> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Possible eBay Solution? > Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 22:09:19 > > >The other option is to contact the buyer and inform them that they've > >probably bought a meteor-wrong.
> This is a strict violation of ebay rules - particularly when an auction is > still in progress. Ebay will act on people who do this and you could get > suspended from ebay. It called "bid tampering". Usually this is good because people who email buyers are usually nutcases out to screw a seller or > otherwise interfere with his business. I'm not a lawyer and in no way qualified to comment on contractual law, but I think it might also fall under interference of contract in a broader legal setting. I sure as heck wouldn't do it. It's too easy to then justify '... now here is an example of a better item that I happen to be offering.' I say stick with educating the sellers. It would be nice to have a broadly useful meteorwrong site where sellers can be directed to learn about minerals and industrial byproducts commonly mistaken for meteorites. ...Something along the lines of a gently informative article with background, general guidelines for distinctions of both meteorites and meteorwrongs, high quality pictures of the most common meteorwrongs with detailed descriptions of what they are and where they come from or how they form, and a section describing where and how they can get an item tested. Then do up a standard formalized letter that describes who is calling the item into question, along with their qualifications, and how the person may redress the problem. Mention that if they would feel more comfortable ending their auction if they could recieve a second or third opinion from other qualified persons, than you can have several other people who have commented on the meteorwrong contact them as well. -Robert : ) Show your support at the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund - http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/my-pay-page/PKAXFNQH7EKCX/058-5084202-7156648 _______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
