Hi Count and List, This person has been listing different variations of this same "meteorite" for months now. I'm not sure how many he has actually sold. But the scary thing is, go to his About Me page and then go to his blog. His blog is a long, rambling affair - he is absolutely convinced that these materials are genuine and contain "blood vessels" and fossils. He has also found "blood vessels" in a specimen that is obviously an etched iron meteorite (looks like Gibeon or Muonionalusta), but the majority of his specimens are definitely not meteorites. I don't think this person is an outright scammer. I think this person is deluded and actually believes his own story. These are the hardest types to deal with. Someone who is blatantly lying and trying to pull a scam can be dissuaded with a threat of imminent legal action. But deluded people will not be dissuaded with silly things like fact and reality - they will view any attempt to educate them (or stop them) as persecution for their unorthodox beliefs. This is not unlike the nutjob who keeps bombarding List members (notably Randy Korotev) with offers for his bogus lunaites.
The best cure for this seller of martian blood vessel meteorites is medication, electroshock, or lobotomy. ;) Best regards, MikeG On 2/16/10, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like to see someone, or an organization with credentials, put a hurt > on this scam artist with eBay. These bogus offerings don't do any of you > legitimate dealers any good. Not at all. > > Count Deiro > > -----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] >>Sent: Feb 16, 2010 9:49 AM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil-BV-HC-RBC_W0QQitemZ130365214796QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5a5f504c >> >> >> >> >>inventiveness usually captures someone sometime >> >>______________________________________________ >>Visit the Archives at >> http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html >>Meteorite-list mailing list >>[email protected] >>http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > -- ------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Gilmer http://www.galactic-stone.com http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone ------------------------------------------------------------ ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
