[meteorite-list] You have to be KIDDING

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Hi Bob
It is because Ebay charges a listing fee of only $4.80 for items over $500. So the lister paid only $4.80 to list it. Where they get you is if the item sells. It would be 1.5% from $1000 and up....almost $200,000.
To see what I mean use this Ebay/PayPal calculator. Enter 13,000,000 in both the starting bid and final bid price. Enter 0 in the shipping.
http://home.alltel.net/micrep/fees.html
Mike
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Mike Jensen
Jensen Meteorites
16730 E Ada PL
Aurora, CO 80017-3137
303-337-4361
IMCA 4264
website: www.jensenmeteorites.com

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bob Evans" <bobe5531 at comcast.net>

> These never cease to amaze me. With the internet available around the globe, 

> even the people with the lowest I.Q.'s can check the market on virtually 

> anything.

> A simple check would put the value of his so-called meteorite at a few 

> dollars at best, saving him big money on listing fees.

> Am I missing something or do they offer zero fee auction listings in the 

> U.K. ?

> I just dont get it !

> ----- Original Message ----- 

> From: "Darren Garrison" <cynapse at charter.net>

> To: <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Monday, October 02, 2006 3:04 PM

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] You have to be KIDDING

> 

> 

> On Mon, 2 Oct 2006 15:06:25 -0400, you wrote:

> 

> >Hey list. Check this meteorite for sale for a mere $13 million dollars!!

> >http://cgi.ebay.com/METEORITE_W0QQitemZ300034369553QQihZ020QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ

> 1QQcmdZViewItem

> 

> Sigh.  As long as the mentally ill are just posting auctions on Ebay that'll

> obviously never sell and not out shooting Amish schoolgirls, I guess they're

> pretty harmless.  (It's the ones who have good photos, lucid descriptions, 

> and

> realistic prices for their fakes that are a harm to meteorite collecting).

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