One reason is that a lot of the dealers who run a use a website to sell the meteorites, do not run and/or edit the website themselves. and do not have it set so that once one is sold it is removed. Also "all other markets" do not sell one of a kind items like meteorites, when something is sold, there is usually more in stock so they do not need to edit their website each time they make a sale.. Just my 2 cents... I may be way off and it is that we are just too lazy.....
Best Wishes, Joe Kerchner http://illinoismeteorites.com http://illinoismeteorites.com/cgi-bin/board/YaBB.pl (The SkyRock Cafe) The SkyRock Cafe has been online longer than all current US based forums dedicated solely to meteorites) Come and Join our meteorite community at the SRC... You will enjoy it.. --- On Tue, 4/12/11, Yinan Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Yinan Wang <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Question for dealers re: displaying sold items > To: "Michael Mulgrew" <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 7:37 PM > It's also kinda nice to have up > pictures of past sold specimens. You > put a lot of time and effort into photography and web > design, seems a > waste to delete things! > > -YvW > > On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 6:21 PM, Michael Mulgrew <[email protected]> > wrote: > > List, > > > > I am curious why almost every meteorite dealer's > website displays > > specimens that have already sold right along side > specimens that are > > in stock and available for sale? I do not know of > any other market > > that does this; it is unique to meteorites in my > experiences. As a > > collector/prospective buyer I do not see the upside to > this practice. > > It does nothing for helping me find what I'm looking > for; in fact it > > is counter productive when I am shopping for a > specimen as it makes it > > more difficult to see what is actually available for > sale. It's > > synonymous with looking for clothes in your size and > every store has > > displays showing your size but not actually selling > any clothes that > > fit you. Maybe a separate page for "Sold Specimens" > would be more > > appropriate if there was a need that I am not aware of > to display > > pieces that have already been sold? I look forward > to becoming > > educated on this matter. > > > > Regards, > > Michael in so. Cal. > > ______________________________________________ > > 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
