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: "Mike Bandli" <fuzzf...@comcast.net>
To: "'Galactic Stone & Ironworks'" <meteoritem...@gmail.com>;
<meteorite...@comcast.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see
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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Mike Bandli
Historic Meteorites
www.HistoricMeteorites.com
IMCA #5765
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From: meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-boun...@meteoritecentral.com] On Behalf Of Galactic
Stone & Ironworks
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:26 AM
To: meteorite...@comcast.net
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
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, meteorite...@comcast.net <meteorite...@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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