Re: [meteorite-list] RSVP re Another crazy bidder on ebay
Please remove my email address. On 1/2/11, Meteorites USA e...@meteoritesusa.com wrote: Michael, they did apologize already. They did not realize it was Geoff. Regards, Eric On 1/2/2011 7:38 PM, Michael Blood wrote: Don and Greg, You DO know the seller is Geoff Notkin, don't you? I can Only assume you do NOT know it is Geoff. Such speculation is ludicrous in this case. And very careless of You. Comments that would sullying someone's reputation are nothing to take lightly! Shame on you both for such comments Either you made these comments out of negligence in failing to note Who the seller is or FAR WORSE, you would dare to make such Remarks regarding Geoff. Please let us know if it is mere carelessness or actually an accusation regarding Geoff. Please, Speak out on this list - both of you - and not in a private post. Your comments were public and your response should be public. Sincerely, Michael Blood On 1/2/11 2:50 PM, GREG LINDHgee...@msn.com wrote: An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff. Wow, there's a shocker. Greg L. From: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: fuj...@mac.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500 CC: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up. Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all this but I have seen this game before on several occasions. Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this bidding rigging! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-biddin g-items-raise-prices.html Sincerely Don Merchant IMCA #0960 Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html - Original Message - From: Gary Fujiharafuj...@mac.com To: MeteorListmeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsitem=170585023324 current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5 chondrite granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy has 0 feedback. Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] RSVP re Another crazy bidder on ebay
Don and Greg, You DO know the seller is Geoff Notkin, don't you? I can Only assume you do NOT know it is Geoff. Such speculation is ludicrous in this case. And very careless of You. Comments that would sullying someone's reputation are nothing to take lightly! Shame on you both for such comments Either you made these comments out of negligence in failing to note Who the seller is or FAR WORSE, you would dare to make such Remarks regarding Geoff. Please let us know if it is mere carelessness or actually an accusation regarding Geoff. Please, Speak out on this list - both of you - and not in a private post. Your comments were public and your response should be public. Sincerely, Michael Blood On 1/2/11 2:50 PM, GREG LINDH gee...@msn.com wrote: An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff. Wow, there's a shocker. Greg L. From: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: fuj...@mac.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500 CC: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up. Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all this but I have seen this game before on several occasions. Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this bidding rigging! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-biddin g-items-raise-prices.html Sincerely Don Merchant IMCA #0960 Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html - Original Message - From: Gary Fujihara fuj...@mac.com To: MeteorList meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsitem=170585023324 current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5 chondrite granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy has 0 feedback. Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] RSVP re Another crazy bidder on ebay
Michael, they did apologize already. They did not realize it was Geoff. Regards, Eric On 1/2/2011 7:38 PM, Michael Blood wrote: Don and Greg, You DO know the seller is Geoff Notkin, don't you? I can Only assume you do NOT know it is Geoff. Such speculation is ludicrous in this case. And very careless of You. Comments that would sullying someone's reputation are nothing to take lightly! Shame on you both for such comments Either you made these comments out of negligence in failing to note Who the seller is or FAR WORSE, you would dare to make such Remarks regarding Geoff. Please let us know if it is mere carelessness or actually an accusation regarding Geoff. Please, Speak out on this list - both of you - and not in a private post. Your comments were public and your response should be public. Sincerely, Michael Blood On 1/2/11 2:50 PM, GREG LINDHgee...@msn.com wrote: An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff. Wow, there's a shocker. Greg L. From: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com To: fuj...@mac.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500 CC: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up. Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all this but I have seen this game before on several occasions. Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this bidding rigging! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-biddin g-items-raise-prices.html Sincerely Don Merchant IMCA #0960 Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html - Original Message - From: Gary Fujiharafuj...@mac.com To: MeteorListmeteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBidsitem=170585023324 current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5 chondrite granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy has 0 feedback. Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html (808) 640-9161 __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
