[meteorite-list] Dealer Refunds
From: MARK BOSTICK <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:43 2004 Message-ID: <BAY4-DAV791ioWwr2UA0000ee25_at_hotmail.com> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C33D83.2D0F66A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Steve Arnold (IMB) and list, The Park Forest thread was interesting, and it is a very nice "historic" = meteorite with a nice story. I still think we have seen very little of t= his meteorite on the market for what the demand is and therefore the mete= orite does have good potential to go up in value. It is almost three mon= ths after the fall and while the hype and the price has dropped, it still= ranked favorite fall on my recent...and ongoing...meteorite poll. =20 http://www.meteoritearticles.com/webpole.html An interesting note it is also currently 2nd place in "Most Overpriced Me= teorite" All of that being said, I would have to agree with the many others, that.= ..this "dealer"....should have been aware of hype pricing...and that the = price of the meteorite would settle. =20 I invested more then a few dollars in a local major airplane stock a few = years ago. (Wichita is...or was...the airplane capital of the world). T= hen 9-11 happened. The local economy has been hit pretty hard, more then= 1/3 of the city has been laid off. People have left Boeing and Lear Jet= and are now working at McDonald's. I think I would get laughed at prett= y hard if I called Boeing and asked for a refund. (Of course I would sett= le for a small personal jet...:-) But I understood the risk that was on = the table. Had the news of late 1991 been a couple big military contract= s for the company, I could now be in Mali drinking a Jack and Coke and ye= lling at the barely English speaking waiter for something to snack on. =20 I've made some good meteorite deals and some poor ones. Still, the more = the market drops, the happier I am. This means I can justify buying more= . Now, if only Mars meteorites would drop under $100 a gram...... My 2% of Fa., Mark Bostick PS: I guess now is a good of time as any for congrads to Steve Arnold (I= MB) for the awesome work he did in Park Forest. Steve and his tackle box= es are coming to a fall near you. Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of meteor= and meteorite articles. ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C33D83.2D0F66A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><BODY STYLE=3D"font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV> <DIV>Hello St= eve Arnold (IMB) and list,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The Park Forest t= hread was interesting, and it is a very nice "historic" meteorite with a = nice story. I still think we have seen very little of this meteorit= e on the market for what the demand is and therefore the meteorite does h= ave good potential to go up in value. It is almost three months aft= er the fall and while the hype and the price has dropped, it still ranked= favorite fall on my recent...and ongoing...meteorite poll. </DIV> = <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href=3D"http://www.meteoritearticles.com/webpol= e.html">http://www.meteoritearticles.com/webpole.html</A></DIV> <DIV>&nbs= p;</DIV> <DIV>An interesting note it is also currently 2nd place in "Most= Overpriced Meteorite"</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All of that being sai= d, I would have to agree with the many others, that...this "dealer"....sh= ould have been aware of hype pricing...and that the price of the meteorit= e would settle. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I invested more then = a few dollars in a local major airplane stock a few years ago. (Wic= hita is...or was...the airplane capital of the world). Then 9-11 ha= ppened. The local economy has been hit pretty hard, more then 1/3 o= f the city has been laid off. People have left Boeing and Lear Jet = and are now working at McDonald's. I think I would get laughed at p= retty hard if I called Boeing and asked for a refund. (Of course I would = settle for a small personal jet...:-) But I understood the risk tha= t was on the table. Had the news of late 1991 been a couple big mil= itary contracts for the company, I could now be in Mali drinking a Jack a= nd Coke and yelling at the barely English speaking waiter for something t= o snack on. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I've made some good meteo= rite deals and some poor ones. Still, the more the market drops, th= e happier I am. This means I can justify buying more. Now, if= only Mars meteorites would drop under $100 a gram......</DIV> <DIV> = ;</DIV> <DIV>My 2% of Fa.,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Mark Bostick</DIV= > <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>PS: I guess now is a good of time as any&n= bsp;for congrads to Steve Arnold (IMB) for the awesome work he did in Par= k Forest. Steve and his tackle boxes are coming to a fall near you.= <BR><BR>Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive o= f meteor and meteorite articles.</DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_001_0012_01C33D83.2D0F66A0-- Received on Sat 28 Jun 2003 03:40:10 PM PDT |
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