[meteorite-list] Meteorite Guides on eBay

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:31:58 +0200
Message-ID: <001c01cb5393$7a51cbf0$6ef563d0$_at_de>

Nja well,

I just tried, but can't find any guide there, which will prevent anyone from
buying products against "cellulitis".

No seriously, was ever once such a self-found million dollar rock sold on
ebay?
(I'm observing ebay only sparsely).

?

Martin

PS: I think ways more harmful are these Mekong-Irons, because they are cheap
and there are so many auctions with that stuff.

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Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Richard
Kowalski
Gesendet: Montag, 13. September 2010 22:31
An: meteorite list
Betreff: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Guides on eBay

With the fakes and frauds on ebay, and the discussions on this list, I have
not heard a single person mention the guides on ebay that discuss
meteorites, meteorite identification and what to do if you think you've
found a meteorite.

In addition to this, I don't remember seeing any lot listing on ebay from
reputable dealers that cite any of these guides.

Just looking through the titles of the 24 guides already written and in
place, I see a number of them have been written by well known dealers on
this list. In addition to pointing out the IMCA as a source of information,
it seems to me that it would do those selling meteorites would do well to
pick a few of these guides to link to on their listing.

You'll never be able to reach everyone, and as Barnum stated so well, "There
is a sucker born every minute.", so I think the best anyone can do is point
out the resources available to the buyer. Anyone willing to spend insane
amounts of money on rocks that the seller claims is a meteorite with no
verification is not really interested in meteorites to start with. They are
mostly looking to get rich quick. I seriously doubt that any of those fool's
money would ever end up in a legitimate dealers pocket no matter what. I
honesty don't think this is hurting the meteorite market all that much. Not
that I condone this, just don't believe that these buyers are not really,
and never would be "meteorite people".

The ebay guides I mention can be found at:

http://tinyurl.com/2uzgvfu

--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081

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