[meteorite-list] meteorites vs. tektites on ebay

[Frank Cressy]

To eliminate the tektites on a meteorite search, type "meteorite -tektite"  
(meteorite space minus tektite).

Cheers,

Frank

PS I like to search, "meteorite -tektite -nantan -diablo -nwa"  ;-)



----- Original Message ----
From: William Feek <lunarmajor at hotmail.com>
To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wed, April 24, 2013 1:12:59 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] meteorites vs. tektites on ebay

Is anyone else sick of encountering tektite listings when searching for 
meteorites on ebay?
A search for "meteorite" yields both meteorites and tektites, a search for 
"tektite" yields only tektites, so someone interested in tektites has the 
capability of viewing only what they want to see while the meteorite enthusiast 
is stuck with having to wade through a lot of extra crap. The way I see it, 
tektites are not meteorites, yet sellers of these items are able to add the word 
"meteorite" to their listing because ebay has lumped them both into the same 
category.
I just searched "meteorite" in the "meteorites and tektites" category and the 
results were 7,899 listings, a "tektite" search yielded 1,623 results, this is a 
ridiculous amount of worthless tektites mixed in with and diluting the more 
important meteorite listings. I'm prompted to write ebay, to point the situation 
out and suggest the creation of a separate category for tektites, a category 
which should also include impactites, but before doing so I'd like to ask if any 
of you prominent meteorite dealers have a problem with this, am I missing 
something or does my problem with tektites make sense?
By the way, an "impactite" search yielded a mere 80 results, but again like when 
searching for tektites, impactites are easily weeded out from all the true 
meteorite listings, and again a meteorite enthusiast is unable to refine their 
search and eliminate the impactite listings just as they are unable to eliminate 
the tektite listings.
So the simple creation of a separate category, a "tektites and impactites" 
category, would be an improvement for the meteorite buyer and at the same time 
would have no impact on the tektite or impactite buyer, but I could be wrong 
about all of this, I admit I could be overlooking some aspect, thus want to ask 
for input.                         

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