Fw: [meteorite-list] $6000 in meteorites up for grabs right now!
From: D Marsocci <dmarsocci_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:16:33 2004 Message-ID: <002701c36149$5d732540$94e90944_at_w2kdave> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C36127.D638EEA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My 2 cents if anyone is interested. I think these public displays of "outdoing" are not in the best interest = of the list. However, sometimes they do raise an eyebrow, similar to the = Jerry Springer phenomenon - Watch if you want, but you won't be the = better for it. Otherwise, my contacting the Hupe's was for many reasons, expedition = "history" only one. Professionalism and personal direction were also = important. "Dave" =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Farmer=20 To: Adam Hupe=20 Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:35 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] $6000 in meteorites up for grabs right = now! Oh yeah Adam, I am sooooo worried about my ebay stats. I have been on = ebay for 6 years, you have been for little over one year.=20 Give me a break, aren't you tiring of your relentless and totally bogus = self-promotion yet? Reading your Kenya article almost made me puke.=20 I love the part about how the Dave contacted you about your long history = of meteorite expeditions. Too bad that is bullshit.=20 The first meteorite expedition you ever did was with Me, I took Greg to = Morocco, hen then rushed right back over there to buy out from under me = from the contacts I introduced him to. =20 you have been to Africa one time Adam, so please, how do you go about = promoting yourself as such a huge adventurer? I have had alot of emails = and calls about this.=20 Do you not think that you are overdoing the promoting a little?=20 Mike Farmer ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Adam Hupe=20 To: Michael Farmer=20 Cc: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:31 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] $6000 in meteorites up for grabs right = now! Hello Mike and List, Since you had to comment publicly, I will respond publicly. Your = repeat customer status is 2.76:1 if you care, a very simple calculation. = If you are in business this should be of major concern. All the best, Adam =20 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Michael Farmer=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 4:19 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] $6000 in meteorites up for grabs right = now! I have over 60 meteorites ending tonight myself. Over $6000 in = meteorites, VERY LARGE and rare specimens, EVERY ONE started for one = cent. Many are still there and they are ending in the next 4 hours!=20 I am not sure where I stand as far as repeat customers, too busy = traveling over the last 6 years to keep track of ebay stats. Talk about deals, if this isn't a good deal, I don't know what one = is.=20 See some examples here = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187279788&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 NWA 801, now _at_ $3 gram! CR2 One of the best oriented Sikhote-alin's I have seen, 111 grams, at = $80! Less than I paid for it!=20 Good lord = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187283726&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 333 gram Zag individual _at_ $.50 cents a gram! WOW = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187282962&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 160 gram complete Tenham individual, This meteorite FELL in 1879! $1 = gram! = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187285461&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 And here is a super nice oriented stone, like a nosecone, covered in = flow lines, less than $1 gram! JEEEEZ = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187289995&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 And the creme de la creme, a 2 plus KILO slice of TATA iron, LESS = THAN 40 CENTS a gram right now! =20 = http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D2187291817&category=3D= 3239&rd=3D1 thanks=20 Mike Farmer http://www.meteoritehunter.com ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C36127.D638EEA0 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 6.00.2800.1126" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>My 2 cents if anyone is = interested.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I think these public displays of = "outdoing" are not=20 in the best interest of the list. However, sometimes they do raise an = eyebrow,=20 similar to the Jerry Springer phenomenon - Watch if you want, but you = won't be=20 the better for it.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Otherwise, my contacting the Hupe's was = for many=20 reasons, expedition "history" only one. Professionalism and personal = direction=20 were also important.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>"Dave"</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message -----=20 <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A=20 title=3Dfarmerm_at_concentric.net = href=3D"mailto:farmerm_at_concentric.net">Michael=20 Farmer</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dadamhupe_at_comcast.net=20 href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_comcast.net">Adam Hupe</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com">meteorite-list@meteor= itecentral.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:35 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] $6000 in meteorites up for = grabs right=20 now!</DIV></DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Oh yeah Adam, I am sooooo worried about = my ebay=20 stats. I have been on ebay for 6 years, you have been for little over = one year.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Give me a break, aren't you = tiring of your=20 relentless and totally bogus self-promotion yet? Reading your Kenya = article=20 almost made me puke. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I love the part about how the Dave = contacted you=20 about your long history of meteorite expeditions. Too bad that is = bullshit.=20 </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The first meteorite expedition you ever = did was=20 with Me, I took Greg to Morocco, hen then rushed right back over there = to buy=20 out from under me from the contacts I introduced him to. = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>you have been to Africa one time Adam, = so please,=20 how do you go about promoting yourself as such a huge adventurer? I have = had=20 alot of emails and calls about this. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Do you not think that you are overdoing = the=20 promoting a little? </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_comcast.net = href=3D"mailto:adamhupe_at_comcast.net">Adam Hupe</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dfarmerm_at_concentric.net=20 href=3D"mailto:farmerm_at_concentric.net">Michael Farmer</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</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> Tuesday, August 12, 2003 = 4:31=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [meteorite-list] = $6000 in=20 meteorites up for grabs right now!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello Mike and List,</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Since you had to comment publicly, I = will respond=20 publicly. Your repeat customer status is 2.76:1 if you care, a = very=20 simple calculation. If you are in business this should be of = major=20 concern.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>All the best,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Adam</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2> </FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=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=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> Tuesday, August 12, = 2003 4:19=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = $6000 in=20 meteorites up for grabs right now!</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have over 60 meteorites ending = tonight=20 myself. Over $6000 in meteorites, VERY LARGE and rare specimens, = EVERY ONE=20 started for one cent. Many are still there and they are ending in = the next 4=20 hours! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I am not sure where I stand as far = as repeat=20 customers, too busy traveling over the last 6 years to keep = track of=20 ebay stats.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Talk about deals, if this isn't a = good deal, I=20 don't know what one is. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>See some examples here</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872797= 88&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187279788&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>NWA 801, now _at_ $3 gram! = CR2</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>One of the best oriented = Sikhote-alin's I have=20 seen, 111 grams, at $80! Less than I paid for it! </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Good lord</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872837= 26&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187283726&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>333 gram Zag individual _at_ $.50 = cents a gram!=20 WOW</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872829= 62&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187282962&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>160 gram complete Tenham = individual, This=20 meteorite FELL in 1879! $1 gram!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872854= 61&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187285461&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And here is a super nice oriented = stone, like a=20 nosecone, covered in flow lines, less than $1 gram! = JEEEEZ</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872899= 95&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187289995&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>And the creme de la creme, a 2 plus = KILO slice=20 of TATA iron, LESS THAN 40 CENTS a gram right now! = </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3D21872918= 17&category=3D3239&rd=3D1">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?V= iewItem&item=3D2187291817&category=3D3239&rd=3D1</A></FONT></= DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>thanks </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Mike Farmer</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><A=20 = href=3D"http://www.meteoritehunter.com">http://www.meteoritehunter.com</A= ></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0024_01C36127.D638EEA0-- Received on Tue 12 Aug 2003 11:17:02 PM PDT |
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