Hello,
 
I completely agree with your point of view and your argumentation. I really do
understand the situation of a dealer. I understand an American shell is sold
at a reasonable price to a European collector and vice versa. In trading
shells the same rules apply as in purchasing shells. My one and only real
point of unease is that common shells either are not on dealers lists anymore
(because of the obvious reasons mentioned by several people) or are priced too
high (a fact admitted by several people in the bussiness too). To solve this
problem one dealer already proposed to mention e.g. "3 for 1 $" so he has two
advantages : he can win new customers with low prices AND the cost of the line
on his list isn't higher !
 
Just a thought, just a thought,
 
greetings, Jan
 
shelloak schreef:
 
>   If you live in
> Europe, and want to collect a common shell in Florida, how much do you
> think it will now cost you to collect this shell yourself?
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