[meteorite-list] Huge Increase in Meteorite "help me" or "buy me" emails.

From: Gary Fujihara <fujmon_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:24:04 -1000
Message-ID: <CE0DABEA-17BD-4C71-AF1D-AF7FB53BA2A3_at_mac.com>

We have not been inundated at the IfA like Laurence at ASU (see today's RFSPoD), but certainly have noticed an increase in rock submissions and email and phone inquiries. This in addition to all the suspect material on ebay, and I would say that the show has been successful in bringing better awareness to meteorites.

gary

On Mar 22, 2010, at 6:16 AM, Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:

> Hi List!
>
> Are any of the other dealers noticing a big increase in emails from
> unknown people wanting you to ID their suspected meteorite or buy
> their suspected meteorite?
>
> In the last couple of weeks, I have gotten a flood of emails from
> people around the country and the world - all wanting me to identify
> their obvious meteorwrong, or to purchase their meteorwrong. One guy
> claimed to be in China, but had a Russian email address, and he
> attached some photos of an obvious industrial slag which he claimed
> was a meteorite and he even had a bogus "lab report" to prove it.
> Some of these are honest folks who are confused or misinformed, but
> many are scammers. Do the scammers think because we deal meteorites,
> we must be dumb or something? Because some of these so-called
> "meteorites" they try to push on me are obviously bogus - so bogus a
> blindman or a fool could tell they are not meteorites.
>
> Is this another after-effect from the Meteorite Men TV show? Or just a fluke?
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
>
> --
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Gary Fujihara
Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
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Received on Mon 22 Mar 2010 12:24:04 PM PDT