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Re: Odd meteorite on Ebay-Earlier post

My point is, who should be the one to step up and say.  THAT IS NOT A
METEORITE.  Without testing of the specimen, no one can ever say for sure.
Who here appoints themselves the expert?  The experts are at UCLA, UNM, UA.
And those people are not on this list.    No one on this list has the
authority to be saying what is and what isn't.  Any person with half a brain
would check out a seller, and ask about return policies.  Whats bad, and
this doesn't apply to all dealers on this list, is that most of the time you
hear complaints about items on ebay, its from dealers.  I believe the
dealers want to keep the dealing market as small as possible.  Not too long
ago there was a big fiasco about a dealer overseas in the UK selling some
Mars material and Peekskill material.   He was trashed beyond belief on this
list.  Like i said, who wants to step and and claim to be the expert on
meteorites?  This list consists of small collectors, what i would call 2
major dealers, and lots of minor dealers.  But no experts.


Joel


-----Original Message-----
From: Mikestockj@aol.com <Mikestockj@aol.com>
To: warr@arn.net <warr@arn.net>; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
<meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Monday, November 15, 1999 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Odd meteorite on Ebay-Earlier post


>In a message dated 11/15/99 10:23:06 AM Mountain Standard Time,
warr@arn.net
>writes:
>
><< My two cents........
>
>     I think it is up to a buyer to educate themselves before they buy.  We
> can't save people from their stupidity or protect them from themselves.
We
> makes ourselves feel real good to think we are the Federal Meteorite
> Officials, but we aren't.
>
>
> Joel
>  >>
>Hi Joel
>I hope or believe that everybody wants to learn as much as they can about
>their hobby.  I also believe one of the main reasons to subscribe to this
>list is educational.  I know I have learned a lot about meteorites from
this
>list.  I also hope that everybody's goal is help encourage new people to
get
>interested in meteorites.  So it would be very detrimental to the Ebay
bidder
>and possibly our hobby to not help stop these unscrupulous people.
>The good news is this Ebay bidder did not win the rock because he did not
>meet the reserve.  I emailed him and told him that I felt it was probably
not
>a meteorite and certainly should be tested before any money changes hand.
He
>replied that he asked the seller for more info but did not get a response.
I
>also asked the seller for more info and did not get a response.  Perhaps
this
>silence is all the answer we need.
>In a follow up email to the Ebay bidder I offered to help him in any way I
>could.  I would encourage everybody else to help educate and inform all who
>are interested in meteorites.
>My more than two cents worth.
>Mike Jensen
>
>

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