This auction site already exists and has been around for a long time. Best of all, there are zero fees. There is also a section for meteorites:
www.Astro-Auction.com Though used mostly for space memorabilia, I believe an effort to move meteorite folks over there could be done. The only problem I see is that you are going to miss a massive chunk of the exposure that eBay provides. ---------------------------------------------- Mike Bandli Historic Meteorites www.HistoricMeteorites.com IMCA #5765 ----------------------------------------------- -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Galactic Stone & Ironworks Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 9:26 AM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see Hi Jim, It's been tried before, most recently Eric W. tried it. (if memory serves me correctly) The problem is, many meteorite dealers are very competitive with each other, and I think if a dealer owns/runs the auction site, some other dealers will avoid it - no matter who that dealer/owner is. But I agree that a meteorite auction site (with traffic) would be great. :) Best regards, MikeG On 3/17/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > It seems that the solution to these high ebay fees is a no brainer. With so > many meteorite dealers on the met-list, all of you should get together and > have your auctions on a new site. An existing site or create your own. > Possibly create a "Meteorite Dealers Association" that runs it and keeps it > free of bogus sellers. I'm sure that a fee smaller than ebay's would pay for > the site's maintenance. The possibility's of such a site would be endless. > > Jim Konwerski > Crete, IL > USA > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
