Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen?

[Tom aka James Knudson]

Hello List, Please correct me if I am wrong! Please try to be polite when doing so! : )  I think it hurts us all when some one uses misleading tactics to sell meteorites. Why do I think that? I will tell you. Ebay is by far the best, cheapest and easiest place to get meteorites.  Lets say someone new goes on ebay and sees a 2000g Campo described as "HUGE" and looks around and there is no Campo larger on ebay at the time, the buyer goes back to the auction and finds a IMCA link, clicks on it and learns what a honest bunch of sellers IMCA members are. The new buyer even clicks on a few links and does not see a Campo that big on any of the sites. The buyer will feel like he is getting a Huge Campo at a great price. He goes back to the auction and uses Buy it now. He gets it and is thrilled with this Huge Campo.   He gets the "BUG" and goes back to Ebay to look around. This time he finds a 94lb Campo, but his campo was huge? So what is a buyer to think? DON"T TRUST THEM DISHONEST IMCA MEMBERS, that whole bunch are full of #&%$(# !!!!!  Now what, buy from none IMCA members, OK, and it turns out to be slag! Oh well, this meteorite collecting thing sucks! You can not trust anyone!  I do know, one important part of selling, is you need buyers. If no one wants to buy meteorites, no one can sell them!!!  I live in AZ, and it is still summer here, still in the high 90's, to hot for GB, so all my meteorite hunting is done on ebay! I am just telling you all of my hunting adventures. : )  All I am trying to get across is that honesty is the best policy. If you have a 2k Holbrook, tell people it is huge!!! If you have a 2k campo, say it is nice sized or something, save HUGE for the huge Campos! Thanks, Tom wondering if I should be the proudest member of the IMCA 6168 ----- Original Message ----- From: Howard Wu To: Dave Harris ; metlist Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:13 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen? I joined this list in part so I wouldn't be so stupid about faux meteorites or over priced scams.   Howard Wu Dave Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, I have to throw in my 2g's worth here - seems that some people on the list spend too much of their time trawling eBay looking for auctions to criticise and debunk and publish their 'findings' to the list. Fine in principle, but we are not here to police eBay - I think that "Caveat Emptor" should prevail here. If anyone is naive or stupid enough to spend thousands of bucks on a so-called 'meteorite' and from a supplier who doesn t sport the IMCA label then so be it. Like a lot of people, I find the exceptional ripoffs very funny and I am quite happy to have my attention drawn to it, but on the whole these auctions for faux meteorites are all a bit sad, desperate and not really funny. Seems to me that every Metlist digest I get now has a "look at this eBay auction..." gleefully pointing out some stupid ad - Can I suggest that perhaps one could spend one's time better employed? frustratingly frustrated! dave IMCA #0092 ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger