[meteorite-list] PELISSON SLIMEBALLS STRICKS METEORITE COMMUNITY AGAIN

From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:20:13 -0800 (PST)
Message-ID: <464487.61533.qm_at_web45601.mail.sp1.yahoo.com>

I have seen the site before also... It makes me wonder what motivation they have for such comments.
Im sure the big oil companies contribute far more to terrorism then the meteorite trade, but I think meteorites are an easier target due to the fact that they dont have high dollar lawyers.

Greg c.


--- On Wed, 2/25/09, dean bessey <deanbessey at yahoo.com> wrote:


From: dean bessey <deanbessey at yahoo.com>
Subject: [meteorite-list] PELISSON SLIMEBALLS STRICKS METEORITE COMMUNITY AGAIN
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2009, 3:16 PM



Here is a somewhat sad email that I received from a new ebay NWA customer last week. Like a majority of new collectors nowadays he started out on ebay and was doing research on meteorite to advance his meteorite knowledge and this website showed up telling him that terrorists were supporting NWA.
After explaining to him how big of slimeballs these guys are and that they are outcasts in the meteorite community (Even banned from what I would consider the worlds most important meteorite auction - bloods tucson auction) he is OK with collecting again.
I had somebody in my shop about two months ago who is a new meteorite customer and he also found this site doing research and he said (To Quote) "All NWA meteorites are found by terrorists - there are no legitimate finds".
I realize that anybody can put up a website and spew out garbage (Look at all the anti sematic, pedophile and other sites out there) and the Pelisson website in my opinion falls into this catagory with the garbage. Anybody involved in meteorites is being damaged by new collectors reading this garbage and not knowing the difference.
I dont have solutions because I cant force that website down but anything possible the meteorite community should do
Few places in the world has benefited the poor locals more than NWA meteorites and new collectors should know that and not worry that they are supporting terrorists.
Sincerely
DEAN BESSEY

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Dean:

? ? I've been doing some meteorite research in general, and one website I've come across in particular is disturbing to me and I wanted your thoughts about the imformation on it. Thanks. If my link does not work the website is as follows: www.saharamet.com/meteorite/data/Sahara/NWA.html

? ? Thanks.? If you've shipped my purchase OK, if not yet, please wait until you have read this website and given me your thoughts. Thank you very much. (NAME WITHELD)


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