Hi folks!
I didn't mean to start a debate or to make anyone feel uncomfortable. When I
first signed up for the list,
I don't recall whether or not I was asked to receive singles or digests. I am
also a member of a few Yahoo
groups and I get digests for those, so I assume I signed up for the digest here
on the Met list as well.
But now that I go digging back about 12 months through my old saved emails,
trying to locate my
Met List registration confirmation (which typically includes URL's to log in
and change your preferences),
I can't find it. I went to the parent website of this list and didn't see any
link or way to change it there.
So I am just wondering how I go about changing my preference from digest to
individual emails, because I
would like to do so now. I've missed out on quite a few batches of auctions
because I was asleep at the
wheel and didn't get the email until hours or a day later.
Paul H. kindly sent me this helpful link -
http://www.meteorite.com/meteorites-for-sale.htm
And that is a great help which I had forgotten about, but not all of the
occasional sellers are on there. There
are several list members who hold infrequent sales from time to time, and some
of those are the ones where
I really feel I missed out.
BTW, if anyone on this list has a lot of tiny Tatahouine fragments they'd like
to sell, in the neighborhood
of $30, please email me offlist at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Best regards,
MikeG
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale
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--- On Tue, 9/30/08, michael cottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
From: michael cottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Dealers posting eBay auction announcements
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [email protected]
Date: Tuesday, September 30, 2008, 12:48 PM
Hello,
I try and do just that, multiple postings. Life is busy and
extremely filled
up for most us, so I for one REALLY appreciate multiple
postings and
reminders. I don't resent it like some list members do
and I personally want
to know what is for sale and to be reminded that auctions
are ending.
Sometimes, emails get delayed or don't make it through
at all, so multiple
postings in my opinion are good. You know deleting an email
is lot less work
than sorting through the ebay meteorite section looking for
something to add
to one's collection. Some of us are very active buyers,
sellers and
collectors and I believe most of us appreciate the extra AD
notices.
I try and give a heads up auction for the week, and if I do
a second one mid
week, maybe I will have a sale or something interesting to
note and finally
one for the day the auctions are ending. I, as well as
every other dealer
out there, know for a fact that these announcements matter.
There is no way I am going to put a $500.00 specimen out on
ebay for 0.99
cents, without multiple announcements for the week. I am
not in the business
to give meteorites away for nothing.
I hope this helps some....
Best Wishes
Michael Cottingham
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Michael
Gilmer
Sent: Tuesday, September 30, 2008 10:24 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [meteorite-list] Dealers posting eBay auction
announcements
Hi Folks!
This is a just friendly piece of feedback and advice for
the dealers on the
list.
Numerous times in the last few months I have gotten the Met
Email digest,
and in the digest is a note
from a dealer announcing his/her eBay auctions are
"closing soon" and come
see them, etc, etc.
When I click on the link, with the intention of bidding and
buying, the
auctions are all closed already.
So I have a question for the group, and then a piece of
feedback.
Question : Does the Met Email Digest arrive much later than
the individual
emails? I am setup to
receive the digest form of the list, so I get all of the
individual emails
at the same time. I am wondering
if I setup my account to receive individual emails, will I
get them sooner?
I feel like I am missing out on
opportunities here. But, I use my main email address for
this list, and I
don't want my inbox overrun
with dozens of emails every day. And I am reluctant to set
up a second
account just for this list, because
it's a PITA frankly to maintain more than one email
account. Should I bite
the bullet and setup a second
account just for this list and to receive individual
emails?
Feedback : I would kindly suggest that dealers who run
infrequent batches of
auctions should send their
email announcements well in advance of the closing time. A
first email to
announce to the auctions when
they are first opened and then a second email a day in
advance of closing to
announce that the auctions
will be closing soon. By sending out that second email
hours before close,
these dealers are missing out
on potential business from those who receive the digest
form of the Met
list.
Best regards and clear skies,
MikeG
.........................................................
Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and
http://www.glassthrower.com
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com/fine_meteorites_4_sale
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