[meteorite-list] "Antartic" meteorite for sale on Ebay
From: Mike Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:44:43 2004 Message-ID: <3AC28914.E5FAC68_at_concentric.net> --------------30337C24D89884EA37C7D9D6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit How can they stop these things? You people are jumping saying all of these are fraud. Do you think that ebay looks at the millions of auctions that are posted every day? How could they. They dont have a meteorite expert on location I am sure. This to me is a buyer beware situation, nothing more. They can't police all of these auctions and make the determination of fraud! What if I put some of my new moon rock on ebay? Will a bunch of people write in and say it is fraud? Most people outside of the meteorite community do not even have a clue that there are Lunar meteorites. You guys are taking this way too seriously. People can list what they want, if it is fraud and can be proven, then stop them, if they are just ignorant and don't really know what they have, it is PERFECTLY LEGAL and normal behavior for an online GARAGE SALE which is what ebay is. The Mir crap was funny, if someone was stupid enough to believe that they got some Mir out of the South Pacific in a few hours, then they deserve to lose their money. Mike Farmer David Freeman wrote: > Dear John and List; > John, you're correct, the guy seems to be an idiot. I can not believe > for the life of me why Ebay continues to allow such improbable and > complete hoax's to continue....I almost think that they like the > fraud....I wouldn't buy much from ebay from the bad company they allow > to sell there. > I shall not purchase from ebay unless I know the party from our list. > I feel that the auction reflects very badly on the meteorite community > and Ebay. > Sincerely, > David Freeman ( this may be forwarded to Ebay, if you can figure > out how to get it there) > > John Gwilliam wrote: > >> Hello All, >> Here's everyone's chance to get your very own meteorite from >> Antarctica. >> I'm too busy laughing at this one to get angry yet. >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=574497494 >> >> The description says: >> >> "THIS IS A LARGE IRON METEORITE, IT MEASURES 3 1/4" X 2 3/4". IT >> WEIGHS >> ABOUT 5-8 >> POUNDS. A FREIND OF MINE, IS A SCIENTIST AND FOUND IT AT THE >> ANTARTIC. I ALSO >> HAVE A LARGER PIECE ABOUT 30-50LBS, AND I AM TAKING OFFERS. >> THANKS >> AND GOOD >> LUCK BIDDING ON THIS PIECE." >> >> Hopefully no one out in cyberland will take this seriously. >> >> Fraudbuster...............where are you;-) >> >> Best, >> >> John Gwilliam >> John Gwilliam Meteorites >> PO Box 26854 >> Tempe AZ 85285 >> http://www.meteoriteimpact.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com >> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > --------------30337C24D89884EA37C7D9D6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> How can they stop these things? You people are jumping saying all of these are fraud. <br> Do you think that ebay looks at the millions of auctions that are posted every day? How could they. They dont have a meteorite expert on location I am sure. This to me is a buyer beware situation, nothing more. They can't police all of these auctions and make the determination of fraud! What if I put some of my new moon rock on ebay? Will a bunch of people write in and say it is fraud? Most people outside of the meteorite community do not even have a clue that there are Lunar meteorites. <br>You guys are taking this way too seriously. People can list what they want, if it is fraud and can be proven, then stop them, if they are just ignorant and don't really know what they have, it is PERFECTLY LEGAL and normal behavior for an online GARAGE SALE which is what ebay is. The Mir crap was funny, if someone was stupid enough to believe that they got some Mir out of the South Pacific in a few hours, then they deserve to lose their money. <br>Mike Farmer <p>David Freeman wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Dear John and List; <br>John, you're correct, the guy seems to be an idiot. I can not believe for the life of me why Ebay continues to allow such improbable and complete hoax's to continue....I almost think that they like the fraud....I wouldn't buy much from ebay from the bad company they allow to sell there. <br>I shall not purchase from ebay unless I know the party from our list. <br>I feel that the auction reflects very badly on the meteorite community and Ebay. <br>Sincerely, <br>David Freeman ( this may be forwarded to Ebay, if you can figure out how to get it there) <p>John Gwilliam wrote: <blockquote TYPE=CITE>Hello All, <br>Here's everyone's chance to get your very own meteorite from Antarctica. <br>I'm too busy laughing at this one to get angry yet. <p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=574497494">http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=574497494</a> <p>The description says: <p>"THIS IS A LARGE IRON METEORITE, IT MEASURES 3 1/4" X 2 3/4". IT WEIGHS <br>ABOUT 5-8 <br> POUNDS. A FREIND OF MINE, IS A SCIENTIST AND FOUND IT AT THE <br>ANTARTIC. I ALSO <br> HAVE A LARGER PIECE ABOUT 30-50LBS, AND I AM TAKING OFFERS. THANKS <br>AND GOOD <br> LUCK BIDDING ON THIS PIECE." <p>Hopefully no one out in cyberland will take this seriously. <p>Fraudbuster...............where are you;-) <p>Best, <p>John Gwilliam <br>John Gwilliam Meteorites <br>PO Box 26854 <br>Tempe AZ 85285 <br><a href="http://www.meteoriteimpact.com">http://www.meteoriteimpact.com</a> <p>_______________________________________________ <br>Meteorite-list mailing list <br>Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com <br><a href="http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list">http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list</a></blockquote> </blockquote> </html> --------------30337C24D89884EA37C7D9D6-- Received on Wed 28 Mar 2001 08:00:04 PM PST |
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