That should be by e mail and not (be e mail).

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>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:02:17 -0400
>From: Matt Blaine <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Auctions
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>The obvious place for a list of "members" who want to trade would be on the COA web site. It would be open to members to access and browse. Contacts between couple be e mail.
>Fabio, do you know anyone on the COA board who could get this moving?? ;-)
>Matt
>
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>>Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:50:38 -0500
>>From: Fabio Moretzsohn <[log in to unmask]>
>>Subject: Re: [CONCH-L] Auctions
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>
>>   Hi Jim and all
>>   That's a great idea that someone with web design
>>   skills should try: build a trading system that
>>   collectors can join and offer their shells. There
>>   could be a feedback system like eBay's or Amazon's
>>   marketplace (where you rate the seller/dealer, but
>>   trader in this case).
>>   It does not sound difficult to put together a
>>   system, but the problem might be how to fund the
>>   system. If it were ad-based, it might be free, or
>>   maybe members could pay a small fee to help pay the
>>   development and maintenance costs.
>>   Thanks,
>>   Fabio M.
>>   On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Jim Brunner
>>   <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>     Scott,
>>
>>     Whatever happened to trading between collectors?
>>      Thirty or forty
>>     years ago this was a common and exciting way to
>>     grow your collection
>>     at a reasonable cost.  Today it all seems to go
>>     through the dealers,
>>     i.e., local collectors sell or trade with dealers
>>     who then retail to
>>     collectors.  While you seldom could get the
>>     really rare specimens via
>>     trade, the common and uncommon were usually
>>     available.  And what fun
>>     it was to open those boxes! Granted, there were
>>     some problems with
>>     unreliable individuals but with modern technology
>>     and the ability to
>>     transmit images via the internet I would think
>>     this could once again
>>     become a viable collection growth option.  As a
>>     member of a club with
>>     many new and younger members I'm sure they would
>>     have an interest in
>>     such a system.  Has anyone ever tried swapping on
>>     a club to club
>>     basis?  With the club's reputation on the line,
>>     it should eliminate
>>     "bad" swaps.
>>
>>     Jim Brunner
>>
>>     On Jul 23, 2012, at 11:51 PM, Scot Lewis wrote:
>>
>>       I have been collecting 5 decades now, and as I
>>       try to grow my
>>       private collection, it seems that so
>>       many shells are now "auctioned" and that the
>>       prices are escalating
>>       astronomically. Obviously,
>>       someone, somewhere, is willing to pay "whatever"
>>       to get a specimen
>>       shell (and frequently, poor
>>       quality specimens at that).
>>
>>       My question to you all is this now the reality
>>       of collecting? Do we
>>       need to be "independently wealthy"
>>       to pursue our passion?  (Are there
>>       alternatives?)
>>
>>       Many of us specialize in specific fauna
>>       (species) areas, and can
>>       collect physically, but for (and I am
>>       assuming) most of us, the days of "local
>>       collecting trips" are
>>       getting fewer between.
>>
>>       How do institutions deal with acquiring new
>>       species...
>>
>>       How much will you pay for a missing specimen?
>>
>>       I am curious as to what you think, I hope to
>>       open a broad discussion
>>       on this...
>
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