[meteorite-list] Cottingham

From: M come Meteorite Meteorites <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:06:16 +0200
Message-ID: <4a712a48.1b0.4d4.291204604_at_webmaildh5.aruba.it>

I never buy any other meteorite from this person from when
he have lost a pack of material sent via ordinary mail when
I have request registered mail and I not have never seen my
money back...he can have Siena for $10/gr. the same I not
buy

Matteo


----- Original Message -----
Da : "Phil Whitmer" <prairiecactus at rtcol.com>
A : <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Oggetto : [meteorite-list] Cottingham
Data : Wed, 29 Jul 2009 20:07:00 -0400

> It looks like the two with the biggest beef in this little
> melodrama are Matteo and Bill. Seriously, have you guys
> ever actually checked out his prices? They're INSANEly
> low! He doesn't like making money, he just likes to sell
> meteorites. I got a nice sized chunk of Weston for our
> museum at one of his half off sales that anywhere else
> would cost 3 or 4 times as much. And most people sell
> tiny specks. Not bad for the first historically
> recognized meteorite in the US. People interested in
> selling meteorites could learn a thing or two from
> Cottingham. While Farmer may have been the first(?) to
> the strewnfield, MC was the first to eBay and was getting
> 140 + per gram for West. That's good marketing if you
> ask me.
>
> Anyway, it's not worth fighting or writing limericks
> about. I don't mind ads from Michael or anybody else,
> it's part of the landscape and if I had the extra dinero,
> I'd be spending like it's 1929!
>
> Phil Whitmer
>
>
>
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