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

From: Rob Holcomb <rob.holcomb_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:35:34 -0700
Message-ID: <0BC7B11B7B51478694D2E8A58A62B8DF_at_ATTHEFARM>

I think this is where all the meteorite friends could come together and
inundate the eBay patrol people with issues. They will bow to pressure and
then go outside and play volleyball or soccer, I see them almost daily when
I'm driving to work. :-) And yes they are real people. (Though I think the
"policy deciders" are not human.)
Rob H

PS: I still have about 3 kg of my Oman meteorites if anyone wants them,
they are boxed up and ready to go. Might be nice for a dealer and they are
all 3 grams or more (no little bits).

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From: "Michael Gilmer" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 5:18 PM
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Cc: <brmeteorites at yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Response to fraudulent Ebay listing using
Blaine's name

> Blaine - no good deed goes unpunished, even in the meteorite world.
>
> Maybe you should limit your analysis service to people you know or
> people who are members of the meteorite community in good standing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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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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