Title: Re: [meteorite-list] Bensour
Please put
that one the mailing list, there seem to be 3 people who are
infuriated that I want to sell at my cost.
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Michael
Farmer
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 11:51
AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bensour
Mike,
I have no problem with it, seems fair to me! I'd
like 2, 15-20 grams specimens if possible.
Thanks!
Tom Randall
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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