[meteorite-list] Trust - Forward from Dirk ross

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun Nov 21 22:52:14 2004
Message-ID: <051401c4d045$16ad6640$6401a8c0_at_c1720188a>

NWA numbers do not belong to any person, they belong to a set of samples.
Nobody is trying to claim ownership of numbers just the material classified
under those numbers unless material is released to a third party. Think of
NWA numbers as serial numbers. Two meteorites may have came from the same
location and classify the same but will have unique numbers. For somebody
to use unique numbers assigned to somebody else's material is fraudulent and
damaging in some cases. If you made up your own VIN number so that it
matched a famous person's vehicle this would be cause for concern, same with
meteorites. Borrowing that VIN number does not make it the same car.

Lets say that dealer "A" does the right thing and has his material
classified. Then lets say dealer "B" who received his material in the mail
from a Moroccan borrows dealer "A's" descriptions and nomenclature without
being supplied by dealer "A". Say the false nomenclature has a detrimental
affect on Dealer "A's" inventory value. Does not dealer "A" have the right
to pursue damages for the devaluation of property because of the fraud
committed by dealer "B" and the use of dealer "A"s copyrighted promotional
material without permission.

Hope this clears up an issue,

Adam


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob Wesel" <nakhladog_at_comcast.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 7:09 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Trust - Forward from Dirk ross


> Forwarded with permission
>
> Dear Rob,
> Please post it. A and B were given only as examples.
> You MAY post the message to the list. Please note that in the posting
that
> my statement A
> and B do not apply to any specific party involved in
> this catfight. In fact, as stated, this is only a
> senerio of example. Cheers, Dirk
>
> > Dear Rob,
> > Thank you for the post. Hammer hits nail on the
> > head? Another senerio, dealer A sells excess same?
> > material that will devalue his classified monopoly of
> > limited grams of TKW to dealer B and dealer B chooses
> > to call it the same? or as dealer A demands, has to
> > send it for classification to get the same
> > classification but with a new number. Meanwhile
> > customer A buys and resells his material that he has
> > bought from dealer A....and the beat goes on.....
> > This all stems from marketing; and becomes a headache
> > for researchers. The end result will be that dealer A
> > finds out that he has shot himself in the foot and
> > general "trust" becomes a problem.
> > Sincerely, Dirk...Tokyo
>
> Rob Wesel
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