[meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 16:26:45 -0500
Message-ID: <AANLkTikrGYrMODoFMYTuhcbw0JpqBCRJQsyHoH12Xu0a_at_mail.gmail.com>

There's really not much point in notifying eBay about it. They won't
do anything about it. Been there, done that a hundred times.
Unfortunately.



On 11/18/10, michael cottingham <voyagebotanica at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> Over the 10+ years I have been selling and trading meteorites, I have owned
> over 500 grams of Weston... THAT IS NOT WESTON! I am sooooooooooo tired of
> these people on ebay trying their scams...trying to make a quick
> buck......... thinking every damn rock in their yard is a million dollar
> meteorite......... Yeah times have sure changed in the world of meteorites.
> The tip of the ice berg... just the tip of things to come. No wonder most
> of us are packing up and leaving ebay one by one.
> Best Wishes
> Michael Cottingham
> ----------------------------------------
>> Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:15:29 -0600
>> From: lintonius at earthlink.net
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay
>>
>>
>> Hi folks.
>> I'll readily admit to being one of the lesser knowledgable members of this
>> fine list, but these Weston specimens being offered on e-bay sure don't
>> look like the piece I have. Or any chondrites I have for that matter.
>> Is some poor sucker bidding on slag here?
>> Linton
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261289839&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261294519&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
>>
>>
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