[meteorite-list] AD, New Meteorite Men Collectible on Ebay Closing on Thursday Night

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:51:03 -0400
Message-ID: <e51421550907150951g4ac19ea9o460f3627dfa5f468_at_mail.gmail.com>

BTW - show some respect for Mr. Billy Mays. He was a better salesman
than any of you or us. If he was shilling meteorites, there'd be a
space rock in every home. ;)


On 7/15/09, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Steve, Mike and List,
>
> From the peanut gallery -
>
> Ok guys, enough is enough. This back and forth is making us all look
> bad and making meteorites look bad by proxy. Newbies are going to
> come here and think that space rocks infect people with Andromeda
> Strain madness.
>
> Look, when I act up and say stupid things on the List, most people
> ignore it. Who am I anyway?
>
> But you guys are the big names in the field - you guys are
> representatives of the hobby. You are in magazines and on TV. I knew
> who Steve Arnold and Mike Farmer were before I knew there were
> different types of carbonaceous chondrites. So when you guys come on
> the List and start going back and forth with general nastiness, it
> carries more weight and grabs more attention than it would if I was
> saying it. (or some other Johnny Come Lately) People are going to
> think - so this how meteorite people behave, I think I'll go collect
> pez dispensers now.
>
> Professional meteorite hunters (the successful ones, like you guys)
> live a life the rest of us armchair chasers dream of - you get to
> "work" by chasing space rocks and finding them. It beats the hell out
> of getting up at 4:30am and running a forklift at a distribution
> center or digging ditches for a living. (although, one could argue
> that finding meteorites does involve some ditch digging) - you guys
> are part of a very small brotherhood that gets to make a living from a
> PASSION. How cool is that? To wake up in the morning and ENJOY the
> idea of going to work.
>
> Steve is riding high on his Meteorite Men success right now - let him
> have it. Damn, if the tables were turned, I'd like to think that any
> of us wouldn't get our hides skinned because we revelled in our
> success of finding meteorites. And I understand what Mike is saying
> about too much hype - it what the radio does to new music - they run
> it into the ground until you are sick of hearing it. But there is no
> reason to carry out a public slapfight over this. Take it to private
> email. Mike, I'm sure you have Steve's phone number - call him up and
> bitch him out over the phone so we don't have to hear it. All you are
> doing is alienating customers/newbies - which I'm sure you don't care
> about because they are "nickel and dime" customers anyway. Actually,
> if I was profit-minded, I'd be loving this - because for every newbie
> you guys turn off, they come running to people like me - and I am more
> than happy to sell them all of the nickel and dime meteorites they
> want.
>
> I promised myself and the List, I'd keep my mouth shut and think
> before hitting "send" - which I have done for a week now while this
> continues on and on. So here you have it.
>
> Best regards and let's knock it off,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> On 7/15/09, Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> Let me get this strait, so you put it in a box, and make a label saying
>> it
>> is from you, and all you do is put a number on it, say #4 of 45.
>> Damn, can't believe I didn't think of that first. I have thousands of
>> Allende fragments, (I used to buy kilos of them from the Mexicans direct
>> until they ran out) I could really ramp up the gimmicks to try and
>> squeeze
>> another buck or two out of the buyer using their own stupidity against
>> them.
>> I am sure though, when they go to sell their box later that anyone with
>> brains will say, hmmmm .35 gram fragment of Allende retails for about
>> $3.00,
>> so I offer you $1.00 and not "wow", this is a limited edition plastic box
>> so
>> let's call it $30.00.
>>
>> I don't know why you cant just sell what you own for what it is, and not
>> try
>> to "Billy Mays" it all daytime TV style.
>> It is good for a laugh though.
>>
>> Michael Farmer
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> Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
> Member of the Meteoritical Society.
> Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
> Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Michael Gilmer (Louisiana, USA)
Member of the Meteoritical Society.
Member of the Bayou Region Stargazers Network.
Websites - http://www.galactic-stone.com and http://www.glassthrower.com
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Received on Wed 15 Jul 2009 12:51:03 PM PDT