Hi Folks, I'm not saying this to bash eBay. But eBay is not interested (or capable) of determining what a legit meteorite is. If meteorites become problematic for eBay, they might ban their listings entirely. Or they might get overzealous and start hazing meteorite sellers the way they do with sellers of pearls. (Just ask Dean Bessey about that one)
The best thing a meteorite buyer can do (in regards to eBay) is to educate themselves on space rocks. There is a lot of good information available on the web for the interested newbie, if they spend some time looking. Some of these bogus listings we see don't make sense to me. It must cost a good bit of cash to list a $20,000 item, less yet a $200,000 item. The listing fee alone is nothing to scoff at. It's costing some of these people a ton of cash to list these specimens and eBay is cashing in whether the rock sells or not. Take the Martian Blood Vessel guy for example - he keeps listing the same high-dollar items over and over, and nobody is buying them. So he must be in pretty deep already on listing fees alone. I bet that guy has spent a couple of grand on listing fees alone. He needs to sell one of those specimens just to recoup his listing fees. Best regards, MikeG ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Gilmer - Galactic Stone & Ironworks Meteorites Website - http://www.galactic-stone.com Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/galacticstone News Feed - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516 Twitter - http://twitter.com/galacticstone Meteorite Top List - http://meteorite.gotop100.com EOM - http://www.encyclopedia-of-meteorites.com/collection.aspx?id=1564 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- On 11/29/10, Stuart McDaniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Ought to report him to ebay. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam Hupe > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:56 PM > To: Adam > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus > > Yep, another one! > > I wonder how Steve C.'s press conference went at the Montrose Library? > Apparently the media attention he received became addictive. I see he made > himself president of UNCO meteorites to give himself an air of importance > and > authority. He says it has nothing to do with money but is asking millions > of > dollars for his self-proclaimed planetary pieces. Now he has taken it to the > next step by claiming to have found alien lifeforms. > > The common denominators seem to be the need for fame and money, mostly fame. > This guy should think about going into the entertainment industry with such > story telling abilities. It seems like a waste of his talent to simply > write > eBay descriptions and hold press conferences at libraries. The sad thing is > that > in his mind, he surely is the world's best meteorite hunter and should be > recognized as such. > > > Happy Hunting, > > Adam > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 12:26:40 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus > > Here's a new one: > > http://cgi.ebay.com/North-American-Biologic-Planetary-Meteorite-/120652410277?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1771ada5 > > > > -------------------- > To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is > research. > (SW) > > > > Phil Whitmer > > > ______________________________________________ > 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 > > > ______________________________________________ > 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
