[meteorite-list] Fw: Who is Michael Casper?

From: Mark Grossman <markig_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:37:28 -0500
Message-ID: <003001c888a1$0226ab60$6601a8c0_at_QED>

Oops. Forgot to forward this to the list.

Mark Grossman

----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Grossman" <markig at westnet.com>
To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:36 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Who is Michael Casper?


> It's an interesting story - thanks for the heads up.
>
> I was asking one seller of meteorites not long ago where he obtained a
> particular specimen from that was for sale - I always do - and he told me
> that he had obtained the sample from Michael Casper, and that he had never
> heard of any issues with specimens from Mr. Casper.
>
> I seem to remember hearing something about this, so the latest information
> is certainly of use to me.
>
> Regardless of sales character or actions - have there ever been any issues
> involving authenticity of specimens from Michael Casper?
>
> Thanks again for the info.
>
> Mark Grossman
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
> To: "Mark Grossman" <markig at westnet.com>; "tett" <tett at rogers.com>;
> <valparint at aol.com>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:28 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Who is Michael Casper?
>
>
> > Michael Casper is a thief, criminal, and total
> > scumbag. He is like a virus that moves from business
> > to business, taking what he can, then leaving
> > overnight. I won a lawsuit against him, (have never
> > seen a dime yet) and when he left the business, he
> > left owing many people over $100,000. He got the
> > Russians alone for almost $70,000. He spent tons of
> > money when he was big, so dealers would sell him on
> > credit, he left and simply refused to pay them all at
> > the end. I know that he has done the same in coins,
> > now he has moved into solar energy.
> > www.caspersolar.com
> > This is a typical way that con-men operate, they come
> > in huge, do real business, then vanish overnight with
> > the money. Thank god he is gone from meteorites, he
> > was the biggest buffoon and damaged the market more
> > than anyone I know of. He loved to buy high and sell
> > low when he saw something else he liked more.
> > Michael Farmer
> > --- Mark Grossman <markig at westnet.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks for the explanation from another relative
> > > newcomer.
> > >
> > > Mark Grossman
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "tett" <tett at rogers.com>
> > > To: <valparint at aol.com>;
> > > <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:24 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Who is Michael Casper?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Oh my, you are new to the list.
> > > >
> > > > Just kidding. Michael Casper has not been an item
> > > with the list for many
> > > > moons.
> > > >
> > > > Casper was once a meteorite dealer and at that
> > > time a very colourful
> > > > character. He was involved in many verbal wars
> > > over the list and was a
> > > good
> > > > source for entertainment. he did have many nice
> > > meteorites and the few I
> > > > purchased from him are still treasured in my
> > > collection. I dealt mostly
> > > > with his wife who was very nice to deal with.
> > > >
> > > > One day he decided to get out of meteorites and
> > > sold his entire stock.
> > > > Since then, I believe, he has been dealing mostly
> > > in coins (Morgan
> > > dollars).
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Mike Tettenborn
> > > > Owen Sound, Ontario
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: <valparint at aol.com>
> > > > To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> > > > Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:03 PM
> > > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Who is Michael Casper?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > 'Splain, please and thank you, what an M. Casper
> > > is.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110233496850
> > > > >
> > > > > Paul Swartz
> > > > >
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