Hi GregC and List,
GregC wrote,
Its really bad, will cause the buyers to pay more due to sellers marking up
price to match the new cut ebay wants.
Respectfully, I do not agree with this comment. If sellers are willing to
eat pay more overhead through eBay's greed, how can buyers go wrong
You mean by looking here?
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvaultQQhtZ-1
I would agree, but the final value fees have increased a good amount also.
You will be paying a good deal more for the final amount it sells for which is
never the .99 its starts at. Unless the bid prices increase,
--- On Tue, 3/16/10, Greg Hupe gmh...@htn.net wrote:
Respectfully, I do not agree with this comment. If sellers
are willing to eat pay more overhead through eBay's greed,
how can buyers go wrong with great items that start at 99
cents?
Best regards,
Greg
I have to agree with Greg here.
Its a great time for buyers however.
How true it is!
Hope everyone gets the great deals they are after!
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From: Greg Catterton star_wars_collec...@yahoo.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 2:17 AM
Subject: Re:
Eric, List,
Craigslist is a privately held company. eBay purchased
a block of shares in Craigslist from an individual share-
holder and got a seat on the Craigslist board. After eBay
launched their own free classified service to compete with
Craigslist, the Craigistas tossed them off the board
Greg (Hupe)-
how can buyers go wrong with great items that start at 99 cents?
Because from a buyers point-of-view it doesn't matter where an auction
starts, it matters where it ends.
Besides, many auctions, including many of yours, do not start at 99 cents.
-Walter
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Hi,
Not ours -- theirs. The tracks of the Lunokhod 2
lunar rover have been found in photos taken by
NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).
The Russian rover covered 35 kilometers (a record)
before dirt in its radiator made it overheat and die.
There's a photo of the tracks (and the full
The only reason Ebay ever bought a 25% share of the company (seat on the
board) was because they wanted an edge. Keep your enemies closer..
I hope Craigslist rips them a new one! Ooh, can I say that on here? ;)
Ebay is a greedy pig of a company, and it's OBVIOUS to anyone with half
a brain
Walter,
I am definitely not trying to start a Pro-eBay war here. I simply did not
agree with GregC's specific comment. Everyone here knows everyone sets some
auction items with a higher start price than 99 cents, I am no different
(neither are you). No big deal...
As Richard pointed out, it
Awesome!
Exploring Meteorite Mysteries
A Teacher's Guide with Activities for Earth and Space Sciences
http://www.compadre.org/precollege/items/detail.cfm?ID=9887
published by the NASA Johnson Space Center: Astromaterials Research
Hi Martin,
Your estimates give an average density of 7.54 g/cm3 (7.54 ton/m3) for
the whole kit and kaboodle.
That's about 93 cubic meters of 'rites which compacted, theoretically
makes a cube with a sides of 4.5 meters.
That is double the size of my bedroom ... just to find an adamant
Dear Friends,
There is an interesting summary paper about
Scandinavian impact structures that downloaded as
a PDF file. It even has a mps of recognized impact
structures in Scandinavia and discusses the fossil
meteorites found in the Thorsberg Quarry,
southern Sweden, and K-T boundary at
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_17_2010.html
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Hi Eric and List,
Here is a downloadable PDF copy of the manual.
http://www.outofthecradle.net/archives/2007/05/exploring-meteorite-mysteries/
I own a hard-copy of this book, and I agree that it's a great resource
for outreach/education.
Best regards,
MikeG
On 3/17/10, Meteorites USA
Hi List,
Fleabay has been a hell for sellers and a heaven for buyers for a long
time now. I have stopped 99% of my selling on eBay because I can sell
the same items on my own website for zero fees. But, I still buy
stuff on eBay, including supplies like gemjars, bubble mailers,
shipping boxes,
A typo in my last post that confused the meaning :
It's just another anonymous row of quasi-retail storefronts and you
can even identify the other shoppers standing next to you while you
are shopping.
It should have read : you can NOT even identify the other shoppers
standing next to you.
http://www.rocksfromspace.org/March_17_2010.html
Way to go, Dave G! We need more of this, also on this
side of the Big Pond, and elsewhere...
Alex
Berlin/Germany
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I saw this a few posts on twitter about this today. Have not seen this
posted to the list yet.
blobrana : Californian meteor: At 5:13 PDT, 15th March, 2010, a bright
fireball broke-up west of Yuba City, California. http://bit.ly/cEZepB
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Hello everyone!
Since were talking about e-Bay,
Please come take a look, I have auctions started @ .99 with free shipping!
There are plenty of cool meteorites including my New NWA 6077 with provisional
classification as a Ultra Rare Brachinite, also New, provisionally classified
NWA 6080 a
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
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.
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
All:
I found this interesting.
http://online-auction-sites.toptenreviews.com/
Greg S.
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 12:25:38 -0400
From: meteoritem...@gmail.com
To: meteorite...@comcast.net
CC: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re:
Hi Dirk,
Temporarily, I have a few of the new NWA 6077 Brachinite images hosted @ one of
my websites
www.outerspacerocks.com
please note:
6.5g, 2.4g, 3.94g, are sold.
Thanks!
John Higgins
From: drtanuki drtan...@yahoo.com
To: John higgins
Hi John,
That's a great looking Brachinite. Nice job on the cutting and preparation. :)
Best regards,
MikeG
On 3/17/10, John higgins geohigg...@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi Dirk,
Temporarily, I have a few of the new NWA 6077 Brachinite images hosted @ one
of my websites
please note:
6.5g, 2.4g, 3.94g, are sold.
And I'm the lucky new owner :-)
John got himself a great rare stone here!
Rob
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From: John higgins geohigg...@yahoo.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 6:33 PM
Subject: Re:
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
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
Hi Walter,
I agree 100% with you. At least 50% of the meteorite listings on ebay come from
the people on this forum. If they can put there differences and ego's aside
long enough to agree on an auction site, it would be to there benefit. The ebay
meteorite buyers would find the new auction
Hi to everyone!
I would like to get a nice Canyon Diablo sample that is 200g or more.
I currently only have a small one and want to be able to show a nicer sized one
along with pictures of the crater. The small one is nice, but is missing the
wow factor that a larger sample would offer.
With
fyi regarding the Mississippi California fireballs.
-- Forwarded message --
From: Robert Lunsford lunro.imo@cox.net
Date: Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 3:34 PM
Subject: (meteorobs) Two Bright Fireballs
To: meteor...@meteorobs.org
Numerous sightings of two recent fireballs have been
May be a little late, but I thought of this thread when I saw this.
Take a look - perhaps a movie will be made.
Greg S.
Hi Walter, List,
No matter how much time and effort you put into building it, they will
NOT come to any site like they do to Ebay, unless...
Perhaps the best way is free, fast, secure, it has to have the base and
it needs to be easy. Ebay didn't just start from a website, there was
money
Eric
I think you missed my point.
I am not advocating building a new website to compete with ebay. I am
talking about using resources that are already in place.
I don't want to create a new ebay or an ebay competitor.
But answer this question, if you would please. What would it hurt if a
Good day all,
I received a rather unusual phone call at work (I work in a planetarium)
yesterday: a 10 year old boy suffered a unspecified family trauma and getting
him to speak (mother tongue is French) is practically impossible. However, a
writer and social activist, the lady who called,
Hi Walter,
Understood, but I was simply being more general on purpose. Where do you
advertise. Not all meteorite people will flock to one particular site.
With the myriad of other sites out there, to get the reach that ebay
provides you'd have to list your items for sale on ALL of the
The 7.67g full slice of Whetstone Mountains that was on ebay sold for $935.
Including the cost of shipping, that works out to be $122.23 per gram. I
usually don't pay too much attention to the price for new falls, but this seems
to be less than what I was expecting considering how much interest
What if a seller sold an option to buy instead of the item itself? For
example, suppose you have a meteorite that you expect to go for $1,000. You
create a nice certificate, suitable for framing, that says the winner can buy
your meteorite at 10 times the price paid for the certificate. Then,
Unfortunately this would not work because it seems they've thought of
everything... Everything to limit the seller anyway.
...You can’t refer to or promote your personal website (including links
to home page web addresses that promote outside-of-eBay websites), sales
outside of eBay, or other
Hi Richard and List,
That's not a bad price for an OC. :)
Best regards and clear skies,
MikeG
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The 7.67g full slice of Whetstone Mountains that was on ebay sold for $935.
Including the cost of shipping, that works out to be $122.23 per
Hello Richard and List,
The Whetstone Mountains slice that sold for $935 at 7.67g seem like a good
price to me and the seller did well on eBay. What I know so far about the
Whetstone Mountains meteorite is that its an H5 and the KTW to date is 2.14
kg. Lastly, Has there been any discoveries
This mentality, waiting until the last few seconds before bidding, is something
I just don't get. Maybe someone can explain it to me.
I bid for lots on ebay just like I do when I bid at a real auction. I set in my
head what I believe the value of an item and what I have available in my budget
Hi Richard,
I think, but I'm not sure, the reason for sniping is because if you
bid early on an item, you are encouraging action. As a buyer, if
you want the item at the lowest price possible, then you don't want a
lot of bidding action going on. One way to accomplish that is to bid
on the item
Hi Richard,
You wrote, It'd be pretty simple. Any bids that occur within one minute of
the closing time of the auction automatically resets the end time by 10
minutes, or 30 minutes
Interestingly, the Astro Auctions website I and others mentioned earlier has
exactly that format.
-Walter
Hi Richard and List, I agree with your solution but not your objection to
sniping within the framework that is eBay.
Ebay has set up a situation where it is the smart thing to do. As you
suggest, if no item will officially end within even just one minute from the
time the last bid was
Thanks Tom
I'm glad I posted this thread. I had no idea that there are software packages
that would do snipe automatically.
Ebay has to have to have some financial benefit to THEM to allow this nonsense,
otherwise they wouldn't allow it. Seems to me it would be more profitable for
them to
Hello Listers,
My understanding with bidding on eBay is if your the top bidder you win. If you
use a spiner program you don't win unless your the top bidder. Spiner programs
make it easy for you to put your bid in and leave and not worry about sitting
at the computer and waisting time while
Wow, I suppose the internet is slowing up... Old age. I don't know why,
but sometimes I can post and it comes up immediately. Sometimes I post
and it comes back to me, but it doesn't go to the list. And other times,
it just doesn't show up. Damn, I must be a bad boy. ;) Oh well,
whatever.
Cheers
All I know is that people that use sniper programs are getting ripped off
because eBay does the same thing for free.
Shawn Alan
I don't think you get it!
Tom
In a message dated 3/17/2010 7:15:51 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
photoph...@yahoo.com writes:
Hello Listers,
My understanding
Richard,
I always use sniping services for bidding and my reasoning flawed or
otherwise is as follows. There exists a category of bidders that do not bid
their maximum and leave it at that, but like to continuously monitor the
auction for the duration and outbid others when they lose highest bid.
G'Day All
Interesting topic on eBay. Regardless of what you say, it's not going to
change and somebody mentioned u-bid, that's the worst. Believe me, I've
been there. As soon as it comes to the final time for the bid to end,
the next person who bids, rejacks up the time for it to go on another 10
It's just so simple to understand why sniping is likely to get you the best
price...just an obvious thing to do!
Just keep it quiet Tomthe less people that understand sniping the more
bargains for us.. ;-)
Graham
starsinthed...@aol.com wrote:
All I know is that people that use
Damn, that was quick! Only an hour later after I posted it. So I've
worked out some questions. If I post them now, you should get them at
the end of the month :-)
Cheers
John
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On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 02:20:36 -0500, you wrote:
Hi,
Not ours -- theirs.
Nope. Lord Britishes:
http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/03/17/2143248/Lord-Britishs-Lost-Lunar-Rover-Found-After-37-Years
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I have sniped and won and sniped and lost but I have and will continue to
snipe whether it's effective or not. It's just a strategy one of many.
Jerry flaherty
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From: John Hendry p...@pict.co.uk
Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 10:08 PM
To:
Sniping is simply a strategy that capitalizes on the fact that the
vast majority of people are unlikely to monitor online auctions (of
which they are a participant) in the closing minutes. As a result,
whatever limit bid, X, the leading bidder has established can easily
be trumped in the final
I agree. As explained, this will usually save buyer $ due to the other bidder
not having time to cave in and say I want it bad enough to spend just a bit
more and push final price up even though he will not win.
A well timed snipe allows you the best bid amount for your max bid.
Greg C.
Thanks all.
I now have a much better understanding all the way around...
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Hello list again,
I have been bidding and watching an item on eBay for the past few days and I
wish I had gotton the 46g Norton Meteorite at $600 or so but that wasn't the
case. Before I went down in the subway to go home I got on my phone to watch
the clock tick on the eBay item I was wishing
First you say All I know is that people that use sniper programs are
getting ripped off
because eBay does the same thing for free.
Shawn Alan
Then you saySo the morel to the story is, if you want the item, then
you will do anything to get it. If this means you wait to the last
John,
That has been my experience too. I've seen people bid early, and then come
back and keep bidding up and up (not the bid early with your max strategy).
And a few of them will wait till the last few minutes and in a frenzy, bid past
what is reasonable (either because they don't know what
Hi Tom,
Tom, really. As for the insult, who did I insult? I remember saying that
people are getting ripped off if they use a sniper company to bid for them,
cause the last time I check, eBay does that for you automatically till they
reach your maximum bid. And that's how it works on eBay,
Hey Richard,
My expertise is ART, moderan art Once at a online Auction. I seen a painting,
That I knew was a $5,000.-$7,000. painting. The est. was only $100.-200.
dollars, I knew this painting was placed in the wrong category
at this auction. So, most people did not go into this category
Shawn,
As far as I know, all that has been found is what is recorded in the Monograph
and addendum. Anybody know any different??? I'm curious to know more about
the Galleta flat find(s?) too.
Clear skies and happy hunting,
Mark B.
Sunburned from Gold Basin, AZ!
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