[meteorite-list] Steve Arnold (Elgin). Man of his word.

From: Guy Heinen <guyhein_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 22:49:07 +0100
Message-ID: <60360F22-FD90-4604-BECF-01B5013C5A8E_at_pt.lu>

Hi Greg L and Greg C,

I agree 100% with you.

Bill, the time for writing your long e-mail must have cost you at
least one hour and enough energy to press several thousand times the
'delete' button for e-mails that you don't want to read.

Guy Heinen


Am 20.12.2009 um 22:15 schrieb GREG LINDH:

>
>
> Hi Greg,
>
> I agree with your assessment. Chicago Steve may be a little odd,
> but who of us isn't. I have gotten a couple of free meteorites from
> him and I'm thankful to Steve for that. Instead of his constant
> complaints about someone like Steve, who has a child like quality to
> him in his quest to bring joy to others with his give aways, Bill
> should try doing likewise. Perhaps he should buy a bunch of
> inexpensive NWAs and just give them away to school children and
> perhaps his neighbors. I've done this and believe me, seeing the
> excitment in these people when they hold their first meteorite in
> their hands is worth the time and money I spent.
> As to you, Bill, should you read this email, I'd suggest you loose
> the Scrooge like attitude toward life. Life is short. Best to make
> an impact while we're here.
>
> Greg Lindh
>
>
>
>> Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2009 00:57:31 -0800
>> From: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Steve Arnold (Elgin). Man of his word.
>>
>> I just would like to add something to this...
>>
>> My experience with Chicago Steve has ALWAYS been good.
>> He has given me many "freebies" and has also purchased from me, but
>> yet has NEVER asked for anything in return. No discounts, no
>> special deals, nothing.
>> I have bought from him, received the meteorites in a very prompt
>> time and they have been as described.
>> Thats my experience.
>>
>> What I have seen in my limited time on the list...
>>
>> He offers a great deal of wonderful meteorites, FREE to those that
>> want them.
>> Sure, he may break the rules from time to time, but no worse then
>> others have/do, and far less severity then many have done.
>> A few people are ready to jump all over him for posting too much,
>> yet remain silent while others do it.
>> Add to that the 10-15 posts about his post, makes for 1--15x as
>> much emails to deal with.
>>
>> While I am not taking any sides in this, I just felt the need to
>> express my thoughts.
>>
>>
>> Hope everyone is doing well.
>>
>> Greg C.
>> www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
>> IMCA member 4682
>>
>>
>> --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
>>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Steve Arnold (Elgin). Man of his word.
>>> To: "bill kies" <parkforestmet at hotmail.com>
>>> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>> Date: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 3:39 AM
>>> What exactly is your point?
>>> (rhetorical of course) Who's the one with the problem? The
>>> one who apologizes for some of the things they've done, or
>>> the one who points out the faults of others and consistently
>>> posts negative comments and BS with an obvious prejudice
>>> that no one wants to read, and all in all never contributes
>>> anything but negativity to the list. Must have taken a while
>>> to compile the "apologies". What have you contributed to the
>>> list that can be deemed the least bit noteworthy or positive
>>> beside brash attempts at slamming other on the list? Nothing
>>> that I've seen...
>>>
>>> But then again I didn't search through 7 years of posts to
>>> make my point either...
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Eric
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