Re: [meteorite-list] Social media might destroy meteorite collecting and selling!

Peter Davidson p.david...@nms.ac.uk wrote: My concern is that, having given a negative answer (and they almost without question are) to an enquiry about a possible meteorite, I (or any curator/collector) become the subject of a vicious trolling campaign and find that our professional (and

Re: [meteorite-list] Social media might destroy meteorite collecting and selling

Hi Shawn and List, I agree there has been a resent spike in fake meteorites being offered on Ebay. I would say that the responsibility also falls onto the potential buyer not to jump on to good to be true deals or ataxites or Nandan's straight from China. We live in a tech savy world now and

Re: [meteorite-list] Social media might destroy meteorite collecting and selling!

To: Meteorite Central Subject: [meteorite-list] Social media might destroy meteorite collecting and selling! Hello Listers I have noticed an explosion of people insisting they have found a meteorite popping up everywhere on FB. And now ebay is having an influx of fakes being offered on there. Couple

[meteorite-list] Social media might destroy meteorite collecting and selling!

Hello Listers I have noticed an explosion of people insisting they have found a meteorite popping up everywhere on FB. And now ebay is having an influx of fakes being offered on there. Couple years ago it wasnt that often you would see fakes on there, but now its a common theme. I mean people