[meteorite-list] Bensour
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:33 2004 Message-ID: <00f401c1d80a$5c4ff0e0$b9d00140_at_computer> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F1_01C1D7D8.105E2E40 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello everyone, I am finally home after the Africa and South Pacific = trips.=20 The Bensour trip was successful, as I acquired 18.7 kilos of material = from this beautiful new fall.=20 On a downside, it seems that Dean Bessey and another European conspired = to drive the price up by offering high prices when I arrived in Africa. = Dean bought less than 100 grams for $5 gram, in order to make my price = rise. I have the email proof of anyone wants to see it. Anyway, the net = result was that I indeed had to pay more. I had negotiated a price and = offered the ~$2 gram based on that price. The problem is that I had not = paid yet and did not have the stones in my hands, so the Moroccans = raised my price as is their right to do.=20 My total cost including trip expenses is $3.20 gram, I have been = emailing all night to people who made their requests for me, and = offering it at that price, as opposed to the ~$2 gram. By the way, = please feel free to look at my original email below if there is any = confusion, I did not quote a firm exact price of $2 gram, but rather = very clearly "Around $2 gram", so although the price is higher than I = had hoped, it is still within my offer. A Couple of people have had a = problem with that, and I do indeed apologize, but in the rear world = things change, and this did. Even at the raised price of $3.20 gram, it = is still almost 5 times lower than Deans price of $15 gram, if that is = not a damn good bargain, I don't know what is.=20 Anyone who agrees or disagrees with this, please email us and tell us = why?=20 I look for any input on this matter.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_00F1_01C1D7D8.105E2E40 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.50.4134.600" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello everyone, I am finally home after = the Africa=20 and South Pacific trips. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The Bensour trip was successful, as I = acquired 18.7=20 kilos of material from this beautiful new fall. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>On a downside, it seems that Dean = Bessey and=20 another European conspired to drive the price up by offering high prices = when I=20 arrived in Africa. Dean bought less than 100 grams for $5 gram, in order = to make=20 my price rise. I have the email proof of anyone wants to see it. Anyway, = the net=20 result was that I indeed had to pay more. I had negotiated a price and = offered=20 the ~$2 gram based on that price. The problem is that I had not paid yet = and did=20 not have the stones in my hands, so the Moroccans raised my price as is = their=20 right to do. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My total cost including trip expenses = is $3.20=20 gram, I have been emailing all night to people who made their requests = for me,=20 and offering it at that price, as opposed to the ~$2 gram. By the way, = please=20 feel free to look at my original email below if there is any confusion, = I did=20 not quote a firm exact price of $2 gram, but rather very clearly "Around = $2=20 gram", so although the price is higher than I had hoped, it is still = within my=20 offer. A Couple of people have had a problem with that, and I do indeed=20 apologize, but in the rear world things change, and this did. Even at = the raised=20 price of $3.20 gram, it is still almost 5 times lower than Deans price = of $15=20 gram, if that is not a damn good bargain, I don't know what is. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Anyone who agrees or disagrees with = this, please=20 email us and tell us why? </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I look for any input on this matter. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F1_01C1D7D8.105E2E40-- Received on Sat 30 Mar 2002 11:45:53 AM PST |
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