[meteorite-list] NWA planetaries and Moroccans

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 22:48:45 +0200
Message-ID: <013401c9d7fa$0ad532f0$177f2a59_at_name86d88d87e2>

Mike, please...

I just opened the ebay-site, searched for "meteori*",
got 1681 results.

Please show me those auctions from IMCA-members, where fakes, not authentic
or at least doubtful material (regarding the authenticity) are offered.

And then list me those auctions from non-IMCA-members, where fakes, non
authentic and doubtful material is offered.

IMCA was founded to make meteorite trades safer for all.
The result of your comparision will be, I dare to foresee, quite convincing,
that that IMCA-thing already could be called quite a success.

I guess, if you'll search for "Sideroli" and "nandan", "meteori* +sphere"
and "tibet +meteori*" ect. you will directly obtain your first 20-50 fakes,
..to make it a little bit easier.

Hmm those meteoritic "carbonados" currently en vogue, I just can found only
2 offered. Together 50 k$..... a nice sum to go shopping for real
meteorites.

To lazy (US-ebay is working so slowly on my computer since weeks?) to check
how many tektites currently are offered there to the layman to have
originated from the Moon...

That's what IMCA mainly is about.

And I'm so ooooold, that I know the times before IMCA and how the situation
was there, where everyone could sell any stone from his garden as meteorite,
with the rookie, the laypeople, the unexperienced having zero possibility to
know something about authenticity and having zero guidelines.
Now his chances to be ripped off are definitely lower, when he looks for the
IMCA-labels.

(And I have by far less people to console in my practise, who bought crap as
meteorites, than the years before).

I for myself am astonished, how few complaints about alleged misdemeanour or
fraud of IMCA-members reach IMCA.
Remember IMCA is statuably obligated to proof each and every case reported.
And in turn, if nobody complains, IMCA can't know the case.
Remember that instrument is available for ALL, for non-members too, as long
as the wrongdoing party is a member.
Do you know any similar service in the meteoritic field?

Hmm perhaps another, more empiric thought:
Why do so many dealers, collector-dealers, collectors and those, who
frequently or sporadically trade, sell, swap meteorites join IMCA,
if that club is only a joke?
Nobody urges them to do that, it's there free will and it even costs them 20
bucks and makes their transactions more difficult, if they obey the code of
ethics.

So why?
If we let aside all that pathetic stuff about enthusiasm, education, safety
for the consumer (shhht no outcry now please, I know that many of you joined
also because of these intentions, but I try to explain something)
and reduce that affair to the most disdainful or trivial reason: the
commercial thing, the money, which I almost fear, at least if I read the
recent postings of some of the list, seems to be the most understandable and
maybe important factor in their collectors life.....

Why the heck then most are eager to join IMCA, if they don't see any
advantage for them in it?

Obviously something with that IMCA and the labels seems to work.
And that can't be directly influenced by the IMCA-members and directors
(else than their sedulous conduct and work)
cause their must have happened something with the ominous "consumer" - ugly
word,
that it turned out to be an advantage for most offerers (or at least in
their opininion) to use the IMCA-label.

If it would be meaningless, why would the offerers use it then?

Of course there are very honourable offerers and dealers too,
who do without - not so seldom their reputation and integrity seems to be
work alone as well.
(Have to say that, only to avoid the always identic discussions).
But if one counts, I guess, meanwhile the majority of meteorite offerers ate
members of IMCA.

It is easy to scoff about something, harder it is to improve a grievance.
IMCA was born by the idea of few, who were very discontented about the
situation regarding the safety on the meteorite market (especially with the
still quite new ebay then) - maybe so discontent like you and others are
about IMCA - and felt, that something had to be done.
They had the ideas and realized them with their own efforts and if I see the
results after those few years only - and I wasn't a member from beginning on
- then I have to pay my highest deference to the founders.

An opinion only, my opinion
Martin
 

-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Galactic
Stone & Ironworks
Gesendet: Montag, 18. Mai 2009 20:58
An: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] NWA planetaries and Moroccans

"hi all
this what the IMCA is for , the imca members protect themselves by
being members,

if somone is stolen or ripped off he goes to i.m.c.a. and he put a
reclamation, than the imca make a black list of the no honnest
dealers,

so i encourage everybody to be member of IMCA..."

ROTFLMAO!

That's rich. Thanks for the smile today. ;)



On 5/18/09, habibi abdelaziz <azizhabibi at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> hi all
> this what the IMCA is for , the imca members protect themselves by being
> members,
>
> if somone is stolen or ripped off he goes to i.m.c.a. and he put a
> reclamation, than the imca make a black list of the no honnest dealers,
>
> so i encourage everybody to be member of IMCA...
>
> i also ask morrocan dealer to be members from the imca and to fallow the
> rules , this will give good notorite to morrocans delears and also will
> protect them to be ripped off by anyone else, and give agood image of the
> morrocans delears.
> meantime i ask the imca to make it easy for the morrocans to be members,
and
> later ask them to fallow the rules,
>
> thanks
>
>
> habibi aziz
> box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco
> phone. 21235576145
> fax.21235576170</font>
>
>
>
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