Dear Tracy; Very eloquently put. I will wait on pins and needles to find out their responce....(!@#$%^&*) or "we have been in error and regret will have go give a bunch of money back because we were caught being phony....." Yup, Dave (not the one in decay...yet)
Tracy Latimer wrote: >This is the text of an email message I sent to the Crawfords, the people >who are selling the Eagle Butte meteorites. We'll see what their response >might be. > >Tracy Latimer > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 20:26:55 +0000 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Eagle Butte Iron Meteorite Item # 1066468831 > > >I just got the Eagle Butte sample last week, thanks to the vagaries of >mailing across international borders. Unfortunately, to my eye, it seems >you may have been fooled in your collecting by industrial slag, as the piece >you sent me does not resemble any of my other iron meteorites, but it DOES >resemble a slag meteorwrong I picked up in Ohio. I have also heard from >people with whom I correspond on a meteorite newsgroup; several of them have >also bought these meteorites and feel their identity is questionable. > >I cannot comfortably post feedback without being sure of what I have bought, >so I am sending the sample to Dr. Carleton Moore at the Center for Meteorite >Studies at Arizona State University for analysis. Upon his confirmation, I >will happily post positive feedback. If the sample should turn out NOT to >be a meteorite, I will forego any negative comment should you choose to >offer a refund to anyone who has bought an "Eagle Butte Meteorite" from you >in error. I am sorry to have to be so cautious, but there seems to be brisk >trade in rocks of mistaken identity. > >Sincerely, >Tracy Latimer > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
