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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