[meteorite-list] Response to fraudulent Ebay listing using Blaine's name

From: Michael Gilmer <*meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com*> Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:18:18 -0400 Message-ID: <AANLkTi=s1LAncBewktDBsf1pQ+PSS-NCe=6q8aMAQudj_at_mail.gmail.com> · meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com

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On 3/30/11, Impactika at aol.com <Impactika at aol.com> wrote:
> Hello Everybody,
>
> A few days ago Richard Montgomery brought to my attention that someone was
> selling a "meteorite" on Ebay using Blaine Reed's name. I forwarded the
> information to Blaine, and here is his response, below.
> Thank you Richard.
> And please do let us know if you all see any other similar problems on Ebay.
> Thank you.
>
> Anne M. Black
> www.IMPACTIKA.com
> IMPACTIKA at aol.com
> President of IMCA
> www.IMCA.cc
>
>
> In a message dated 03/30/11 15:20:11 Mountain Daylight Time,
> brmeteorites at yahoo.com writes:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I just got home from another long trip to find people asking me about this
> fraudulent E-Bay listing using my name.
>
> I did indeed do analysis work on three different pieces of the same stuff
> for these people at the Tucson show. The results were given, as shown, as
> simply written on the back of my card. HOWEVER, these jerks ADDED the Ni
> next
> to the Fe to what I had written and claimed that the number represented the
> combination of Fe and Ni. There was NO nickel what so ever in any of the
> three samples.
>
> I told them several times point blank that they DO NOT HAVE A METEORITE.
> What they had was a quite titanium rich magnetite. I also told them (as a
> consolation of sorts) that, if there was enough of this stuff where they
> found
> it, they may have the makings of a titanium mine.
>
> I guess this is a serious blow to my model of offering analysis of
> specimens for the public. It seems that there is no way I can stop these
> delusional
> i diots from misrepresenting or outright falsifying the data I give them (as
> these people did). I may have to reconsider my plans for offering this
> service (or how I handle delivering the data at the very least).
>
> I want to ask people out there to keep an eye out for these jokers offering
> this stuff again and let me know if they do (brmeteorites at yahoo.com). I
> have tried to file a complaint with E-Bbay on this listing, but was only
> given
> 100 characters (about a dozen words) to describe my problem/ issue with the
> listing! No way I can explain to the don't give a damn people at Ebay in
> that little space. I'll try again none the less if someone lets me know
> about a
> similar listing while it is still active.
>
> Thanks for your help and understanding (that i would never give the thumbs
> up to something so obviously bogus).
>
> Blaine Reed
>
>
> --- On Wed, 3/30/11, Impactika <impactika at aol.com> wrote:
>
> From: Impactika <impactika at aol.com>
> Subject: Fwd: goldierocks thought you might like this item on eBay
> To: brmeteorites at yahoo.com
> Date: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 2:59 PM
>
> In a message dated 03/27/11 09:21:50 Mountain Daylight Time,
> member at ebay.com writes:
>
> _http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11030.m44.l1120/7_
> (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/e11030.m44.l1120/7) ?
> euid=0bf5bfa72dfb441f956db39faab6a6c2&loc=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2Fe
> BayISAPI.dll%3FViewItem%26%26item%3D320675837962%26ssPageName%3DADME%3AB%3AE
> F%3AUS%3A1120
>
>
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