[meteorite-list] Meteorite Self-Pairing = No-No!

From: dave carothers <carothersdl_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:11:31 -0500
Message-ID: <658AD43E31CF4AD38366A76FC5769579_at_your291etg47cr>

Rob,

Well said. We can't thank Greg, Adam, Mark, Svend, Mike, Martin and all the
other reputable dealers enough for maintaing a high level of integrity in
their efforts to bring meteorites to us collectors.

Regards,

Dave

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob McCafferty" <rob_mccafferty at yahoo.com>
To: "Greg Hupe" <gmhupe at htn.net>; <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Self-Pairing = No-No!


Greg Wrote

"I am very passionate about what I do and try to keep it as accurate as
possible. When games and fraud is perpetrated by those who do not care about
the science or collectors, I get upset and tend to be vocal.

If I seem too quick to reply, or type a single word in haste or anger, I
apologize to all who are offended by my posts. I think it is important to
keep it real, and really keep it honest and accurate!

I believe it is part of my responsibility to keep it real and to give notice
to those who do not!"

___________

Rob Says



And that's why I have a great deal of respect for you and I'm pretty sure
there are plenty of others who feel the same (indeed, I know this for fact)
Trust is everything to collectors as we do not have access to our own
testing labs and your efforts to maintain integrity in a business where the
material is so valuable benefits science and collectors alike.


Greed is a powerful motivator. Maybe it is this that causes some dealers to
act out of haste. But then maybe it's not. I am fortunate that I do not have
the wolves at my door. *****

I applaud the efforts of those who endeavour to assist science, improve the
reliability of data for collectors, especially at their own cost. I find
philantropy rather inspiring and the world needs more of it.

And if I'm talking out of turn, I'm not sorry. Get over it. I'm standing up
for a guy that I believe is doing it the right way.

Rob McC


***** I try to be careful about how I word things. Rearrange the same
collection of short sentences this way...

"I am fortunate that I do not have the wolves at my door. Maybe it is this
that causes some dealers to act out of haste. But then maybe it's not. Greed
is a powerful motivator".

An entirely different mood suggesting "all people are fundamentally bad".
I prefer my rather naive sounding original.



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