Hi Howard you wrote; <<For your edification.....ebay was started by selling pez dispensers.>>
Actually that is a story that was made up by a PR person to generate interest in the site. Here is an article about it from 2002; http://www.davidrowan.com/2002/07/times-ebays-creation-myth-exposed.html He actually sold computer parts. Mike Mike Jensen Meteorites 16730 E Ada PL Aurora, CO 80017-3137 USA 720-949-6220 IMCA 4264 website: www.jensenmeteorites.com On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 7:46 PM, Howard Steffic<[email protected]> wrote: > > As a well known "bottom feeder" how about if we take your scare tactics with > a grain of salt. > > Also, I would guess the laws that you violated had nothing to do with the US > but the country of origin. Nice try with the cheap shot on Obama though. > > For your edification.....ebay was started by selling pez dispensers. > > Howard Steffic > > >> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:09:53 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Laws/Ebay >> >> >> I am reposting this a second time with a new subject line because I am sure >> that some people are interested but never read the last posting due to not >> being interested in my personal ebay problems enough to bother opening the >> dozen't email on the topic >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> I have had 5 people email me privately with a message saying something to >> the effect of "Whats up with pearls - and could meteorites be next", so I >> will email the group rather than individually? >> Answer is be afraid - be very afriad. >> Apparantly the laws concerning the export and import of pearls are >> "complicated" so ebay has decided to no longer allow them (But there are >> still some listed on ebay and the "Trust and saftety" department told me it >> would be a security violation to give me this information - because people >> might use the info to circumvent those rules) so who the hell knows what >> ebay is up to. Even their own employees are kept in the dark (Presumably for >> security reasons) >> I was told that it is illegal to export pearls from French Polynesia >> directlty into the USA (Whats up, has obama got a new dislike for the >> french? - if I promise to never ever again use the term French Fry can I >> then list tahiti pearls again?) and that I should look into the laws >> regarding pearls in my own country before I sell anymore. >> So, I am told that conflicting and complicated laws are responsible for >> pearls getting prohibited from ebay. >> Hmmmmm. Complicacated and conflicting laws? That wouldent also apply to >> Meteorites, artifacts, coins, collectibles - not to mention leather pants >> (Countries where cows are sacred) or a free press in general in some >> countries would it. >> Ebay was started to sell laser pointers if I remember correctly. Maybe >> eventually thats all that will be allowed again. >> Me thinks that people should start diversifying from ebay as quickly and as >> much as possible. Paypal to (Nobody has ever had problems with paypal of >> course). >> I now have 1700 auctions that disapeared and ebay tells me sorry, shit >> happens, now just be a good little boy and relist them all again so we can >> collect more ebay fees - and if we decide to end them all without telling >> you why and keeping all those fees again, well, shit happens. >> Spending a lot of time looking for non ebay ways to sell right now >> Cheers >> DEAN >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ Hotmail®: Spread the word when you add celeb photos to your > e-mails. Check it out. > http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_celebrity_photos1_072009&cat=celebrity > ______________________________________________ > http://www.meteoritecentral.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
