[meteorite-list] Re: Credit where credit is due...Concerning Brad Sampson

From: Jerry A. Wallace <jwal2000_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:07:04 2004
Message-ID: <3DB8DF37.5080300_at_swbell.net>

Hi Steven,

Obviously, dealing with Brad is something of a crapshoot. There are any
number of
bad sellers, just as there are bad buyers, on eBay who are very
laikadaisical, even
dishonest, in their dealings with each other; it's a damned shame that
they are that way,
but eBay has millions of people participating as both buyers and
sellers, so obviously
it's going to reflect the complete spectrum of society with all of its
virtues and warts.
As you know, the great majority of eBay'ers try hard to be honest and
fair in their
dealings with each other, otherwise the whole shebang would collapse.

I will probably never deal with Brad again; it was an oversight on my
part the first
time. I feel lucky not to have been one of his victims, as was Matteo,
Mark, yourself,
and others.

I was in no way trying to recommend him nor apologize for him in my
earlier post,
I had merely wanted to fulfill my earlier statement that I would report
on my current
[at that time] transaction with him.

I'm just thankful that the dealers from the Meteorite Central list with
whom I have
dealt are honest, punctual, and communicate well; it's a pleasure to do
business with
them. There are some good, fun, interesting, and very knowledgeable
people on here.
I appreciate being allowed to be a part of the list.

Wishing all of you big ones (meteorites- I mean),

Jerry

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Steven Drummond wrote:

>Hi Jerry, I too had previous dealings with Cosmicvisitors , I told myself I
>would not buy from him again, Well He had some auctions for Hah183 A nice
>LL6 Brecciated. So I too bit the bullet made my bids and won 2 of these
>pieces , And I must say for under 50 cents a gram what a deal, But I
>realized I would probably have to wait a bit for the shipment . Well the
>auction closed and was paid for on, 9-22-02 My 2 slices arrived on 10-22-02
>, I guess this is reasonable for ebay, But when a seller says in his
>description that he ships within 48 hours of the payment and it takes 1
>month for delivery, I doubt very much that it was sent in the time frame the
>seller had stated,
> I have received NO feedback from this seller for these auctions or any
>other I won from him, And I have also not left him any feedback either. I
>refuse to leave feedback for sellers that do not leave me feedback once I
>have paid and wait until I leave feedback to even consider leaving feedback
>for the ME !
> Brad is very slow to email and ship. But I think most of his
>customers do eventually receive their pieces.
> I took a chance bidding on his auctions because the price was very
>low(Probably due to his feedback and his reputation) And figured I would
>have to wait at least 1 month for delivery. I received my slices , And Am
>Happy .
> But I will not leave feedback for him.
>
> Best Regards, Steven Drummond
> "The Unknown Collector"
>
>
Received on Fri 25 Oct 2002 02:05:44 AM PDT