[meteorite-list] Trust - Was...Honest Answer...

From: Rob Wesel <nakhladog_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 21 19:00:19 2004
Message-ID: <002001c4d025$f57c06d0$46d5a943_at_robewcufk0z2s3>

Well, easy enough, I don't have any NWA 1110, never did so that answers
that.

You hit on trust. Trust is the way every meteorite in history has been sold
until the dawn of NWA naming rules. Once again, every L'Aigle, every Gao,
every Holbrook and Canyon Diablo.
Burkina Faso has a new fall Lampiayrie, so add that to Gao, Guenie, Bilanga
and to have a "high collection area" where pairings rules are not conducted
or required. Trust is the very thing I am talking about. I strongly suspect
that no non-NWA meteorite in your collection has been tested, if so the
ratio is way down. Do things fall through the cracks, yes. Calcalong Creek
is the paramount example, had Bob Haag had a bad day and just weighed and
bagged it as Millbillillie then it likely would have been lost. But, by and
large, the system ain't broke so why fix it. Buy from people you trust, like
centuries of collectors in the past. I have sold to you more than once, I
hope you trust me. I have nothing to hide. I merely offer that this recent
chest beating is marketing disguised as science, and the scientist just
confirmed it in saying that visual pairings are worthless and of little
scientific importance. NWA 1110 was visually paired, A+B=C, so trust who you
will, you still just bought a piece of paper if you bought NWA 1110.

I am following the NomCom rules, I am doing what is asked. That does not
mean I endorse it. I am 100% in favor of the scientific advancement in
various fields that type specimens provide...but this is not science, it's
marketing.

Trust

Point in fact, the only questionable material in my inventory came from the
Hupes in the names NWA 1929, NWA 1906, NWA 801, NWA 978, and possibly NWA
1836, a claim which I can support with documents sitting right here on my
desk and must now sort out at their own litigious request. So trust who you
will.

Furthermore, with the publishing of the "who's naughty and who's nice lists"
is a customer what bought a large amount of classified NWA 3118 from my by
way of the Hupes and is intended for resale. Adam posts to the list the
people you can "trust" and because I don't report every sale I make to him
this buyer is not mentioned as "trustworthy". He is new to the business and
is flooded with people he has now sold to asking if his 3118 is legit. He
panics a bit, checks with me and I confirm it is HUPE OFFICIAL material. He
then sends a letter to Adam asking to be included in this stupid game of
Hupe sanctioned sellers and receives no reply. So he's still being
questioned. Oh yeah, this is great for the hobby, a new seller's business is
hurt and everyone is doubting his material that was all delivered from high
upon Mt. Hupe in the first place.

So Bernhard, I know you to be a man of intellect, please do not buy into
this grandstanding.

Mike Farmer pointed out the simple truth (and this is not a direct
quote)...we all did this, now we do it as requested by the NomCom (flawed as
it admittedly is as outlined by Dr. Grossman) or we spiral further into this
Gestapo climate we are already in.

Trust who you will



Rob Wesel
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We are the music makers...
and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy Wonka, 1971



----- Original Message -----
From: "Bernhard Rems" <rendelius_at_rpgdot.com>
To: "'Rob Wesel'" <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>
Cc: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 2:43 PM
Subject: AW: [meteorite-list] Thanks for the honest answer Dr. Grossman


> Rob,
>
> what I will write isn't from a scientific point of view. I am no
> scientist. I am a collector. So what I will write is from a collector's
> point of view.
>
>
> With no meteorite I have ever bought on ebay or elsewhere, I got proof
> that what was sold to me was actually what it was advertised to be. It's
> hard to proof it, even the so called certificates of authenticy are
> nothing more than paper, since there is only one person in the world who
> can guarantee that the meteorite is what he is said to be: the original
> holder of the classified material.
>
> So, when there is no proof - the only thing that remains is trust. I
> have to trust the seller that he sells me what he tells me. If this
> trust is shaken by something, I will stay away from him in the future.
>
> There are two easy questions I want to ask you:
>
> 1) How can you PROOF you sell NWA 1110 when you sell NWA 1110? Just tell
> me what proofs for YOU that you are selling NWA 1110.
> 2) How can you be sure that the material you are selling is martian?
> Just tell me what proofs for YOU that you are selling a martian
> meteorite with NWA 1110.
>
> Answer them in a way that makes me trust in you. I assume that when you
> bought that material, you asked the seller the same questions, right?
>
> Bernhard
>
>
>
Received on Sun 21 Nov 2004 06:58:11 PM PST