[meteorite-list] Dealer Refunds - A Synopsis

From: John Gwilliam <jkg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:22:44 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20030628134332.009deed0_at_mail.theriver.com>

List,
This thread has made a couple of things very evident to me. First...
most folks on this list pretty much agreed that the person asking for the
refund was unreasonable and a refund should not be given. Second, is that
anyone that claims to be a dealer should be aware that the price
fluctuations of newly offered meteorites can change, sometimes quickly.

Yesterday, I had a meteorite sale and I'd like to thank all the List
members that ordered specimens from me. Over the course of six hours, I
replied to over 100 emails requesting more information, pictures
etc. Everything went very smooth with one exception. One
"dealer/collector" sent an email and asked if one particular specimen was
still available. I replied that it was . Second email asked if I would wait
until July for payment and was I interested in any trades? In the mean
time, someone else had emailed me and stated that they wanted to buy the
meteorite in question along with several others. It was a done deal with a
Paypal payment in 5 minutes. When I informed the original
"dealer/collector" that the specimen was no longer available, he went on a
tirade about the unjust way that he was being treated....blah blah blah
blah blah! The ranting and raving went on for three emails.

Like Gregory said, 98.8% of the people are easy to deal with and they
understand and accept daily problems and disappointments in stride.

Could this be Steve's unhappy buyer? Rob's short payer?

Best,

John
Received on Sat 28 Jun 2003 05:15:19 PM PDT