Hi Walt and List, I'll check out Astro-Auctions - I'm always looking for new areas to expand the Galactic Stone empire into. I've never heard of it until now. I must have been under a rock.
Just don't list anything on AstroMart - to put this nicely, the owner is like Tony Soprano and treats his members the same. Or, if you want to aggravate yourself and get bullied for an unfair cut of your sales, go ahead and try. LOL Best regards, MikeG On 3/17/10, Walter Branch <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mike, > > For years I was the only meteorite seller at Astro Auction Kim Poor (the > site administrator) asked me to bring more meteorite business to the site. > I can't tell you how much Canyon Diablo I sold there. > > I informed a few dealers Astro Auction a few years ago but they never took > advantage of the site. No one listed anything. > > Ironically Kim and Novaspace Galleries (the brick and morter store behind > Astro Auction) are located in of all places, Tucson. > > Not too long ago I mentioned Cloudynights.com as an alternative to ebay. > Totally free of fees. The time it takes to list an item is 30 seconds to > one minute. How many new dealers started listing there? None. > >>I see is that you are going to miss a massive chunk of the >exposure that >>eBay provides. > > Not really. List meteorites at both sites. They are not mutually > exclusive. > > The impetus for using sites other than ebay has to come from dealers, not > buyers. > > What did they say in the movie, "build it and they will come." Well, you > won't be playing baseball in the middle of a cornfield. You gotta build the > stadium first. > > -Walter > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Bandli" <[email protected]> > To: "'Galactic Stone & Ironworks'" <[email protected]>; > <[email protected]> > Cc: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 12:37 PM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ad Ebay sellers must see > > >> 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 > > ______________________________________________ > 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
