This pretty much sums it up: http://collectspace.com/ubb/Forum36/HTML/000154.html
Kind regards, Mike Bandli www.Astro-Artifacts.com A Destination For Space Related Artifacts -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nicholas Gessler Sent: Sunday, January 21, 2007 8:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [meteorite-list] eBay no longer a community Hello All, I was grossly disappointed at eBay's new policy of hiding the identity of all bidders in auctions over $200. Knowing at least a few of the bidders made one feel like he was taking part in a community. "Oh, Fred bought that," or "Sam didn't bid high enough," was part of the fun of knowing who was who - who was building their collection with similar items, who was buying and who was selling. Knowing who was present at the auction made a person feel he was among friends. Entire networks of collectors, list-serves, and even get-togethers evolved because of that comradery. Now eBay has killed that! Imagine going to a live auction where everyone who entered was hooded! I'd like to see Sotheby's or Christie's try that. What a damper that would put on the friendly competition. If anyone has an "in" to the eBay policy makers, please let me know how to make a very loud protest heard! I just called eBay and talked to a junior customer "handler." He was really only interested in giving me "the party line." "Is eBay likely to go back?" I asked. "No, that won't happen," he said. The "official" BS reason is to prevent us from getting fraudulent counterfeit eBay offers. Yes, I get 20 of those a day. Also adverts for Viagra, notices that someone wants to send me $20,000,00, mortgage and lottery offers, etc. That is the price that one pays for a freely networked community. Wait until one of the massive online communities starts putting up auctions, where you can walk into a bourse and see all the meteorites or cryptographic equipment nicely displayed. It is coming, and eBay won't be there... Cheers? Nick [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
