| N | Data | Name | Message | | 82 | 29-07-2010 > 11:42 |
max |
When I started collecting shells, about 40 years ago, and up until 90's, the dealers were few, honest and reliable, the shells were excellent, sometimes one could get an exceptional specimen for size and colour at a reasonable price. Advanced collectors were a family with a lot of good friends. The shell shows were a really joyful experience for a full immersion in our favourite world. Time have changed things. In a worse way. No more exceptional specimens on the market (only rare chances from local divers), many more dealers, pirates and opportunists, many more collectors from everywhere (globalization reached even shells), ready to pay insensate price for mediocre pieces, often treated or polished. Also, rising problems with Customs, mail service frequent disfunctions, and I stop here for decency. The old pleasure in opening a parcel now often turns in disappointment after a long waiting and a difficult delivery. Even travels on sites for direct shelling have suffered a deterioration in opportunities, prices and satisfaction. The future is not pink and things can only get worse. Best pieces of many species are obtainable only from old collections. Auctions on the net offers only a very few stand out specimens at a time and the battle to get them is anything but pleaseful. Species and forms multiply for the dealers business and the collectors' greediness. This world is no more amusing for me and the shell collection is a pure heart's overjoy only when my five years son pick up a beached cardium on a beach and set aside to show it to his game mates. Max |
| 81 | 26-06-2010 > 21:37 |
grumpy |
hello, at 82 years odl i am always carful about buying from dealers i dont know. recently i bid on shells from jacks dream.the shells i received were of the best quality and much better than i had hoped. i would recommend jacks dream to everybody.your auction is the greatess. i really appreciate it. thank you and keep up the good work. jack swindler (grumpy) |
| 80 | 19-06-2010 > 14:41 |
pilsbryi |
I´ve read about seller´s obligations . At the moment that seller´s are paid there comes the "obligations" . I truly believe that everyone gives out his best in order to present something that fills in with joy everyone who collect shells.
About the operculums it is not a way to choose a certain specimen . In 27 years i take collecting shells i never figured out that as an important feature .
Each case it is a specific case and shell collecting never have been so easy and accessible .
Establish your own priorities and be crictical . Study ; discover more and you´ll see that shell collecting it is something marvellous . |
| 79 | 21-04-2010 > 07:19 |
costellaria |
pour Petronzi ,
J'ai bien recu les shells de "MARIZ " , mais ce n'etait pas la "colubraria sp" de la photo de shells auction"
cela fait en 4 mois la sixieme fois qu'on me fait le coup !!!!!
alors j'ai decidé de ne plus prendre de shells aux Chinois et Philippins , a part un ou deux qui sont tres correct , tant pis pour les autres.!!!!
une fois les shells payer ils changent des shells!!!!
jean pierre VEZZARO |
| 78 | 17-03-2010 > 19:23 |
Shell Dimension.com |
Ricercate tutte le vecchie ricevute ed unitele alle prossime che le Poste Italiane ancora tenteranno impropriamente di addebitarci.
Si potrà richiedere il rimborso solo sui Diritti Postali, e cioè sulle voci:
- Presentazione in Dogana 2,50 Euro
- Spese Postali 3,00 Euro |
| 77 | 07-03-2010 > 14:02 |
Shell Dimension.com |
Da Wikipedia.it "Poste italiane" - SDOGANAMENTO:
A partire dal 2005, un accordo con l'Agenzia delle Dogane ha permesso di delegare alle Poste italiane la gestione diretta dello sdoganamento dei pacchetti provenienti dall'estero. A partire dal 2006, è diventata poi drammatica la questione dell'importazione dei pacchi: a causa dell'inadeguatezza delle strutture allestite presso i gateway internazionali, i ritardi nelle consegne hanno cominciato ad assumere dimensioni dell'ordine di parecchi mesi, suscitando le vive proteste degli utenti del servizio e catturando l'attenzione di importanti organi di informazione. In particolare va menzionato il disservizio dei gateway di MILANO ROSERIO e Lonate Pozzolo che hanno accumulato ritardi nella consegna di oltre 6 mesi non fornendo, tra l'altro, nessuna spiegazione plausibile. Dal novembre 2006, i diritti di sdoganamento di 5,50€, giudicati illegittimi da molte associazioni di consumatori, sono stati abrogati, e le Poste italiane si sono impegnate a restituire le cifre versate nel frattempo. Nel Febbraio 2008 vengono distrutte 200 tonnellate di posta , forse per far fronte all'enorme massa di plichi e missive accumulate dai forti ritardi nella consegna, ma più probabilmente corrispondenza di destinatari trasferiti o sconosciuti, che vengono mandati al macero invece che rispediti al mittente. |
| 76 | 23-12-2009 > 21:32 |
drink |
Dear Webmasters,
It has been a pelasure to work with you and all the gentlemen here....
You had accepted the freshwater long while ago... Now it shows it's one of the most desirable & accepted section for most collectors, now you have the used books, it is also amongst the most interesting section for many!
Let us know when you may share a little "space" for another group of shell collectors who enjoy not just scientific side of shells, but also ARTISTIC SIDE of all shells, a "SHELL ART" Section, I am sure there are uncountable numbers of interesting ART OBJECTS made in the form of or from an inspiration of shells..... I am one of them and I love ART (shell art) not less than the real shells. Just need to scope a little more for the acceptable groups of Art.
NATURAL SHELLS..... Something Human can't create....!
SHELL ARTS..... Something ONLY Human can create!!!
I wish oneday this shall be accepted.... thanks to all for reading my little voice.....
DRINK ..... Thailand |
| 75 | 30-11-2009 > 14:34 |
Noel Gregory |
Thanks everyone for such a great shell site. I gives value to us collectors in a way of telling some idea of what to pay for a particular species by comparison with other dealers prices and sizes.
Could it be possible to put in a species name and go straight to the shell (if it is for sale} by name only, even if it is only the species and not the family as this can sometimes change.?
Long may the site continue and long may I continue to make friends throughout the shell world. |
| 74 | 21-11-2009 > 09:10 |
Charles |
Dear Specialists,Tell me if I am right or wrong. I have the feeling that some items that absolutely similar(i.e. belong to the species are being offered in a same auction or in different auctions under various names. Once it is an unclassifie species, once it is assigned one genus then another. We perfectly understand that when a dealer is told about a mistake or becomes aware he has made an ID error, he corrects. BUT THE BUYER IN ALL FAIRNESS SHOULD BE MADE AWARE OF THIS BY A SPECIAL MENTION LIKE FOR EXAMPLE/ SOLD IN FOMER AUCTIONS OR IN AUCTION X UNDER NAME.
AS REGARDS SOME OF THE REMARKS OF MY COLLEAGUES, their claims are right but sometimes ignore a practical point of view . I see no objection to bid on an unnamed item. What I greatly regret is the absence of proper collecting data . If they are unknown , fine so. If not, I just wonder what the dealers are afraid of: an invasion of avid snailers in the province of Sechouan?
Tks for any further comments or thoughts. Regards to all. Charles |
| 73 | 24-09-2009 > 05:59 |
vw1 |
A very good site, but it has problems with the setup and also with some of the sellers...
SELLERS'OBLIGATIONS
Sellers should put ALL DATA they have available on labels with the specimens. Too many don't put in any labels at all, and the buyer, if he hasn't saved the data from the website (the "view previous auctions" function DOES NOT WORK), can end up with expensive data-free curios of zero scientific worth. This has happened to me several times.
The data available to the seller may be poor, especially when the shells are from a fishmarket; many "Taiwanese" fished shells are from other parts of the world eg Indian Ocean Babylonia! Philippines data is always suspect if it is any more detsiled than an island or province name, due to the fishermen's secretiveness about their favorite spots.
Freebie "sweeteners" put in packages seem to always lack data... and so are valueless.
Sellers MUST send shells that have been cleaned. I have received more than one parcel from saleseashell and his brother shelllover which contained many bags of gunky rotting shells (the package smelled!!) and LIVE insects... which caused me a lot of trouble and some expense when the Customs authorities opened them.
Sellers MUST, when the shell has an operculum, put the operc in with the specimen in such as way as to avopid its breakage or loss. Some of the smelly shells from the brothers had opercs in the auction image, but none were found in the package... possibly they were just tossed inside the shells, where they stuck in the rotting animals and were destroyed when I bleached the shells.
Fitting the wrong operculum to a shell is DEPLORABLE. Opercs should be kept with the very shell they came from, not another shell, even of the same species. Sellers should encourage the collectors/cleaners to retain the opercs; collectors/cleaners who don't bother are lazy.
Sellers MUST wrap specimens carefully; shellajiao sent some pqacked into large Melo with no padding, and the other specimens were wrapped in BURST bubblewrap. Needless to say the Melo suffered badly broken lips and most specimens were chipped, some badly.
It would be nice if offerings were put in the correct families; so often they are not, hence the need for a proper search function.
Sellers should use correct generic placement; for instance, Pleurotomaria is extinct.
Sellers should be able to spell taxonomic names and get the letter cases right. So many of them are unable to.
THE WEBSITE
Shells should be searchable by shell name or character eg "sinistral".
The buyer should be able to use the "View Items uploaded on Auctions" to view his wins from previous auctions for their data, but this feature does not work. I have tried with both Macintosh and Windoze computers, and more than one of each, so the problem isn't my computers.
Sellers should not be able to hide their entries from buyers; anyone who does has something to hide!
Buyers should be able to VIEW feedback. I cannot find any way to do this, despite there being a "PLACE feedback" option.
Within auction families the entries should be in alphabetical order, but sometimes they are not.
The buyer should be able to cancel outbid items from his bid list. |
| 72 | 14-08-2009 > 21:53 |
Bortektoo |
Tom as a dealer let me say this. The problem of collections are the suppliers gets his shells from fisherman shrimpers etc sometimes they fisg for 5-10 days and the chances of you getting a date is slim.Unless your supplier personally dives I doubt if that is available to you. perhaps the year yes.
Otto
Bortektoo |
| 71 | 14-08-2009 > 21:51 |
Bortektoo |
Rafael has returned to shool and can no longer be contacted for shells
Otto
Bortektoo |
| 70 | 11-08-2009 > 12:12 |
Tom |
I like shellauction very much, but I have two general comments:
1) Many shell dealers (most shell dealers?) forget to add accurate collection data. The most often forgotten is the collection date. Secondly, location data are mostly very vague. Most dealers only mention the country or the part of the ocean in which the shells were found. If it concerns land or freshwater shells, sometimes you get vague descriptions such as 'south of China' or 'central Thailand'. Personally I want my collection to have some scientific value. Therefore, I expect good collection data, including date and exact location (for example: name of country, name and distance to nearest town, name of river/lake/sea,...) and if possible some additional data concerning water depth, name of person who collected it, method of collection,... I am sure that several collectors agree with me and many dealers would sell a lot more if added accurate data.
2) Most dealers apparently automatically assume that buyers want to pay through paypall. However, some buyers have had bad experiences with paypall or simply find it more convenient to pay otherwise. Therefore, I suggest that dealers automatically also mention their address (for payment with cash by registered airmail) and their SWIFT/IBAN/BIC bank account number. This would surely make things go a lot faster and reduce e-mail communication.
Best regards,
Tom |
| 69 | 07-08-2009 > 16:13 |
omur |
Does anyone know what happened to dealer ''rapica'' (Picardal Rafael)? He cannot be contacted thru his e-mail? |
| 68 | 19-06-2009 > 13:38 |
Dick |
Dear Allesandro/Claudio
Please let me have an address where I can Mail the amount that I owe you.
Sincerely
Dick |
| 67 | 09-06-2009 > 08:56 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
BEFORE YOU ARE PURCHASING/BUIING A SHELL IN AUCTION;
AND YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THAT SHELL,----DONT BUY IT,-------
OR ASK THE SELLER ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS, ABOUT THAT SHELL !!!
thank you, pegasus |
| 66 | 09-06-2009 > 08:56 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
BEFORE YOU ARE PURCHASING/BUIING A SHELL IN AUCTION;
AND YOU ARE NOT SURE ABOUT THAT SHELL,----DONT BUY IT,-------
OR ASK THE SELLER ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS, ABOUT THAT SHELL !!!
thank you, pegasus |
| 65 | 05-06-2009 > 06:47 |
wangxingyong |
Hi sir,thank you very much for accepting me as a new member of this web.It's a great pleasure to join in your group. |
| 64 | 25-03-2009 > 23:32 |
latimer |
Hello,
Thank you for adding, my pleasure to participate.
Cordially,
Craig Latimer |
| 63 | 24-02-2009 > 18:19 |
amajid |
Wonderful and Noble work!!! Thanks Petronzi and partner for accepting me as a memeber. I am from the Maldive Islands....a paradise for marine shells!
Very helpful site.
Thanks. |
| 62 | 23-02-2009 > 03:34 |
shouldnt09 |
Having many problems with trying to contact you and re-establish a valid pasword. Please contact me urgently, at martinzz@xnet.co.nz |
| 61 | 18-12-2008 > 19:14 |
ruben |
Dear Petronzi and Pirazzini.
It is a Great pleasure be member in shellauction.Thank very much!!.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year for all. |
| 60 | 12-10-2008 > 12:50 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
the veryvery large/monster/huge sized shells, -----are very rare, and also
very difficult to find in best quality; (F+++, Gem)!
therefore, it's quite normal and understandable, to find those huge/high priced
shells in quality grade; as (F+, F++) !!
all the best, Juerg-------------p e g a s u s |
| 59 | 12-10-2008 > 12:15 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
the veryvery large/monster/huge sized shells, -----are very rare, and also
very difficult to find in best quality; (F+++, Gem)!
therefore, it's quite normal and understandable, to find those huge/high priced
shells in quality grade; as (F+, F++) !!
all the best, Juerg-------------p e g a s u s |
| 58 | 31-08-2008 > 10:27 |
edwin |
Dear Sir Petronzi,
My heart was rejoicing when the time you accepted me as member in your pristege website you are very nice person,your are a blessing to us.more power to you.Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
Edwin. |
| 57 | 28-08-2008 > 11:07 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
the best/correct way, if you have some doubts, about purchasing a shell;
should be :
TO ADDRESS A QUESTION, BEFORE YOU PURCHASE THAT SHELL; TO THE SELLER -----
thank you, Juerg----------p e g a s u s |
| 56 | 17-07-2008 > 13:37 |
pegasus |
dear shellcollectors,
the grading of a shell, is particular and personal;
there are no absolute rules for grading a shell !
have a nice time, Juerg------------ p e g a s u s |
| 55 | 08-07-2008 > 08:59 |
neil |
A suggestion...
On the login page, have a field where you can simply enter the shell ID number and click "OK" and it will take you straight to that shell. Easy to do. |
| 54 | 06-04-2008 > 10:39 |
ctlau |
I wonder if the number of shells put up by non-dealers for auction can be increased ? I do not understand why it is only limited to just two? |
| 53 | 24-12-2007 > 03:09 |
almahshells@yahoo.com |
A new WEB can made next year 2008" with the new owner.
Hoping the comming new Auction site may alway be progressive. And giving a limmit to accept the new member of the Auctions inbehalf to maintain the good Dealings of shells, but Not to Ruin" the price of all shells that inserted in the Auction Site".
May wish a good Luck..
Almahshells- Philippines |
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