[meteorite-list] Re: Fwd: Re: Question for seller -- Item #2175659927
From: Sharkkb8_at_aol.com <Sharkkb8_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:42 2004 Message-ID: <151.1f8cdd7c.2bfd3a4c_at_aol.com> --part1_151.1f8cdd7c.2bfd3a4c_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =20 Steve Schoner: >=20 > It alarming to me, as it uses a letter from an > standing IMCA member to "authenticate" items that are > clearly, from the photos shown, NOT Canyon Diablo > meteorites. The seller even posts the authentication > letter in the auction picture pages. >=20 Hi, Steve - I think any number of IMCA members and listees are on this guy's case, mysel= f=20 included. Just for the record, his latest note back to me is below. Gregory _____________________________________________ Hi Gregory, I can't believe the amount of people that insist that this is no= t=20 a meteorite, are that I would use Russ Kempton as a way of selling these=20 specimens.=A0 I sent remnants of these specimens and he evaluated them and r= eturned=20 the letter that I have posted on ebay.=A0 I assure you as a retired metals=20 inspector for the DOD who worked on Nuclear Submarines for over 20+ years, m= y claim=20 is as states.=A0 And I assure you I fear not any problems, as I know the cla= ims=20 that I make are true.=A0 I gotta tell you I didn't know if this was real are= =20 not that is why I had pieces of it checked out by his organization.=A0 I sol= d a=20 13lb piece a couple of months ago with a very satisfied customer.=A0 I wish=20= I=20 could send a piece to everyone just to satisfy them!=A0 I have a money back=20= policy,=20 and a 100% positive feedback and intend to keep it that way.=A0 I guess I wi= ll=20 end up having to end the auction before it is all over and call Russ to see=20 what else he can do for me to try to end all of this, as clearly folks seem=20= to=20 think I am trying to mislead them.=A0 I assure you Gregory the pieces I sent= him=20 are from the pieces I have up for auction and the results are as supplied fr= om=20 his organization.=A0 Seems I have a lot of suspect experts out there that=20 haven't actually seen the items except for what is in the picture, but yet a= re=20 willing to say I am trying to mislead someone.=A0 I hope that Russ will call= , and=20 maybe he can straighten this out. Thanks=20 Dan Ray=20 --part1_151.1f8cdd7c.2bfd3a4c_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><FONT FACE=3Darial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3D2 FAMILY=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE= =3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0"> <BR> <BR> Steve Schoner:<BR> <BR> <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=3DCITE style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT= : 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px"><BR> It alarming to me, as it uses a letter from an<BR> standing IMCA member to "authenticate" items that are<BR> clearly, from the photos shown, NOT Canyon Diablo<BR> meteorites. The seller even posts the authentication<BR> letter in the auction picture pages.<BR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR> Hi, Steve -<BR> <BR> I think any number of IMCA members and listees are on this guy's case, mysel= f included. Just for the record, his latest note back to me is below.<= BR> <BR> Gregory<BR> _____________________________________________<BR> <BR> Hi Gregory, I can't believe the amount of people that insist that this is no= t a meteorite, are that I would use Russ Kempton as a way of selling these s= pecimens.=A0 I sent remnants of these specimens and he evaluated them and re= turned the letter that I have posted on ebay.=A0 I assure you as a retired m= etals inspector for the DOD who worked on Nuclear Submarines for over 20+ ye= ars, my claim is as states.=A0 And I assure you I fear not any problems, as=20= I know the claims that I make are true.=A0 I gotta tell you I didn't know if= this was real are not that is why I had pieces of it checked out by his org= anization.=A0 I sold a 13lb piece a couple of months ago with a very satisfi= ed customer.=A0 I wish I could send a piece to everyone just to satisfy them= !=A0 I have a money back policy, and a 100% positive feedback and intend to=20= keep it that way.=A0 I guess I will end up having to end the auction before=20= it is all over and call Russ to see what else he can do for me to try to end= all of this, as clearly folks seem to think I am trying to mislead them.= =A0 I assure you Gregory the pieces I sent him are from the pieces I have up= for auction and the results are as supplied from his organization.=A0 Seems= I have a lot of suspect experts out there that haven't actually seen the it= ems except for what is in the picture, but yet are willing to say I am tryin= g to mislead someone.=A0 I hope that Russ will call, and maybe he can straig= hten this out. Thanks <BR> Dan Ray <BR> <BR> <BR> </FONT></HTML> --part1_151.1f8cdd7c.2bfd3a4c_boundary-- Received on Wed 21 May 2003 04:23:40 PM PDT |
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