[meteorite-list] Peace & Bensour

From: Matt <Matt_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:33 2004
Message-ID: <00a401c1d84c$e25e75c0$6501a8c0_at_lt>

Mike:
The price is MORE than fair. Thanks for making the trip and bringing more of
this one to the market!! I don't see why anyone would complain at 3.20/g for
an LL6 fall, especially this fresh.
Looking forward to my 600g,
Matt Morgan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
To: <mlblood_at_cox.net>
Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 3:02 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Peace & Bensour


> Michael, you are correct, I will do my best to stop cursing, and the name
> calling is certainly below me, please remind me should I fail to remember
> that in the heat that this list often generates. I appreciate that you
> understand the dangers and difficulties in making the journey, let me tell
> you how it goes.
> I leave my house at 6 am, fly to Dallas and sit there for 5 hours, then
fly
> for 11 hours to Paris, then I have to spend 10 hours in Paris, (remember,
> this is after traveling almost 18 hours and being dirty, tired etc). I go
> say hello to Alain Carion, then sit at Orly airport for about 4 hours, fly
> for 4 hours to Casablanca, sit there for about 4 hours, then fly to my
last
> destination, arriving there at 11:45 PM, then I drive for 3 hours with my
> guide until 3 am local time, that is ~35 hours of travel, to get there,
then
> deal for several days, then repeat the process, none of it comfortable.
the
> last minute ticket costs me about $5000.00, that is money I risk without
and
> guarantee of gain, so I put alot of work and money and a fair amount risk
> into this.
> The price I am offering is 60% higher than I had hoped, it is still 500%
> LOWER than Deans price, 500% LOWER, what is to complain about?
>
> I worked very very hard to get this to the market at the lowest possible
> price, and succeeded to drop the price by 500%, if that is not a good
thing,
> then I do not know what is. I spent $64,000 to do this, I am not willing
to
> lose that much money, so to sell at my cost means that I flew halfway
around
> the world for nothing, no profit. So please, think about that, and let me
> know if $3.20 gram is a fair price.
> Mike Farmer
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net>
> To: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
> Cc: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:36 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Peace & Bensour
>
>
> > Dear Mike,
> > While I do not agree that a 60% increase is "around" the same
> > price, neither do I want to see ANYONE take any major financial losses
> > in this or any other situation.
> > I am dissapointed you SIMPLY do not state you will stop calling
> > names and using obscenities on the list. HOWEVER, I do grant you
> > the following:
> > 1) I believe you when you say this material COST you 3.20/g
> > 2) It is big of you (and I mean that, sincerely) to pass it on at
> > no profit to those who ordered at the time you offered it
> > at "about $2/g."
> > 3) I also acknowledge that after the initial 24hrs of taking orders
> > at $~2/g you told everyone on the list that further orders would
> > be based on a reasonable proffit, so, I do not feel ANYONE has
> > a basis to gripe about whatever resonable price for which you
> > offer the material beyond the original orders taken - certainly,
> > that would be a good deal MORE than $3.20/g, especially since
> > you traveled half way round the world and back to get it.
> > ----------
> > THAT BEING SAID, Mike, you really do owe it to the list not to
> > 1) use obscenities
> > 2) call people names & engage in attacks meant only to hurt others
> > I am not sure why you couldn't bring yourself to simply commit
> > to doing this, but I do hope you find it within yourself.
> > You have a great resavour of energy that you often use to the benifit
> > of yourself and everyone in both the private and in the scientific
> > arenas
> > of meteoritics. It is a shame to use that energy to engage in negative
> > campagning - especeially in a public forum.
> > Sincere best wishes, Michael
> >
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