exposure that 
>eBay provides. 

Not really.  List meteorites at both sites.  They are not mutually 
exclusive. 

The impetus for using sites other than ebay has to come from dealers, not 
buyers. 

What did they say in the movie, "build it and they will come."  Well, you 
won't be playing baseball in the middle of a cornfield.  You gotta build the 
stadium first. 

-Walter 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> 
To: meteoriteman at comcast.net 
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com 
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 11:25:38 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central 
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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