Re: [meteorite-list] Duck Chondrule

[Dave Freeman mjwy]

Dear Dirk; Nothing against non IMCA members but it would point a few would-be buyers, nieve buyers in a different positive direction....Ah, never mind, anyone willing to spend more than a few hundred thousand on a rock would surely do their homework first.............wouldn't they? I'd like to think. Dave F. drtanuki wrote: Ken and List, Great photo Ken! This is just the tip of the iceberg. The dangerous thing I see happening is foreign buyers buying the stuff in Thailand and elsewhere and taking it back to their countries to sell. Yes, I have seen several foreign buyers buying it in Thailand. Best, Dirk...Tokyo --- ken newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Adam and All, I have had many email discussions with with these clowns. They know exactly what they are doing. I prefer this photo: http://home.earthlink.net/~wrongs/images/5_billionaires.jpg Best, Ken Newton #9632 Adam Hupe wrote: The 5-billionaires group are a bunch con artists and idiots. Look at their latest "Duck Chondrule" offering, this is definitely one for the books: http://cgi.ebay.com/Duck-chondrule-155g-8-Slice-STONY-METEORITE-VERY-RARE_W0QQitemZ230036197978QQihZ013QQcategoryZ3239QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I don't think they have ever sold a real meteorite. They know they are selling garbage and are trying to rip-off the public. Just look how hard they try to convince their audience that these are real meteorites. They run a magnet with a sticky substance on it all over a supposed Nantan in one auction. If this were a real iron meteorite, the magnet would jump out of there hands. In another auction, they zoom in on light colored objects claiming they are chondrules. This reminds me of the Shirokovsky pallasite webpage images complete with divers and a poor story where every stone weighed exactly 50 kilograms, the size of a crucible. I remember you could not make out any the faces of the hunters on this web presence, I wonder why? This new group is brash enough to think that meteorite collectors are stupid enough to jump all over a $28,000.00 Earth rock. Billionaires, give me a break, they should call themselves penny-aires because that is what a lot of their items are selling for except for one unsuspecting person who paid several hundred for a fake meteorite. I would love to run into this group in Tucson. I would buy them a round of Denver Death Cookies and extract a confession from them. By the way, I owe some Margaritas on a lost wager that I will make good on at the next show. Take Care, Adam ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list

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