[meteorite-list] ET re Another fake name, serious business

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue Nov 16 18:10:47 2004
Message-ID: <025201c4cc31$82c09720$0200a8c0_at_S0031628003>

Michael, you seem to leave out the obvious, he is using numbers for
meteorites sitting in my safe, I paid to have classified and worked.
Michael, can you explain that, or does it not matter since he is your
friend.
This is very simple Michael, no genius needed here.
I will make it simple though
Guy A owns an item.
Guy B starts selling the same item which is not possible since it is sitting
guy A's safe.
Who is the liar here? Guy A who paid to have the stone classified or Guy B
who did not?
So calm down Blood, and look at things rationally.
Michael Farmer

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net>
To: "Mike Farmer & Melody" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>; "Meteorite List"
<meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 3:57 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ET re Another fake name, serious business


> Yes,
> I, indeed, do have an opinion:
> It is one thing to lamblast Matteo, who has dealt dirty with
> numerous members of this list or even to sling mud back & forth
> between yourself and Adam - it is quite another to go off on
> a person of E.T.'s dignity, venerable tenure and hard earned
> reputation for honesty!
> Anyone on this list who has dealt with ET will tell you he
> bends over backwards for even the most obnoxious customer
> (I have SEEN him do this, myself), NEVER rips people off and
> has been dealing meteorites as long as anyone (and I mean
> ANYONE) in the business.
> You even ADMIT you have not spoken to him about this,
> so WHAT IN THE HELL are you doing posting it to the list!?
> Get a grip.
> If you somehow lack contact information, contact me and I
> will be happy to supply you with his phone number and email
> address.
> If you can't manage to act like a gentleman, at least pretend
> to have a modicum of decency and good business sense!
> Sincerely, Michael Blood
>
>
> on 11/16/04 1:14 PM, Michael Farmer at meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net wrote:
>
>> Anyone out there got any opinions on this?
>> Here is another example of false name given to unclassified meteorite.
>> http://www.polandmet.com/_nwa1906.htm
>> This is POLANDMET, who has a page selling NWA 1906, a Rumuruti.
>>
>> Now, here is my page, of NWA 1906, the only stone classified and given
>> this
>> number:
>> http://www.meteoriteguy.com/nwa1906.htm
>>
>> The problem, that is my meteorite, one stone, no pairings ever announced.
>> Take a look at the two pages, the meteorites are not even similar in any
>> way.
>> Mine is NWA 1906, since I had it classified, Polandmet's does not even
>> come
>> close to mine. It doesn't look the same, it has much larger chondrules,
>> multicolored, and is just totally different. Not to mention that there
>> are
>> clearly two different meteorites on that same page. Note the slices at
>> top,
>> very nice clear multicolored chondrules, then the slices are the bottom,
>> smaller chondrules, more weathered, clearly brecciated.
>> These meteorites are totally different.
>>
>> I am publicly demanding from Polandmet to answer this.
>> What makes you think that you can sell a meteorite under the number that
>> my
>> stone received? What makes you think they are paired? Why are you doing
>> this?
>>
>> Edwin Thompson is the one who is using a whole host of my numbers, I have
>> not spoken with him yet, but there is no justification for it other than
>> trying to pawn off unclassified meteorites as names pieces.
>>
>> This has the potential to collapse the entire meteorite market.
>> We are only as good as our name, and I have worked very hard to do things
>> right. I would NEVER sell someone a meteorite that is not what it is
>> claimed
>> to be.
>> But this is what these dealers are doing, making visual pairings to keep
>> from having to do their own work.
>> Buyer beware, it seems that the only way to get official material is to
>> buy
>> from the dealer who made the official classification.
>> Michael Farmer
>> Awaiting a response from Polandmet and Edwin Thompson.
>>
>> http://www.meteoriteguy.com/nwa1906.htm
>>
>>
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