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

From: Michael Gilmer <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:03:47 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTinVx_e1wPAtpQcFKdDUm4GgdrhmBNwPj2f7wrT9_at_mail.gmail.com>

Link - http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320675837962



On 3/30/11, Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> Shame on them!! Do you have a link we can see??
>
>
>
> Stuart McDaniel
> Lawndale, NC
> Secr.,
> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
> Member - KCA, KBCA, CDUSA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Gilmer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:18 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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