Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-11 Thread Ma Lan
PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Friday, July 11, 2008, 5:13 AM Good evening list, In my mind, nobody can give a true number of meteorite dealers. Asume that we are talking only

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Norbert and all, In terms of the survey I conducted a few years ago with list Members, whether or not someone was a meteorite dealer Was left up to them - and there were a LOT of people who Reported themselves as meteorite dealers. I, personally, would consider having a

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread Martin Altmann
'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? Hi Alex, and All, A very good question, and I believe there's an answer to that. But let's start by asking some more questions: If you sell a T-shirt or a pair of Jeans

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread MeteorHntr
Martin, Is there actually any PROOF that your last statement (below) is true? I think we should avoid speculation and stick to documented facts when posting on the list! Steve #1 In a message dated 7/10/2008 6:02:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...Someone,

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread MeteorHntr
OOOppps, I forgot to put the JOKE WARNING in the subject line and more warnings before and after the joke in my last post. I am sorry if I offended anyone. It was ONLY a joke. Steve #1 In a message dated 7/10/2008 11:14:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Martin,

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread Anita D. Westlake
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? Martin, Is there actually any PROOF that your last statement (below) is true? I think we should avoid speculation and stick to documented facts when posting on the list! Steve #1 In a message dated 7/10/2008 6:02:52

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread Pete Pete
Someone without meteorite(s) = Unhappy someone. The new Drake Equation From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:37:54 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? I

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-10 Thread M42protosun
Good evening list, In my mind, nobody can give a true number of meteorite dealers. Asume that we are talking only about professionals. Are they all meteorite dealers? I think no! You can sell a meteorite only, if you have the sureness that the piece is a meteorite. Otherwise you are a

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Michael L Blood
Hi Doug, Tim and all, I was one of the 3 on the internet - those were exciting days and Many life long friendships were formed. If you look in the archives, I did a survey study of the members of The Meteorite List. While there was not a 100% response rate, the Rate of response was

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Timothy Heitz
: How many meteorite dealers are there? Hi Doug, Tim and all, I was one of the 3 on the internet - those were exciting days and Many life long friendships were formed. If you look in the archives, I did a survey study of the members of The Meteorite List. While there was not a 100

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Alexander Seidel
PROTECTED], Meteorite List Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? Hello Michael, Doug and List, I count 138 dealers worldwide now. Tim - Original Message - From: Michael L Blood [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Timothy Heitz
PROTECTED] To: Timothy Heitz [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there? To answer the question of how many dealers there are, you have

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Alexander Seidel
Can you tell the MeteoriteMan is a dealer or the collector is the MeteoriteMan? Is there a borderline? Exactly this is what I called into question! :-) Any suggestions for a definition of dealer? Alex Berlin/Germany ...who thinks there are more than those mentioned dealers on that list, but

Re: [meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread Norbert Classen
Hi Alex, and All, A very good question, and I believe there's an answer to that. But let's start by asking some more questions: If you sell a T-shirt or a pair of Jeans on eBay from time to time, does this make you a commercial dealer, or even part of the textil business/industry? If you sell a

[meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-09 Thread ALMitt
Hi Alex and all, I'd say there are about two or three hundred dealers. While my definition of a dealer is someone who has a tax license and is listed as a business in their state or country it's a little more complicated than that. There are certainly individuals who buy a quantity of a

[meteorite-list] Fwd: How many meteorite dealers are there?

2008-07-08 Thread mexicodoug
Forwarded message from Tim Heitz (The Original Meteorite 'Pusher' and author of ten meteorite commandments :-) -Original Message- From: Timothy Heitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Doug,  Would you post this for me to the list below? The list is not working for me again Thanks, Tim