[meteorite-list] Peace & Bensour

From: drtanuki <drtanuki_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:34 2004
Message-ID: <3CA67EEA.3FD5C402_at_tkc.att.ne.jp>

Dear List members:
   I also would like to thank Mike Farmer for his efforts to obtain this rare
material and offer it to me a such a fair price. Methods of operation might be
the key to avoid this in the future. Action and not words; deeds and thought
might not produce the better result?! Mike I also have travelled to Morocco in
search of meteorites without speaking French and without a guide. It is a
hell....at least I think so. In great contrast it is also a heaven.
    Please consider, "don't lower your position by moving to the lower ground of
your opponent". Sincerely, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

Matt Morgan wrote:

> 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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