[meteorite-list] [IMCA] Important - Please Read

From: actionshooting at carolina.rr.com <*actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:14:33 -0400 Message-ID: <20110713171434.C1M6Z.16715.root_at_hrndva-web25-z02> · actionshooting_at_meteoritecentral.com

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Stuart McDaniel
Lawndale, NC 
IMCA#9052
http://www.facebook.com/Stuart.McDaniel.No.1
---- Ken Newton <ken.imca at gmail.com> wrote: 
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Jason and Board Members,
Jason, that is a slap in the face, thanks for the heads up.
Board,  Mr Scarborough is still using his IMCA number in at least one ebay
auction ("IMCA member 6135. "):
http://cgi.ebay.com/270752039514
I only checked two of his very many auctions.  (You can have ebay shut down
auctions of persons pretending to be members)
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=meteoritecollectorsorg
Best,
Ken
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 9:45 AM, jason utas <jasonutas at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
> Many of you know that a man named John/Bryan Scarborough was recently
> removed from the IMCA for selling meteorites that were analytically
> proven to be misrepresented.  If you've never heard this before,
> please see the list archives:
>
>
> http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com/msg98693.html
>
> What you might not know is that I personally took responsibility for
> (dis)proving the authenticity of his sales after noticing that much of
> what he was selling looked "funny" -- starting back in January 2010.
> Ultimately, a number of samples were sent directly from people who had
> purchased them from John/Bryan to a lab for analysis, and, as the
> above emails details, an "Ash Creek" turned out to be an H-chondrite,
> a fragment of "Zunhua" turned out to be indistinguishable from
> Tamdakht (Zunhua is an L-chondrite, not an H), and an iron that he'd
> been selling as Deport turned out to be what is most likely a Campo
> del Cielo.
>
> His explanations of how these mistakes had occurred were extremely
> dissatisfying; the IMCA board apparently thought as much, because the
> opted to remove him from the membership.
>
> The trouble is that someone, apparently, told him that I did much of
> the investigative work.  How do I know this?  Jeff Kuyken, on the IMCA
> board of directors, just informed me that John/Bryan has changed his
> ebay username to "meteoritekid," my old internet alias.
>
> My ebay username is *not* "meteoritekid."  Please do not buy from
> anyone using the name "meteoritekid" on ebay.  John/Bryan is
> attempting to impersonate me online in order to get back at me for
> having tracked his shady dealings down.
>
> I would not personally trust the authenticity of any specimen he sells.
>
> I am currently taking a geology field mapping course in Montana and do
> not have a working phone.  When I return home in a few days, I will be
> pursuing this matter with ebay.  If that does not work, I will pursue
> it legally.  If anyone on here has experience with similar issues
> within ebay, I'd like whatever help I can get.
>
> - Do not buy from the ebay seller "meteoritekid."  It is not me, and
> John/Bryan has proven that he is willing to sell a wide variety of
> material that is misrepresented.
>
> Thank You,
> Jason
>
> [IMCA 6730]
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