I agree with you on the micromount issue. There are a couple of notable
major Ebay sellers (who shall remain nameless) who are happy to combine
shipping very reasonably, but if you only win 1 or 2 of their micros, it
gets pricy pretty fast, especially when the postage makes up a substantial
proportion of the total. They aren't exactly overcharging for shipping, but
the $4+ cost of Priority postage for 1 micro is definitely a factor on my
purchasing. I can't afford to shell out hundreds of dollars for whole
slices, and micros were my way of building up a representative collection
that displayed well in limited space, for prices that weren't exorbitant.
Tracy Latimer
From: Mike Groetz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Meteorite List <[email protected]>
Subject: [meteorite-list] Micro/Macromount Availability- Where did they Go?
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 11:08:10 -0700 (PDT)
What ever happened to the lower cost micromounts
that used to show up on eBay? The reason I ask is that
a few years ago I built the diversity of my collection
with them and am still proud of each one. I am now
spending more time in reviewing dealer's web sites but
they seem to be few and far in between there also.
There are a few dealers still selling them on eBay-
but I won't pay $4+ for a priority box with a nickel
size meteorite inside of it. The small mailers sent
first class always worked fine and I never had any
problems.
Are the micro/macromounts no longer worth the time
and effort to make and provide them? Or is it the more
common material has ran its course and no longer
available? Maybe lack of interest by buyers?
Seems most of the meteorite specimens now being
sold are out of my price range (thats my problem). I
don't have any specific "wants" at the moment (of
course there are always ones I would like to have!)
but am just asking the question in general.
Thank you.
Mike
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