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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