[meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 20:42:13 -0500
Message-ID: <000f01cbaae7$72a319d0$6401a8c0_at_donaldmerchant>

Hi List. I apologize as Greg did that I too did not realize it was Geoff's
auction...My deepest and sincere apologies to Geoff and List as I assumed it
was a listing by someone else. Shame on me for not reading past my nose!
Sincerely
Don Merchant
IMCA #0960
Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com>
To: <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 7:17 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay


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