[meteorite-list] Re: Fwd: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2175659927

From: Steve Schoner <steve_schoner_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:42 2004
Message-ID: <20030521190533.80647.qmail_at_web12707.mail.yahoo.com>

To all meteorite ebay'ers,

This is the reply that I got from "Lunar Ray"
regarding his obviously bogus Canyon Diablo
"meteorites" shown in his auction. The photos are not
Canyon Diablo's, in fact they are not meteorites at
all.

He produced a letter from NEMS claiming that what he
sent them was a Canyon Diablo... but the sample could
not have come from the pieces that he so clearly shows
in his auction.

I know what Canyon Diablo looks like... I have lived
40 miles from the crater and have seen many, many said
meteorites from that crater...

None looked even remotely like the pieces that he is
presenting in his auction.

Steve Schoner/AMS


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> Date: Wed, 21 May 2003 13:12:45 -0500
> From: raylunar <raylunar_at_arkansas.net>
> To: ams000_at_aztec.aztecfreenet.org,
> meteorite_identification_at_yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2175659927
>
> Hi Steve, here is a copy of the top part of the
> letter I received from Russ Kempton, I think these
> are rare pieces indeed, as all these suspect
> experts
> that have not seen the specimens want to keep
> telling me they are not real. I sold a 13lb piece
> already with the customer being very very satisfied!
> Well anyway I have a money back policy on anything i
> sell, and have 100% positive feedback, and plan on
> it staying that way. I am starting to enjoy
> this!!
> From the land of the mystic Hog!
> Lunar Ray
> ams000_at_aztec.aztecfreenet.org wrote:
>
> > You need to re-connect with Russ Kempton at NEMS.
> You are jumping the gun, saying that these are
> confirmed by him.
> >
> > Very unlikely.
> >
> > For the items shown in your auction are in no way
> "Canyon Diablo" meteorites... and to sell them as
> such is in error, and could warrant legal action.
> >
> > These photos do not represent Canyon Diablo
> meteorites at all... IN fact, they do not represent
> any meteorite, from that locality or any other
> place.
> >
> > Steve Schoner
> > meteorite_identification_at_yahoo.com
> >
> > --------------------
> >
> > Question from: impactor
> > Title of item: 4 lb's IRON CANYON DIABLO
> METEORITE W/PAPERS
> > Seller: lunarray
> > Starts: May-20-03 12:27:07 PDT
> > Ends: May-27-03 12:27:07 PDT
> > Price: Starts at $9.00
> > To view the item, go to:
>
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2175659927
> >
> > Visit eBay, The World's Online Marketplace
> TM at http://www.ebay.com
>

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Received on Wed 21 May 2003 03:05:33 PM PDT