I run an ad in Ireland thats been up for a couple of years now and I
was approached by a journo who wanted to talk to me and maybe do a
piece.I googled him and saw his work and immediately knew I wanted
nothing to do with him or his article.You can see my response to him
about halfway down the
Hi everyone,
As a journalist (I'm a newspaper photographer) and someone who works
with journalists every day I have a few thoughts on this topic. In
newsrooms and TV stations across the U.S. the number of reporters is
dwindling. The few left are asked to do stories well outside their
areas of
Hi Jason,
no offense, but only a remark.
You're always pretty fast, when it's about blaming sellers to be dishonest
or fraudulent.
In my personal opinion that doesn't fit directly well together with some
offerings on your webpage.
For instance some of the Martians,
there it is not directly clear
Bob,
Good points! Ideally we should engage the press and tell our story.
One publication that I interviewed with recently really impressed me,
because they had a fact-checker who called me up about a week after
the interview. She literally went through the interview question by
question asking me
The night of March 23, 2010, two beautiful exploding events happened just West
of Oklahoma City early evening. I was lucky to get them both on the allsky.
The next day I started getting calls from a local station. first they wanted a
phone interview, then they wanted to come by the house and
List,
I have been around Bob Haag (this radio voice does not sound like bob?) and the
meteorite world long enough to say that in my opinion, Bob Haag and The
Meteorite Men TV show have done nothing but, improve the popularity of
meteorites and those men have represented us well. These are the
Dear James,
You were lucky indeed. I'm pleased to hear the local news treated you with
respect and went away with a better understanding of the science. Where did you
say this happened...a town in Oklahoma?
Regards,
Guido
-Original Message-
From: James Beauchamp
Carl, the problem is armchair warriors like you who cry and whine incessantly
but have yet to provide a real meteorite, have no idea the troubles us hunters
go through to fill the collections of the world, and don't care. You have been
involved in many scams but no recoveries. Some of us have
I was cutting some NWA meteorites this week and came up with this . . .
http://www.meteoritelabels.com/Sale.html
LMAO
Cheers,
Roman Jirasek
www.meteoritelabels.com
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An article from the Weather Channel entitled: Meteor Fragments Hot on the
Black Market.
http://www.weather.com/news/meteor-cleanup-20130218
Phil Whitmer
Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum
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Here's a quote from this CBC News article:
While taking and selling material from meteorites is highly illegal, the
New York Times reports that a flourishing global market exists online, with
fragments widely available to anyone in the world.
The name of the article is: Russian meteor
Plain ignorant slander!
Reading articles like that really gets my blood boiling. What can be done? This
trend is only getting worse and seems to be a problem growing worse each
day...and Fall.
Sad.
Brandon D.
On Mar 2, 2013, at 12:55 PM, Joshua Tree Earth Space Museum
From the Boston Globe:
Writing at the website of the excellent BBC Radio program The Naked
Scientists, Audrey Tempelsman looks at the global trade in meteorites, and
finds a shadowy, globe-spanning gray market. Many meteorite resellers,
Tempelsman writes, close their eyes to the legal
Thank you Bob.
After the NYT published their article I tried repeatedly to contact
Bill Broad by phone and emails but he never responded to either. If you
know of any other ways to repair the damage he caused I really would
like to know.
Also I did give an interview to a reporter from
(Sorry if this is a duplicate)
Jorge (galeriacores),
Please kindly explain to the List and myself as to how your
authentic OUM Dreyga magically became an authentic
Chelyabinsk
See: http://meteorite-identification.com/updates.html
Hmmm?
Ken Newton
On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Jorge M.
What can be done?
One suggestion: if you would all keep one sending a link to the
rebuttal I wrote to all those news services and be insistent about it,
maybe some of them will actually read it and maybe learn something.
Here is a link to it:
Hello Anne, list , -
at first I would reject decidedly the phrasing Black Market ... ;-)
Best
Matthias
- Original Message -
From: Anne Black impact...@aol.com
To: b1dunov...@aol.com; dori...@embarqmail.com
Cc: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 9:18
Wow! Thanks you Ken for bringing that to light!! Blatant that is.
Jorge, it would seem you have been backed into a corner. I await your rebuttal
as I have purchased several witnessed falls from you though they have been
separated from our Main collection and put into the suspect cabinet.
What's really a shame, is that the intentionally mislabeled meteorites he
peddles are likely displayed with his hand-written authenticity cards , or
worse, have been resold or broke down and now belong to countless collections.
What a shame Truly.
Brandon D.
On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:15 PM,
Someone please tell me where the Black Market is. I would love to
see it. Is it an unmarked building in the industrial district of
Chicago? What is the code word to gain entry through the forbidden
Naugahyde Door?
If there is a meteorite black market, then it must be the most
highly-kept
All sales of meteorites purchased at the Black Market are herby suspended!!!
Brandon D.
On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Galactic Stone Ironworks
meteoritem...@gmail.com wrote:
Someone please tell me where the Black Market is. I would love to
see it. Is it an unmarked building in the
Nick is a great person to have on our side, because he fully
understands the special relationship between private dealers/hunters
and science. The media can beat the black market dead horse all
they want, but the simple fact of the matter is that no black market
exists today.
Now, if the
If you would all stop buying from random scammers, the scams might stop.
Just sayin:)
Michael Farmer
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 2:42 PM, Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com wrote:
What's really a shame, is that the intentionally mislabeled meteorites he
peddles are likely displayed
Based on the link below, that should be enough for eBay to pull not just the
listing but others as well.
Slap, slap, oh sorry, I was obviously dreaming.
Mendy Ouzillou
From: Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com
To: Brandon b1dunov...@aol.com
Cc: Jorge M.
Hi yo,
I wonder, why authors of such articles never mention, that the participants
in that black market are extraordinarily simple minded people.
Sittin as a hermit retreated in a cell in the Schaeftlarn monastery trying
to get my annual tax declaration ready within less than 4 weeks,
I asked
eBay makes money on sales, they do not care if they are sale of fake or real
items.
Forget eBay and you would be happier.
Michael
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 3:58 PM, Mendy Ouzillou ouzil...@yahoo.com wrote:
Based on the link below, that should be enough for eBay to pull not just
For those unfamiliar with Baygorria and want to see details and photos:
http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_contenttask=viewid=27Itemid=118
The conclusion of the article is an appropriate quote by Edwin T.
Best,
Ken newton
On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 9:26 PM, Michael Farmer m...@meteoriteguy.com
Truer words have never been written. Better advice has never been given.
Paul Swartz
NO member of the media who contacts you has your interest, or the activity
you engage in at heart. They care less, about you and what effect their
writings may have on you, or your future activities. It's
Brandon, Ken and Listers
I spoke with an ebay rep and he told me the
Oum Dreyga witnessed 2003 Meteorite fall 19.3gr INDIVIDUAL ONDA2
http://www.ebay.com/itm/350701318767
was placed on ebay in Jan 2013 for 30 day auction, well before the feb 15 the
2013 Russian fall.
Chelyabinsk RUSSIA
So when you read that, I am quoted as warning everyone back then in 2005.
Sadly people never learn.
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On Mar 2, 2013, at 4:40 PM, Ken Newton magellon@gmail.com wrote:
For those unfamiliar with Baygorria and want to see details and photos:
Very good advice Mike. If I may add...to all of you who do sell on eBay and
are tired of paying fees, and receiving unjust negative feedback from
constipated Buyers or dealing with fraud and wanna be Dealers/Sellers, may I
suggest an alternative. Please understand I realize eBay covers a world
Hi Don and List,
Yes there will be a set price and yes you can still use PayPal to have Buyers
purchase your meteorites, but Bam...no eBay fees, no negative feedback no
bull crap!
Maybe a little closer to rocket science, but if you still want to
offer bidding, there are open-source bidding
We should boycott every one of these publications and the advertisers
who use them.
I came home a few weeks ago and saw a copy of the NYT magazine (an
insert?) laying on the kitchen table. It didn't matter where it came
from or who it belonged to (still don't know), but it went straight
into the
Sure, eBay has a massive traffic base.
But, the vast majority of those visitors have zero interest in meteorites.
At any given time, the amount of visitors on eBay who are looking to
purchase a meteorite is a tiny percentage of the overall traffic base.
By paying eBay fees, you are basically
Thank you for checking out my weekly auctions:
http://stores.ebay.com/Mile-High-Meteorites
NO RESERVE 2.1g Bencubbin slice, still SUPER cheap!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=251235085234ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT
MURCHISON
Hi MikeG,
I've never studied your market, so I have absolutely no clue how you
drive traffic, what your traffic volume is, what your sell-through
looks like, or how you manage your pipeline - so I'm just going to
take your word for it - I honestly don't have any interest, vested or
otherwise, in
Hi Jodie and List,
My method of driving traffic is pretty simple - invest heavily in
social media, message boards, mailing lists, and any other venue where
you can insert your URL without it being spammy. I stop short of
spam, because I hate it so much.
It's not digging ditches, but I spend at
Check ou the link:
http://www.themoscowtimes.com/mobile/news/article/meteorite-export-ban-proposed-in-duma/476236.html
Will some of this material eventually make it over here legally to be
sold by our trusted dealers?
Jim
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but I spend at least 8 hours a day, every
day, driving traffic online. It is time-consuming, but one can make a
routine out of it.
Aha! See, you're running a real business. 8 hrs a day invested in
marketing activities, what, a couple hours a day in shipping and
support, minimum? Then you
I hit you back when you mention me.
Leave me out of your emails and you will hear a lot less from me.
Let the hunters hunt and you can do whatever you please. I heard you made some
friends in Tucson with a nice Arispe deal.
Michael
Sent from my iPhone
On Mar 2, 2013, at 5:39 PM,
I guess the question is are we better off today with meteorites then we
were 4 years ago? I am not sure I can answer that, but if President Obama
asked me if I am better off today then 4 years ago I guess I can say yes! 4
years ago I didn't qualify for food stamps!!
Sincerely
Don Merchant
Today's Meteorite Picture of the Day: Campo del Cielo
Contributed by: Ray Watts
http://www.tucsonmeteorites.com/mpod.asp
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