Bill, Aziz's worries are very real here. Yes, in an ideal world you are correct. But, Aziz and others make their living buying and selling meteorites. No. you cannot eat them but, the same can be said about oil and energy in general. These dealers are no better off than oil investors. When hedge funds or anyone else corners a market as they have. The market gets controlled by them and if you want to stay in business you have to pay the price. Remember these hedge funds types have a lot of money. They CAN afford to sit on the material until a willing buyer comes along. It is a lose , lose situation. Market manipulation is very real and until outlawed it will continue to put undue pressure on the smaller dealers like Aziz and others. They must either pay the asking price or go out of business. Very sad but true. So, Aziz must pay the price and hope he can convince others to pay his new and inflated asking price. In America the opposite is happening with meteorites. EBay has forced the prices down. So, if you make a living with eBay you must adjust . If you make a living with Nomads you must adjust. Carl --
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for dinner. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote". ---- bill kies <parkforest...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Exactly. When the seller demands more than the buyer is willing to pay, the > seller either adjusts his prices or keeps his merchandise. Supply and demand > is more applicable to necessities than extravagances. None of us can eat > meteorites, well, most of us can't or won't. > > Extremely rare material is an exception I suppose. > > Bill > > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 15:08:34 -0700 > > From: azizhab...@yahoo.com > > Subject: Re : [meteorite-list] Re : Moroccan business meteorite is suffering > > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > CC: parkforest...@hotmail.com > > > > > > > > bill > > this is not a good theories, at all, > > > > offer and demand make the rules of prices in the market , there is an > > equation > > of equilibre between offer and demand , and also rarity, > > > > plusieurs facteurs sont responsable de l'equation des prix , offre demande , > > rarete , type luxe ou nessecite, besoin anssi de suite, > > > > a plus > > > > aziz h > > > > > > > > ----- Message d'origine ---- > > De : bill kies > > À : azizhab...@yahoo.com > > Cc : meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > Envoyé le : Dim 5 juin 2011, 23h 20min 38s > > Objet : RE: [meteorite-list] Re : Moroccan business meteorite is suffering > > > > > > That's how markets evolve. When suppliers realize the fact that their > > unrealistic prices aren't getting them anywhere, they'll loosen up. It's the > > same everywhere. > > > > Bill > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > > Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:34:29 -0700 > > > From: azizhab...@yahoo.com > > > To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > CC: alm...@kconline.com > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Re : Moroccan business meteorite is suffering > > > > > > al > > > > > > if the meteorite are intersting or unique or new unpaired material we pay > > > a > > >good > > > price , we gamble this is the proper term in hope to find planetary > > > meteorite: > > > we are lately more gambling than buying meteorite or earth rock that look > > > like > > > meteorite,we call those suspecious meteorite and many martian and lunar > > > come > > > from those, > > > > > > but to the fact that some old fall are in sales now for more than what > > > they > > > were when found this is also true; > > > > > > most of the nomade keep there stone because we can't pay the price they > > > are > > > asking, > > > > > > > > > > > > take care > > > > > > aziz h > > > > > > > > > The question is will dealers pay more if they can't make any money on > > >specimens? > > > Seems like you can buy old falls for as much or less than the new stuff > > > coming > > > out of the Sahara. Unless it is something like lunar, martain or ultra > > > rare > > > material specimens. Best! > > > > > > --AL Mitterling > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "habibi abdelaziz" > > > To: "meteorite list" > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2011 8:22 AM > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Moroccan business meteorite is suffering > > > > > > > > > > hello all > > > > price are high very high, , there is no more meteorite found like old > > > > time; > > > > you want to have meteorite in sahara desert you have to pay more ; and > > > > more > > > and > > > > more > > > > > > > > so simpley and so sadly ; > > > > the field are drying , so simple > > > > > > > > aziz h > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > > Visit the Archives at > > > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Visit the Archives at > > >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > > > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list