[meteorite-list] Brad Sampson Update

From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:11 2004
Message-ID: <F27u8T3jJLRyQlPtdSa00001a52_at_hotmail.com>

Hello Steven, Matteo and list,

Matteo....good luck, Brad promised me a refund over a year ago on some very
late and very poorly shipped meteorites that arrived smashed up. I have yet
to receive any refund and recieved almost the same response as Matteo from
my inquiries. List members may also remember Brad e-mailed the list saying
he couldn't find my address or e-mail and once again promised the
refund...seems to be a common problem of his.

Look through the archives and you can find several other Sampson complaints.

These actions by Sampson have only hurt himself. For example I collect
Kansas meteorites. Had Sampson been honest and straight with me in our
earlier transaction I would have bought the complete mass of Lost Creek at
$5.00 a gram and would have thought I came out like a bandit. Instead what
did you get out of it Brad? $2.00 a gram? I don't know but it was sold low
enough to be resold for under $3.00 a gram at a profit.

Not sure if the IMCA does come in play here however, as Brad does sell real
meteorites.

Mark Bostick







>From: SSachs9056_at_aol.com
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Brad Sampson Update
>Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2002 14:16:47 EDT
>
>Dear List,
>
>I sure didn't mean to get embroiled in a controversy, but was thinking
>outloud when I responded to Matteo's post. I was also emailed later,
>privately by someone else on this list, who finds themselves in the same
>boat
>as Matteo-----money sent, no meteorite. At that point my IMCA
>responsibility
>(?) kicked in.
>
> Interestingly, I typed in Brad's name into YAHOO and found a post made to
>this list From January 17, 2001 from Sergi Simakov, also wanting to know
>Brad
>Sampson's correct email address, because he too had sent money and had
>never
>received their meteorite specimen. (list server archives).
>
>Uh...without knowing Brad personally, or ever having done business with him
>before, I would be hard pressed to even offer my opinion on this dealer's
>reputation, and so forth. For that reason alone, I will remain mum. If
>others
>on this list have worked with Mr. Sampson, possibly they can offer some
>insight.
>
>However: Checking old threads, I have found several Email addresses for
>Brad
>Sampson, take your pick:
>Bobwrasse_at_webtv.net
>meteor.dealer_at_gte.net
>meteordealer_at_aol.com
>
> Brad, if you are out there reading this or someone on this list can pass
>this message along to Brad,-------you might want to reply to Matteo, about
>his concerns.
>
>Best, Steven L. Sachs IMCA #9210
>
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Received on Sun 11 Aug 2002 03:08:57 PM PDT