[meteorite-list] Park Forest Saga continues.
From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:10:10 2004 Message-ID: <00e901c3082f$10a2dda0$6d30ef42_at_aoldsl.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00E6_01C307F4.62F45420 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "could be"? Of course it is a smasher. Ill have the website up today, = showing the damage the stone did. All of you who paypaled me are getting = pieces of this particular stone, sho congratulations.=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 9:57 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Saga continues. Hello Mike, Hello List, If this is the same stone that dented the street and damaged the = siding on the house I guess it could be called a "Hammer" or "Smasher" = bringing $45.00 a gram on the open market. This would make the 116 gram = end cut worth over $5,000.00, looks like somebody is "Going to = Disneyland" =20 Best Regards, Adam P.S. I would get a receipt for your most generous "DONATION." Since = you are a business I would file a 1099 misc form mentioning the = receiving party since it is valued over $5,000.00, if applicable, to = make the IRS aware of somebody else's sudden windfall and let the = revenuers have a shot at it.=20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Farmer=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2003 4:44 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Park Forest Saga continues. Hello everyone. I am announcing a bit of news about Park Forest.=20 I have been in negotiations with the Park Forest police dept for the = last two weeks regarding the meteorite from Winslow St. I purchased 1/2 = kilo of fragments from the owners, including the main mass, shortly = after the fall. The owner had called the police when the fragments showered their = house and car doing damage to both. The stone had impacted the street = and apparently shattered, with most landing on the homeowners porch. = They called the police and the police took the meteorites that night as = evidence. When I went to Park Forest the next day, I made them offers = and they went to the police and retrieved the specimens. I bought over = 500 grams of fragments.=20 One week later, the police chief contacted me in Tucson and = demanded the meteorites back, saying that they were stolen property and = belonged to the city. I told them how hard I found that to believe since = they landed on the peoples property and damaged their home and car, and = the police had relinquished it back to the homeowner. He told me that = they didn't care, that now that the police knew the value, that they = wanted them back, and that they were only going to go after my since I = had the largest pieces. They did not care that almost 10 other people = got specimens from the Winslow Street meteorite, they just wanted my = pieces back. I refused and forgot the matter. Then they contacted me = again this week and demanded the stones back or they would start legal = action against me!=20 Well, what I am here to announce is that I have made a binding = agreement with the Park Forest police Dept. I am giving them the endcut = of the largest piece, and they are relinquishing all rights to any other = pieces from that specimen. Unfortunately, I must give back a 116 gram = endcut to the city. I paid several thousand dollars for the pieces and = will get no compensation from the city. We decided that I would "DONATE" = the specimen back to the city and they would allow me to keep the rest = of the pieces. =20 I am so offended that I had to do this, that I was the only = target, even though they knew about so many other pieces. My attorney = told me that undoubtedly I would prevail in any court case, but we = decided that it was in my best interests to negotiate a quick settlement = to avoid the hassle of the police.=20 I am just warning people that even in America, sometimes due = process is a joke. In order to save myself the problems, I just had to = give in and submit to the police demands.=20 Since this problem is solved, I have completed cutting the remaining = pieces and will ship them to all the buyers tomorrow. This is one reason = that many of you have not received your pieces yet.=20 Does anyone have anything to input regarding the treatment by = the Park Forest Police?=20 I am not so sure that they want this piece back for the city, so I = am taking it back personally and want to present it to the city council, = NOT the police dept. If anyone is offered this endcut for sale by the = police, PLEASE let us all know.=20 Mike Farmer ------=_NextPart_000_00E6_01C307F4.62F45420 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 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"could be"? Of course it is a smasher. = Ill have the=20 website up today, showing the damage the stone did. All of you who = paypaled me=20 are getting pieces of this particular stone, sho congratulations. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=3Dltr=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dadamhupe_at_attbi.com href=3D"mailto:adamhupe@attbi.com">Adam = Hupe</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, April 21, 2003 = 9:57=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = Park Forest=20 Saga continues.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Mike, Hello List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If this is the same stone that dented = the street=20 and damaged the siding on the house I guess it could be called a = "Hammer" or=20 "Smasher" bringing $45.00 a gram on the open market. This would = make the=20 116 gram end cut worth over $5,000.00, looks like somebody is "Going = to=20 Disneyland" </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Best Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>P.S. I would get a receipt for your = most generous=20 "DONATION." Since you are a business I would file a 1099 misc = form=20 mentioning the receiving party since it is valued over $5,000.00, if=20 applicable, to make the IRS aware of somebody else's sudden windfall = and let=20 the revenuers have a shot at it. </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dfarmerm_at_concentric.net = href=3D"mailto:farmerm_at_concentric.net">Michael=20 Farmer</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 = href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, April 20, 2003 = 4:44=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Park Forest=20 Saga continues.</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello everyone. I am announcing a = bit of news=20 about Park Forest. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have been in negotiations with = the Park=20 Forest police dept for the last two weeks regarding the meteorite = from=20 Winslow St. I purchased 1/2 kilo of fragments from the owners, = including the=20 main mass, shortly after the fall.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The owner had called the police = when the=20 fragments showered their house and car doing damage to both. The = stone had=20 impacted the street and apparently shattered, with most landing on = the=20 homeowners porch. They called the police and the police took the = meteorites=20 that night as evidence. When I went to Park Forest the next day, I = made them=20 offers and they went to the police and retrieved the specimens. I = bought=20 over 500 grams of fragments. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> One week later, the police = chief=20 contacted me in Tucson and demanded the meteorites back, saying that = they=20 were stolen property and belonged to the city. I told them how hard = I found=20 that to believe since they landed on the peoples property and = damaged their=20 home and car, and the police had relinquished it back to the = homeowner. He=20 told me that they didn't care, that now that the police knew the = value, that=20 they wanted them back, and that they were only going to go after my = since I=20 had the largest pieces. They did not care that almost 10 other = people got=20 specimens from the Winslow Street meteorite, they just wanted my = pieces=20 back. I refused and forgot the matter. Then they contacted me again = this=20 week and demanded the stones back or they would start legal action = against=20 me! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Well, what I am = here to=20 announce is that I have made a binding agreement with the Park = Forest police=20 Dept. I am giving them the endcut of the largest piece, and they are = relinquishing all rights to any other pieces from that specimen.=20 Unfortunately, I must give back a 116 gram endcut to the city. I = paid=20 several thousand dollars for the pieces and will get no compensation = from=20 the city. We decided that I would "DONATE" the specimen back to the = city and=20 they would allow me to keep the rest of the pieces. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am so offended = that I had=20 to do this, that I was the only target, even though they knew about = so many=20 other pieces. My attorney told me that undoubtedly I would prevail = in any=20 court case, but we decided that it was in my best interests to = negotiate a=20 quick settlement to avoid the hassle of the police. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> I am just = warning people=20 that even in America, sometimes due process is a joke. In order to = save=20 myself the problems, I just had to give in and submit to the police = demands.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since this problem is solved, I = have completed=20 cutting the remaining pieces and will ship them to all the buyers = tomorrow.=20 This is one reason that many of you have not received your pieces = yet.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> Does anyone have = anything to=20 input regarding the treatment by the Park Forest Police? = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am not so sure that they want = this piece back=20 for the city, so I am taking it back personally and want to present = it to=20 the city council, NOT the police dept. If anyone is offered this = endcut for=20 sale by the police, PLEASE let us all know. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike=20 Farmer</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00E6_01C307F4.62F45420-- Received on Mon 21 Apr 2003 01:54:31 PM PDT |
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