Steve, I am sorry, but your comment than they wont make profit at $50 or even $100 gram made me almost fall out of my chair! Lets see, a kilo at $50 gram = $50,000. Lets say half goes to the landowner, $25000.00 Plane ticket to Edmonton/Calgary/Saskatoon, all three less than $1000 if I want to go today. Rental car for a week, $500.00 Hotels and food for a week, another $800.00. Time, say $2500.00 other expenses, say another $1000
Still leaves over $18000.00 free. Please, what you are saying about values can be true, but lets not get retarded here. At that price some real money will be made for a week in the field. I should know, I have enough international hunts, and this one would be about the cheapest one out there. They deserve it, no question there, just dont try and say no profit will be made, that is a joke I have to call you on. International FALL chases I have done so I think I know about trip expedition expenses. Kendrapara, India Thuathe, Lesotho x 2 Bensour, Morocco Bilanga, Burkina Faso X 2 Berduc, Argentina Cali, colombia x 5 Carancas, Peru Ourique, Portugal Villabeto de la Pena, Spain Puerto Lapice, Spain Moss, Norway Tagish Lake, Canada --- On Fri, 12/5/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad New Canadian Meteorite for sale > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > Date: Friday, December 5, 2008, 11:34 AM > In a message dated 12/5/2008 12:16:00 P.M. Central Standard > Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I agree 100% on this. $50 per gram is too high, the > Carancas for example was > $100 per gram at first, now it can be had for under $20 > per gram. > I have read several places that it is only valued at $1 - > $10 per gram. I > will wait a bit myself. > > Greg > > > Greg and All, > > I tend to agree that the price MIGHT drop to $10/g, > especially if there is a > high degree of rusting on the specimens found later next > year. > > However, there is a chance the Canadians might offer to > buy all or most of > the ones already found. > > If the land owners can get a tax credit on $50/g to donate > them, everyone up > there might be happy to donate them, and at a 50% tax > rate, that is the same > as getting $25/g cash in hand to the overtaxed Canadians. > > It sounds like most of the land owners are very wealthy, > so money may not > mean anything to them. They might donate them all and not > even care about a > tax break or cash values at all. > > If only a few kilos make it to the market place, then we > could see the value > be higher than $10/g. > > If we seen hundreds of rusty kilos coming onto the market, > then we could see > the prices end up way below $10/g. > > In any case, we probably will have to wait for the 6 months > to pass to see > what is not purchased by the Canadian Government. > > One thing is sure, if ALL the masses were put on a > restricted Canadian only > collector market, a few hundred kilos would probably sell > for $0.10 a gram or > even less. > > A smart thing might be to buy one specimen from Sonny and > McCartney NOW at > $50/g and then buy more later at $10/g and if the price > goes down to under > $1/g then buy so much more that you will have cost averaged > your first purchase > at $50/g down to a reasonable level. > > Of course, if you are one of those people that get a rush > at owning the > newest most famous meteorite that everyone is talking > about around the water > cooler, then how can you put a value on that??? > > :-) > > And also, realize that if you do buy a meteorite from > Sonny and McCartney > now, you are investing into field recovery. I seriously > doubt they will make a > profit on this trip even if they sold what little they > found at $100/g, but > if they can come close to breaking even, maybe next time > they will again be > able to afford to get on the scene early and find more. > > And at the very least, we should congratulate them on > getting to the scene > and making an effort. > > Good job guys, and congratulations! > > Steve Arnold #1 > www.SteveArnoldMeteorites.com > > **************Make your life easier with all your friends, > email, and > favorite sites in one place. Try it now. > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010) > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
