[meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:17:32 -0700
Message-ID: <BLU125-W21E4101D4C0C4D65BD729AC9070_at_phx.gbl>

  Eric,
 
  My mistake. I didn't notice that it was Geoff. Had I noticed, I would not have even posted.
 
  
  Greg L.
 
 
 


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> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 16:00:25 -0800
> From: eric at meteoritesusa.com
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
>
> Hey Don, Greg, Did you even bother looking at who's auction this is? Do
> you realize that the Met-List is a PUBLIC forum? Not just in your email
> box...
>
> Maybe you don't mean to associate a reputable member of this communbity
> with the practices you mention, but your statements can be seriously
> misinterpreted by others. Perhaps showing some thoughtful intelligent
> restraint is a good thing here instead of being overly suspicious by
> pointing out probably completely unrelated circumstances which could
> cause an automatic and mistaken association with one of our communities
> most reputable dealers.
>
> It's probably just and overly zealous and extremely excited
> inexperienced bidder.
>
> Don't forget, this auction is for an extremely exquisite, flight
> oriented, rollover lipped, beautifully fusion crusted meteorite, being
> offered by none of than the world famous Geoff Notkin of the Meteorite Men.
>
> Naaa... That couldn't possibly be the reason it's got such high bids.
>
> Regards,
> Eric
>
>
> On 1/2/2011 2:50 PM, GREG LINDH wrote:
> > An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff.
> >
> > Wow, there's a shocker.
> >
> >
> > Greg L.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >> From: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
> >> To: fujmon at mac.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> >> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500
> >> CC: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
> >>
> >> The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one
> >> item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging
> >> is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up.
> >> Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me
> >> that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would
> >> retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all
> >> this but I have seen this game before on several occasions.
> >> Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and
> >> charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower
> >> then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this
> >> bidding rigging!
> >>
> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-bidding-items-raise-prices.html
> >>
> >> Sincerely
> >> Don Merchant
> >> IMCA #0960
> >> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
> >> http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Gary Fujihara"
> >> To: "MeteorList"
> >> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM
> >> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170585023324
> >>>
> >>> current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5
> >>> chondrite
> >>>
> >>> granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an
> >>> OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy
> >>> has 0 feedback.
> >>>
> >>> Gary Fujihara
> >>> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
> >>> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
> >>> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
> >>> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
> >>> (808) 640-9161
> >>>
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