[meteorite-list] The eBay $13,000,000 space rock

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Hi Frederic
The maximum cost to list any item at any price is $4.80. The real money is in selling of the item for Ebay. The fees would be almost $200,000 for Ebay and $377,000 for PayPal. Here is the fee calculator I mentioned on this same subject earlier in the week. 

http://home.alltel.net/micrep/fees.html

Just enter 13,000,000 in both the starting and final sales price. Enter 0 for shipping as he is nice enough to not charge for that and you will find the numbers I came up with above.
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: "Fred Caillou Noir" <fred at caillou-noir.com>

> I also contacted this seller about  item #300034369553 - METEORITE offered at 

> £7,000,000 starting price, saying that he will never have a single bid and I 

> received the following reply:

> 

> 'Of course when someone's grandaddy bought a large house his friends only jested 

> that it might make a million one day. And of course you'ver NEVER seen a house 

> advertised for £1million or more......... '

> 

> Well,... humour...?

> 

> I do not know what ebay insertion fees have to be paid with such a starting 

> price and do not want to use time counting, but it must be high! What kind of 

> game is this?

> 

> Cheers

> 

> Frederic

> 

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

> From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave at ntlworld.com>

> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2006 10:38 PM

> Subject: [meteorite-list] The eBay $13,000,000 space rock

> 

> 

> > Well, I did email the seller with a respectable tone - offering my

> > experience and so on, and spent some time explaining that the pics couilld

> > be better and so on and that the price was unreasonable and so on...

> > 

> > I obviously wasted far too much time - I got a single word response "Thanks"

> > 

> > 

> > Then I saw the other guff they were selling at equally ludicrous prices so I

> > again, politely and self-effacingly emailed them back apologising for "not

> > realising that you were a major loon" and that I was foolish to try to help!

> > 

> > 

> > Craaaa-zzzzzzzzzzyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > ho hum...

> > 

> > 

> > dave

> > 

> > IMCA #0092

> > Sec.BIMS

> > www.bimsociety.org

> > 

> > 

> > 

> >  

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