[meteorite-list] eBay policemen?

From: Tom aka James Knudson <knudson911_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:25 2004
Message-ID: <009201c38f6a$d100c5e0$1dc443d8_at_malcolm>

Hello all, why can't people write 1500g Campo in their description instead
of saying huge Campo. Instead, they make people look at the auction to see
what the sellers idea of huge is. What would ebay be like if everyone simply
wrote "meteorite" in the description, you would have to look at every
auction to find what you are looking for. I don't want to look at every
auction to find the size I am looking for.
Thanks, Tom
Peregrineflier <><
The proudest member of the IMCA 6168
----- Original Message -----
From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:01 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen?


> and if you find a 0.01 gr. of Nogata is extra
> Huge....but for me is many many huge a 3.92 gr. slice
> of Barbotan, my birthday meteorite...all collectors
> have a personal scale for meteorites.
> Regards
>
> Matteo
>
> --- Dave Harris <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Personally and practically, a 2kg meteorite of any
> > type usually I regard as
> > huge' mainly because it would have cost me a lot of
> > money - I have been
> > collecting for a few years and I don't have anything
> > approaching 2kg in size
> > so for me 'huge' is an appropriate adjective!
> > Also, I would, if I were that buyer, look around so
> > see what else was on
> > offer in order go guesstimate the correct sort of
> > price, and decide that if
> > it is good value and looks good then ok, it may not
> > be a 3/4 ton Otumba as
> > in the NHM (London) but for domestic collections it
> > is pretty substantial.
> > It is all relative!
> > But I agree with Tom's last statement that the
> > perhaps the seller ought to
> > check out what 'huge' is relative to the rock he is
> > selling. I personally
> > would regard 0.25g of Calcalong Creek as 'huge'!
> >
> >
> > Research, that is the key, both for buyers and
> > sellers!
> >
> > thanks for your indulgence
> >
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
> > IMCA#0092
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: Tom aka James Knudson
> > Date: Friday, October 10, 2003 20:45:46
> > To: Howard Wu; Dave Harris; metlist
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen?
> >
> > Hello List, Please correct me if I am wrong! Please
> > try to be polite when
> > doing so! : )
> > I think it hurts us all when some one uses
> > misleading tactics to sell
> > meteorites. Why do I think that? I will tell you.
> > Ebay is by far the best,
> > cheapest and easiest place to get meteorites. Lets
> > say someone new goes on
> > ebay and sees a 2000g Campo described as "HUGE" and
> > looks around and there
> > is no Campo larger on ebay at the time, the buyer
> > goes back to the auction
> > and finds a IMCA link, clicks on it and learns what
> > a honest bunch of
> > sellers IMCA members are. The new buyer even clicks
> > on a few links and does
> > not see a Campo that big on any of the sites. The
> > buyer will feel like he is
> > getting a Huge Campo at a great price. He goes back
> > to the auction and uses
> > Buy it now. He gets it and is thrilled with this
> > Huge Campo.
> > He gets the "BUG" and goes back to Ebay to look
> > around. This time he finds
> > a 94lb Campo, but his campo was huge? So what is a
> > buyer to think? DON"T
> > TRUST THEM DISHONEST IMCA MEMBERS, that whole bunch
> > are full of #&%$(# !!!!!
> >
> > Now what, buy from none IMCA members, OK, and it
> > turns out to be slag! Oh
> > well, this meteorite collecting thing sucks! You can
> > not trust anyone!
> > I do know, one important part of selling, is you
> > need buyers. If no one
> > wants to buy meteorites, no one can sell them!!!
> > I live in AZ, and it is still summer here, still in
> > the high 90's, to hot
> > for GB, so all my meteorite hunting is done on ebay!
> > I am just telling you
> > all of my hunting adventures. : )
> > All I am trying to get across is that honesty is
> > the best policy. If you
> > have a 2k Holbrook, tell people it is huge!!! If you
> > have a 2k campo, say it
> > is nice sized or something, save HUGE for the huge
> > Campos!
> > Thanks, Tom
> > wondering if I should be the proudest member of the
> > IMCA 6168
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Howard Wu
> > To: Dave Harris ; metlist
> > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:13 AM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen?
> >
> >
> > I joined this list in part so I wouldn't be so
> > stupid about faux meteorites
> > or over priced scams.
> >
> > Howard Wu
> >
> > Dave Harris <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > I have to throw in my 2g's worth here - seems that
> > some people on the list
> > spend too much of their time trawling eBay looking
> > for auctions to criticise
> > and debunk and publish their 'findings' to the list.
> > Fine in principle, but we are not here to police
> > eBay - I think that "Caveat
> > Emptor" should prevail here. If anyone is naive or
> > stupid enough to spend
> > thousands of bucks on a so-called 'meteorite' and
> > from a supplier who doesn
> > t sport the IMCA label then so be it.
> >
> > Like a lot of people, I find the exceptional ripoffs
> > very funny and I am
> > quite happy to have my attention drawn to it, but on
> > the whole these
> > auctions for faux meteorites are all a bit sad,
> > desperate and not really
> > funny.
> >
> > Seems to me that every Metlist digest I get now has
> > a "look at this eBay
> > auction..." gleefully pointing out some stupid ad -
> > Can I suggest that
> > perhaps one could spend one's time better employed?
> >
> >
> > frustratingly frustrated!
> >
> >
> > dave
> >
> >
> > IMCA #0092
> >
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