[meteorite-list] RSVP re Another crazy bidder on ebay

From: Michael Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 19:38:26 -0800
Message-ID: <C94684B2.155A4%mlblood_at_cox.net>

Don and Greg,
        You DO know the seller is Geoff Notkin, don't you? I can
Only assume you do NOT know it is Geoff.....
Such speculation is ludicrous in this case..... And very careless of
You. Comments that would sullying someone's reputation are
nothing to take lightly! Shame on you both for such comments
Either you made these comments out of negligence in failing to note
Who the seller is or FAR WORSE, you would dare to make such
Remarks regarding Geoff.
        Please let us know if it is mere carelessness or actually an
accusation regarding Geoff.
        Please, Speak out on this list - both of you - and not in a private
post. Your comments were public and your response should be public.
        Sincerely, Michael Blood


On 1/2/11 2:50 PM, "GREG LINDH" <geeg48 at msn.com> wrote:

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> An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff.
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> Wow, there's a shocker.
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> Greg L.
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>> 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-biddin
>> g-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" <fujmon at mac.com>
>> To: "MeteorList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> 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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Received on Sun 02 Jan 2011 10:38:26 PM PST