From: "Randy Mils" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ...
Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 17:45:19 -0700
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--- Begin Message --->From: Michael L Blood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Michael Cottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,M come Meteorite Meteorites <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% offeverything on ... >Date: Wed, 08 Oct 2003 10:12:05 -0700 > >Michael, > Why don't I "PRAISE some of the CHEAPEST prices around?" >Read my article this month in METEORITE TIMES. If you read that >and STILL can't figure out why I don't "PRAISE some of the CHEAPEST >prices around?" Let me make it clear right here: > When you offer merchandise for a given price, then offer the >same material later for less - then, if you don't sell all of it at that >price, you offer it later for even less - over and over and over, as >you do, Michael, you create several effects that go far beyond your >personal reality. > For one thing, you give buyers the message they should never buy >now, wait, and the price will go down (however, this only badly hurts >all dealers, not necessarily the collectors.). However, you ALSO burn >ALL your own customers who paid more for this material when you >originally offered it. > I buy something from you for $3.50/g and 2 weeks later you drop >the price to $1.75/g - I feel RIPPED OFF. (perhaps you STILL don't get >this, despite doing this to all of us who invested heavily in Wagon >Wheel - which you, then proceeded to GIVE AWAY. Those of us in for >$3.50 a gram felt really burned and I, for one, told you that strait to >your face and I KNOW several others who did as well.) ALSO, when >you do this, there is NO STABILITY in the meteorite market. > Low prices, I am all for it. My collection has never been "gaining >weight" so fast. I can make just as much money dealing low priced >material as high priced material. No problem. It is the instability >that TOTALLY destabilizes everything > It really doesn't matter (on a market level) whether meteorites >are "cheap" or "expensive" - of course, as a collector, I prefer them >cheap - but as a dealer, I don't care one way or the other. WHAT I DO >CARE ABOUT IS STABILITY. Without it, neither collectors OR dealers >can conduct business in a sane manor. > Your CONSTANT "fire sales" followed by even greater fire sales >undermine that stability entirely. No one can reckon the "value" >of material, because the prices are running all over the board. But >you get your cash in hand NOW and that is all you care about. > So, Michael, THAT is why I don't "praise some of the cheapest >prices around." Get it? Or, is it STILL too subtle for you? > I resent it as a collector and I resent it as a dealer. > Sincerely, Michael Blood > > >on 10/8/03 12:27 AM, Michael Cottingham at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > Maybe I just really don't want to sell that piece that bad!!! > > Hey ...why don't you look at the other pieces and PRAISE some of the > > CHEAPEST prices around! > > > > Really folks ...don't look for ghosts on this one. Either > > buy the pieces or don't. It is all up front and it is a public sale. > > > > Michael > > > > Michael Cottingham > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off > > everything on ... > > > > > >> it resolves with these useless sentences > >> > >> Matteo > >> > >> --- Michael Cottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >>> It is something else.... > >>> > >>> Michael > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 1:05 AM > >>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Re: > >>> [MeteoriteCollectors] BS AD: 20% off everything on > >>> ... > >>> > >>> > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >>> Matteo and Michael Blood should go back to > >>> bed...you nit wits! > >>> C'mon Michael (C.) - that doesn't really address > >>> Michael (B.)'s inquiry about your "discount" > >>> pricing. If it's just a (moderately-insulting) > >>> marketing ploy to get the same net amount of money > >>> for a rock, just say so. If it's something else, > >>> just say so. I'm speaking as a past > >>> customer....could you please answer the question? > >>> > >>> Gregory > >>> > >> > >> > >> ===== > >> M come Meteorite - Matteo Chinellato > >> Via Triestina 126/A - 30030 - TESSERA, VENEZIA, ITALY > >> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sale Site: http://www.mcomemeteorite.com Collection Site: > > http://www.mcomemeteorite.info > >> International Meteorite Collectors Association #2140 > >> MSN Messanger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> EBAY.COM:http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/mcomemeteorite/ > >> > >> __________________________________ > >> Do you Yahoo!? > >> The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > >> http://shopping.yahoo.com > >> > >> > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > >> Your use of Yahoo! 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Tihs is bcuseae we >do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe. >-- >SUPPORT OUR TROUPS: >http://www.takebackthemedia.com/onearmy.html >-- >Worth Seeing: >- Earth at night from satellite: >http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0011/earthlights_dmsp_big.jpg >- Interactive Lady Liberty: >http://doody36.home.attbi.com/liberty.htm >- Earth - variety of choices: >http://www.fourmilab.ch/earthview/vplanet.html >-- >Panoramic view of Meteor Crater: >http://www.virtualguidebooks.com/Arizona/GrandCanyonRoute66/MeteorCrater/Met >eorCraterRimL.html >-- >Cool Calendar & Clock: > http://www.yugop.com/ver3/stuff/03/fla.html >-- >Michael Blood Meteorites & Didgeridoos for sale at: >http://www.michaelbloodmeteorites.com/ > > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-listHere is an idea..........
Reputable retailers (like at the mall) will give you a reduction in price if an item you buy goes on sale within a reasonable amount of time. Why wouldn't this work for meteorite dealers?
Example........ If I sell XXX meteorite this week for $100- per gram and then put it on sale next week for $50- per gram, I give a partial refund to everyone who bought it from me the first week.
Randy
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