[meteorite-list] Ebay Fraud Drama!

From: Rhett Bourland <rbourlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:01:30 2004
Message-ID: <IOEBKAHMGFBDJMOFGDFNAENGDLAA.rbourlan_at_evansville.net>

Don't worry about that. There's a short list of people who, despite their
previous dumb moves, I'm hoping would have the good sense to not even bother
applying to the IMCA. This person is obviously one of them. If for nothing
else, the idiotic threatening of law suits.
Actually, just the threat of lawsuits makes me cringe and from everything
I've seen the only people who even mention them don't have a leg to stand on
and only use them as a scare tactic (much as "Colin" here has) because they
have no hope of actually being right. I've also heard of certain people
either being sued, or at least coming close, for telling certain people that
their rocks are not meteorites and those people I try to avoid at all
possible cost. If any of you have been the target of such a thing would you
please email me off list? I don't want myself, and by extension the IMCA,
to have to deal with an idiot with more money than brains who is wanting to
join but won't be allowed for the obvious reasons. All replies will be
confidential and will be used only so I'll know who to watch out for.
Thank you,
Rhett Bourland
www.asteroidmodels.com
www.asteroidmodels.com/personal
www.meteoritecollectors.org

-----Original Message-----
From: meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-admin_at_meteoritecentral.com]On Behalf Of Michael
Blood
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 1:57 AM
To: TMS/TNS/HRC
Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Ebay Fraud Drama!


Powers that be,
        I would like to suggest the person who screwed Jeannie NOT be
allowed to join the IMCA.
        Michael
 --
TMS/TNS/HRC wrote:
>
> Hello list!
>  
> Well, the drama continues.  I filed a Fraud Complaint with Ebay
> yesterday regarding the "Canyon Diablo Meteorite" which as you all
> know by now, turned out to be iron shale. I have received two
> responses from Judith McCabe/Colin  also known as pahanaswife,
> bubbamisen, and currently j.c.z.inc. on Ebay.  The first was a
> response to Ebay which was forwarded to me through their system: 
>  
> >Comment Added: Buyer contacted me after 2 months for refund. Item
> sold was
> indeed meteorite as listed in the meteoritic encyclopedia 5th issue. I
>
> am contacting my lawer to consider proceedings for the fraud
> allegation.
> Slander is another word for it.
>  
> As I mentioned before in my communication to the list, I contacted the
> seller the day after I received the product in the mail, received a
> nasty reply and my subsequent attempts to contact them were ignored.
>  
> The second comment I received was an email to me directly which I
> received this afternoon.
>  
> Hi
>
>  My lawer has advised me to start legal proceedings against you for
> the fraud allegation.Which i am very seriously considering. Under
> section 25 of the slanderous comments act( which comes under federal
> law) i have the right because the fraud complaint is a false statement
> and slanderous against my being and integrity. I therefore am
> considering a class action lawsuit against you because of this.
>
>  The material sent to you was as discribed in the auction . There was
> not a mention that it was nickel iron. Furthermore in your own words
> you have admitted selling this material for 10 years. Which under
> federal law is illegal under the ireplacable resourse act.
>
>  I have many paths open to me towards a lawsuit. one being my geology
> degree and my expirience in the field of astrogeology. But not to beat
> around the bush i will sue you for every penny you have.
>
>                                               Have a wonderful day
>
>                                                        colin
>
>  
> So, it seems that something finally woke them up!  :)  
>  
> I find it interesting that one of the comments in the email mentioned
> that there was nothing that said the material was nickel iron.  So,
> this confirms my previous suspicion that this person knows exactly
> what they are selling , and is deliberately misrepresenting it as
> Canyon Diablo meteorite to get a higher price at auction than what it
> is actually worth.  This one is definitely a "rotton apple". 
>  
> Just wanted to pass on the latest news to you all, since I promised to
> keep everyone informed about what was going on!
>  
> Warm regards to you all,
> Jeannie
> IMCA #9236
> The Museum Store/The Nature Source
> & The Historical Research Center
> Anchorage, Alaska
> www.thenaturesource.com
> ______________________________________________
> No matter how far you go down the wrong road, turn back.
> -Turkish Proverb

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