It has occurred to me that rather than selling it for him on eBay below his cost, the highest service you could provide to your consignor would be to assist him to recover the full $5,000. that he paid for the purported Sikhote-Alin meteorite. In that regard, the attached meteorite discussion group messages should prove to be helpful. I believe that you will find that people in the meteorite community can be counted on to help stamp out the occasional fraud in their hobby - some even forming a Meteorite Sheriff's Posse with which I "ride". In view of the heavy weight that must be given to the expert opinions expressed in the attached messages, and the guarantees of the eBay Power Seller Program in which you participate, wouldn't you agree that a cancellation of the auction for the subject item is in order ? J.B. Goleman
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- Subject: Re: Sikhote-alin?????????
- From: "Ron Hartman" <rhartman@mtsac.edu>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 11:02:57 -0800
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I've seen many many hundreds of Canyon Diablo's and literally tons of Odessas. My gut level feeling is that this is a Canyon Diablo and another example of how people are ripped off. $5000 for 9 lbs. (even at the exchange rate!) What do the rest of you think? Anyone else buy from that rock shop??????? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Farmer <farmerm@concentric.net> To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 6:02 AM Subject: Sikhote-alin????????? >Wow, check this out, this is supposed to be a Sikhote-Alin......... >It isnt even close to a rusty schrapnel fragment, looks more like an old >Canyon Diablo or Odessa to me. >Mike Farmer >http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=210807812 > >---------- >Archives located at: >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/list_best.html > >For help, FAQ's and sub. info. visit: >http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing_list.html >---------- > ---------- Archives located at: http://www.meteoritecentral.com/list_best.html For help, FAQ's and sub. info. visit: http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing_list.html ----------
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