[meteorite-list] ebay descriptions what part of 144 grams is confusing?

From: joseph_town_at_att.net <joseph_town_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:24 2004
Message-ID: <20031010041720.3FB10535EF_at_pairlist.net>

Superlatives are fine. I appreciate the exact weight of the specimen included
in the title as well though. Sure saves time.

Bill Kieskowski

> Last time I went to school a $144.00 item which was priced at $1.00 a
> gram usually means that the weight is 144 grams. And Welcome again
> to the Ebay Central List!
>
> Elton
>
>
> Tom aka James Knudson wrote:
>
> >Hello List, Just taking a poll, am I the only one who gets irritated at some
> >peoples ebay descriptions? It is so strange how some sellers have only
> >"museum quality" meteorites whether it is a 40 pound SA or a 20g rusted
> >Nantan. Others, everything is "HUGE" or "GIGANTIC" even if it is a 12g iron.
> > What ever happen to truth in advertising? Do some people just not have it
> >in them to be honest? Are they so desperate to make a sell that they have to
> >lie? I personally will not buy from sellers that have to use deception to
> >sell a meteorite. If it's a case of them just not knowing, then they should
> >spend a few minutes looking around ebay! : )
> >
>
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Received on Fri 10 Oct 2003 12:17:16 AM PDT