Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-17 Thread Platypus Girl
things. Incapable of grandstanding, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:37:48 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? Hey Bill, What is it with some of the people on this distribution? According to the met

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-17 Thread Mark Crawford
Hey Bill, What is it with some of the people on this distribution? According to the met-list About, this is... /...with over 600 members, the best place to get information on rocks from space!/ I'm old on astronomy, and newish on meteorites. I joined thinking I'd get information on

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-17 Thread greg stanley
that to me. Trace - Original Message - From: Bill To: Jason Utas Cc: Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? This is just another old beat up issue. Lurking novices don't buy 6,000 dollar unknowns. They buy worthless micros

[meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Ken Newton
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120118981581 Hi All, The auction above and the two below feature obvious wrongs. I was wondering if the seller's descriptions were also fabrications. Anyone heard of Saladas Astronomical Institute (Argentina), Professor Oscar Roberto Ameri or the

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Bill
] Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 15:18:39 -0400 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=120118981581 Hi All, The auction above and the two below feature obvious wrongs. I was wondering if the seller's

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Bill
things. Incapable of grandstanding, Bill -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:37:48 +0100To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? Hey Bill,What is it with some of the people on this distribution? According to the met-list About

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Jason Utas
you but if I did, change things. Incapable of grandstanding, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tue, 15 May 2007 22:37:48 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? Hey Bill, What is it with some of the people on this distribution

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Martin Altmann
Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im Auftrag von Jason Utas Gesendet: Mittwoch, 16. Mai 2007 01:11 An: Meteorite-list Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? Hello Ken, Bill, Mark, All, Ken's message just informed 600+ people that there was a fraudulent seller

[meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Mike Fowler
Jason, Thanks for speaking up for civility on the list. Mike Fowler Chicago Hello Ken, Bill, Mark, All, Ken's message just informed 600+ people that there was a fraudulent seller on ebay. Ben's post told 600+ people that *he* was fed up with reading other peoples' posts about fraudulent

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Bill
16:11:02 -0700 To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? Hello Ken, Bill, Mark, All, Ken's message just informed 600+ people that there was a fraudulent seller on ebay. Ben's post told 600+ people that *he* was fed up with reading other

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2007-05-15 Thread Trace
- Original Message - From: Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jason Utas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? This is just another old beat up issue. Lurking novices don't buy 6,000 dollar

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Bill
@meteoritecentral.com Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? As a novice I would like to say that I appreciate it when people point out fraudulent ebay listings. It gives me a chance to see more meteor wrongs so that I will be better informed when I make my purchases. I may not buy $6000

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 5/15/2007 5:40:16 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As a novice I would like to say that I appreciate it when people point out fraudulent ebay listings. It gives me a chance to see more meteor wrongs so that I will be better informed when I make my

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Joe
://illinoismeteorites.com - Original Message From: Trace [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2007 7:37:52 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller? As a novice I would like to say that I appreciate it when people point out fraudulent

[meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Metorman46
Ken; Thank you for the very informative and politely inquisitive post.Martin did have some insight for the answer to your question and that was very informative for the meteorite community.Meteorite collecting seems to be a very tricky field of endeavor for all of us and any info. we

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Bill
If you would like to look at more meteorwrongs, here are 2 websites you may want to bookmark. First, Ken's (of course!): _http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/webwrongs.html_ (http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/webwrongs.html) Second, Randy Korotev of the Washington University also

Re: [meteorite-list] Suspect Seller?

2007-05-15 Thread Ken Newton
Martin, Herman All, As Martin correctly indicates, according to Ameri's web page (http://tinyurl.com/ytzz8z) the auction's description is based upon the professor's honest but possibly flawed research. He concludes that irons, 'carbonaceous chondrites', and 'tektites' fell on the Campo area.