Re: [meteorite-list] Bensour

Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:45:40 -0800

Mike,
Thanks for the offer but that is more than the price you so loudly advertised. Your intial offer was $2.00 a gram, and though the increase in price is probably justified it is not what we discussed.
 
I was interested, but now confused and also very disappointed.
 
Does anyone stick to their word anymore? I figured this would happen and that your offer would fade for this reason or that. It would now seem that your anger with Dean caused you to say anything to bust his balls and that there would be some catch that would eventually rear its ugly head.
 
I am also curious as to why an item that weighs less than an ounce would cost $5.96 to ship?
My wife and I are licensed to do our own postage....Priority mail at the rate you quoted above would have to weigh over 2lbs., as a 2 pound package with insurance would only cost $5.95 to ship anywhere in the US. At the PARCEL POST Rate the item would have to weigh in at almost 3 pounds and be shipped across the country.
 
Mike, I am sorry but something about this offer was suspect from the very beginning and the old saying if it sounds to good to be true, really applied here.
 
Now I am positive that the specimen is probably a real good buy at the new price and that I am going to take some real flak for exposing this change in price. Someone else will end up with a really fresh specimen and I will not.
 
Lots of people here will probably flame the hell out of me and that is fine as I have been standing in front of a shit fan all my life and my shit proof suit is also flame retardent.
 
At least Dean has stuck to his price...it may be too high and it maybe that he is trying to gouge everyone like you said, but at least he has stood fast on his offer.
 
Next time do your math before you make offers that you are not willing to stand by.
 
Thanks again for the offer, I will pass on the principal of the matter.
 
Sincerely,
 
Mark M.
----- Original Message -----
MArk, I have a very nice 24.70 gram stone with primary and secondary crust. I need to get $3.20 gram though as the price went up in Morocco since Dean called and offered more to try and hurt me. He did a good job too, but still, that is 5 TIMES less than they want at $15 gram!
It would be $85.00 with shipping. Please let me know ASAP if you want it as I dont have so much to go around.
mike
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bessy Bullshit I WILL BUY IT NOW!

Mike,
Put me down for 20 grams right now. I will pay with PayPal as soon as it is in your hands...If you get a whole stone in 20-25 grams size even better. At $2.00 a gram I am in for 20-25 grams right now. I would love to have something this fresh with this lovely fusion crust and color in my collection. Anything in that size will do. Send me an email as soon as you have it and we will do business.
 
Thanks,
 
Mark Miconi #5524
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 3:55 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Bessy Bullshit

Well, I is time for me to jump in here and rain on Dean Bessy's parade. I also have a substantial amount of this fall on the way via DHL as I type here! DEan DOES NOT have it all, or even close to HALF as he so states and is so full of bullshit, that I cant keep quiet here any longer. I will have the materail for sale next week, and I plan to offer it around $2 gram! Now Dean, how in the hell do you justify selling material that you paid less than $1 gram for for $15 to $20 gram, it is a chondrite anc a nice one, but nevertheless, you DUMP (using your own words) rare material like it was a happy meal. Then for this fall you try to manipulate the market with more lies and self-reithous statements of self grandure. You are not crap when it comes to North Africa. Your one seller has you by the balls and feeds you what you want to hear, You my friend are the laughing stalk of Morocco. It is about time you learned it.
 
Anyway, the point is folks, that you can pay Dean his "Good Deal" price of $15 gram, or wait one week and pay me $2 gram, your choice.
 
Thanks Dean, Payback is a sunofabitch isnt it? By the way, you need to stop talking about me, it gets back to me, every word you say, and right now I am more than a little pissed you asshole!!!#@#@#
 
Mike Farmer
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 9:45 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Bensour

Hello everyone, I am finally home after the Africa and South Pacific trips.
The Bensour trip was successful, as I acquired 18.7 kilos of material from this beautiful new fall.
On a downside, it seems that Dean Bessey and another European conspired to drive the price up by offering high prices when I arrived in Africa. Dean bought less than 100 grams for $5 gram, in order to make my price rise. I have the email proof of anyone wants to see it. Anyway, the net result was that I indeed had to pay more. I had negotiated a price and offered the ~$2 gram based on that price. The problem is that I had not paid yet and did not have the stones in my hands, so the Moroccans raised my price as is their right to do.
My total cost including trip expenses is $3.20 gram, I have been emailing all night to people who made their requests for me, and offering it at that price, as opposed to the ~$2 gram. By the way, please feel free to look at my original email below if there is any confusion, I did not quote a firm exact price of $2 gram, but rather very clearly "Around $2 gram", so although the price is higher than I had hoped, it is still within my offer. A Couple of people have had a problem with that, and I do indeed apologize, but in the rear world things change, and this did. Even at the raised price of $3.20 gram, it is still almost 5 times lower than Deans price of $15 gram, if that is not a damn good bargain, I don't know what is.
Anyone who agrees or disagrees with this, please email us and tell us why?
I look for any input on this matter.
Mike Farmer

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