[meteorite-list] "As the Eagle Butte turns"
From: magellon_at_earthlink.net <magellon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:25 2004 Message-ID: <3C851217.EA4A69F_at_earthlink.net> --------------100257D116DE9B860FC29FA5 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit All, I received this email from a new meteorite collector who gave me permission to share it with you: "To: magellon_at_earthlink.net Hi, I liked your info on Meteorwrongs . Very interesting. I did purchase two small and very interesting Eagle Buttes for a total of $20. These are without any doubt slag. When I contacted the seller he put up a huge fuss saying that they are indeed meteorites and I was wrong. I pushed for a refund and he told me he would refund minus shipping and that they better be exactly as he shipped them or a refund would be denied. He said he has very detailed photos of each piece 'for insurance purposes'. I am certain he will not be refunding my money because they will mysteriously show up damaged even though they are well packaged. I checked his feedback and several people have bought these. The way he has them pictured on his auction made it difficult to see the foam and air bubbles which would make anyone suspicious. You can thank guys like these for turning away new collectors. "collector from TX". (name removed by request)" Well at least there are no more listings of EB's on eBay! Congrats to IMCA members and others who spoke up. Best, Ken Newton #9632 --------------100257D116DE9B860FC29FA5 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!doctype html public "-//w3c//dtd html 4.0 transitional//en"> <html> All, <br>I received this email from a new meteorite collector who gave me permission to share it with you: <p>"To: <br> magellon_at_earthlink.net <p>Hi, I liked your info on <a href="http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/magellon/">Meteorwrongs</a> . Very interesting. I did purchase <br>two small and very interesting Eagle Buttes for a total of $20. These are <br>without any doubt slag. When I contacted the seller he put up a huge fuss <br>saying that they are indeed meteorites and I was wrong. I pushed for a <br>refund and he told me he would refund minus shipping and that they better be <br>exactly as he shipped them or a refund would be denied. He said he has very <br>detailed photos of each piece 'for insurance purposes'. I am certain he <br>will not be refunding my money because they will mysteriously show up <br>damaged even though they are well packaged. I checked his feedback and <br>several people have bought these. The way he has them pictured on his <br>auction made it difficult to see the foam and air bubbles which would make <br>anyone suspicious. You can thank guys like these for turning away new <br>collectors. <br>"collector from TX". (name removed by request)" <p>Well at least there are no more listings of EB's on eBay! Congrats to IMCA members and others who spoke up. <br>Best, <br>Ken Newton <br>#9632</html> --------------100257D116DE9B860FC29FA5-- Received on Tue 05 Mar 2002 01:44:39 PM PST |
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