[meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE!!!

From: Dave Mouat <dmouat_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:08:23 2004
Message-ID: <3D7E5348.EC95ADD6_at_dri.edu>

Dear All;
Regardless of the reason, I think the occasional "ad" is of interest to most
readers; I would not want to censor those submissions. Even a few ads from one
person is not out of line (in my opinion of course). As you know, a mouse click
to "delete" only takes a second.
Dave

Mark Miconi wrote:

> NOW I am beginning to see a trend here....MAYBE I should get in on it before
> all the EASY money is gone! ONE of our 2 Mastiffs is ill and I just had to
> cough up over $400.00 to pay to get him well. He is a treasured member of
> our family as well as providing very significant security for our home and
> guards my small but important meteorite collection. It would be nice if
> everyone would log on to Ebay and help us out by buying one of the fine
> collectibles we have for sale. TREATING a 188 pound Mastiff is expensive!
>
> REALLY now is this going to be happening on a regular basis? Steve my
> sympathies for your loss but it somehow does not seem right that on the
> heels of one tragedy sparked sale we now have another....Where will it end?
>
> Can't this stay a list for discussion? Why does someones failure to plan for
> the future constitute a need for the members of this list to suddenly drop
> everything and buy something.
>
> I am truly sorry to hear of your loss but REALLY do not want to constantly
> see SALES of collections due to someones tragedies....PRETTY soon it will be
> a car with a blown engine, or a life saving organ transplant...with little
> or no way to substantiate whether the tragedy is genuine, not that any list
> member would do that.
>
> Just my heartless 2 cents....
>
> Mark M.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Steve Arnold, Chicago!!! <steve_arnol60120_at_yahoo.com>
> To: <Meteorite-List_at_Meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 5:17 AM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] HELP PLEASE!!!
>
> > Godd morning all. I know, I'll probably be spammed, jammed, and dammed for
> > this but I do not care. I know I recently sent to the list that I had a
> > family emergency come up, and that I decided to put up some of my nicer
> > meteorites forsale. Well you know what they are. I just want to let you
> > know that my mother-in-law died suddenly and that she has no insurance for
> > a buriel. She is also a widow. We can pay for half of the buriel, but we
> > cannot afford the other half. So I am calling out to you all, the great
> > meteorite collecters of the world, if you can help me out, i'd appreciate
> > it. You can go to my website and then go to my forsale page and see what
> > is forsale. What ever you buy, I'll ship and pay insurance world wide!!!
> > Thanks for letting me get this off.
> > steve
> >
> > =====
> > Steve R.Arnold, Chicago, IL, 60120
> > I. M. C. A. MEMBER #6728
> > The Midwest Meteorite Collector!
> > Website url http://stormbringer60120.tripod.com
> >
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Received on Tue 10 Sep 2002 04:17:12 PM PDT