[meteorite-list] EBAY Slag for sale

From: Randy Korotev <korotev_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 09:59:16 -0500
Message-ID: <200707021458.l62Ewaq22624_at_levee.wustl.edu>

I just added this entry to my MeteorWrongs web site:

http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/m223.htm

I actually don't know much about either
mesosiderites or magnetic susceptibility, so if
any of you real experts out there do, please point out my errors to me.

Randy Korotev





At 16:33 30-06-07 Saturday, you wrote:
>I've just discovered that that great eBay warning site
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/wrongs1.html
>
>is due to the efforts of the List's Ken Newton.
>Take a bow, Ken!
>
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>
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>From: "Pete Pete" <rsvp321 at hotmail.com>
>To: bristolia at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EBAY Slag for sale
>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 17:23:54 -0400
>
>Hi, all,
>
>Too much effort, Paul. Who has the time to spend on such a petty thief?
>
>I think that this link for wrongs on eBay should
>be prominent on the "meteorites for sale" page:
>
>http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/wrongs1.html
>http://home.earthlink.net/~magellon/wrongs1.html
>
>(a thanks to whoever keeps this info updated!
>The slag we're talking about is already listed there as something to avoid.)
>
>...there, and discussion on this list, is a
>great place for a beginner to get educated.
>
>I can see eBay's dilemma, otherwise no one would
>be able to sell any unclassified stone.
>Caveat emptor.
>
>Cheers,
>Pete
>
>
>From: Paul <bristolia at yahoo.com>
>To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] EBAY Slag for sale
>Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2007 11:52:37 -0700 (PDT)
>
>On Jun 28 23:19:27 EDT 2007, Bill wrote:
>
>"Starchasers is a good one. Meteorites falling
>in his general direction constantly. All new
>Illinois finds too. Look at his 454 GRAM IRON
>NICKEL METEORITE SPECIMEN." ...text deleted

>
>another person wrote:
>
>" Here's another one selling common filth as
>expensive meteorites on eBay - with some victims
>making bids, too:
"
>
>Maybe someone should buy a couple of the least expensive
>items being sold by this person on eBay; have them analyzed
>by a couple of experts; and publish the results of the
>investigations in a popular article and forward the results
>to the proper authorities.
>
>Also, if someone living in Illinois truly believes that this
>or any other person living in Illinois is dealing in fake
>meteorites, it seems like they need to complain to the Consumer
>Protection Division of the Illinois Attorney General Office
>given that he appears to reside in Illinois. The selling
>multiple pieces of slag to people as meteorites for tens or
>hundreds of dollars, should easily qualify as felony fraud.
>
>The web page for the Consumer Protection Division of the
>Illinois Attorney General Office can be found at:
>
>http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/consumers/index.html
>
>Also, there is "Submit Questions to the Office of the Illinois
>Attorney General"
>
>http://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/about/email_ag.jsp
>
>Maybe someone can ask the Illinois Attorney General Office
>if they should be doing something about this bozo? Simply
>griping about such people on Internet message boards is not
>going to accomplish anything. Maybe if they received enough
>complaints and questions about what can be done, the Illinois
>Attorney General Office might decide it is time to investigate
>the validity of what is being sold on eBay?
>
>Also, it seems to me that using the mails to send people
>fraudulent merchandise and selling such items also should
>violate mail and wire fraud laws, including Postal Service
>regulations. However, I serious doubt the authorities will
>do anything unless someone takes the time and trouble to
>complain. Talking the talk needs to be followed up with
>walking the walk.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Paul
>
>
>
>
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