"No, buyers' premium was 20% and California sales tax (without a resale number) is 8%. ...So add 28%" Jason
---- There you have your answer, in part. Add 28% means subtract 50% of the potential bidders, including me. I watched that auction, and was scared away from bidding by the man in a black ski-mask and a Bonham's jacket on. Call me naive, but tacking on an extra 30% after the gavel (almost) is highway robbery. And I thought eBay fees were ridiculous. I guess I'll never bid on a Bonham's auction. No offense to Mike or any of the other sellers who got hosed, but you couldn't put a gun to my head and make me give my stuff away like that and then pay through the wazoo to do it. No thanks. Better luck next time, 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 .......................................................... ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
