[meteorite-list] Mifflin, Amiss

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 09:06:25 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <3986.6575.qm_at_web30703.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

When purchasing artifacts, I learned that the more lengthy a seller's
explanation is, the more likely you are dealing with a fraudster. When the
story is long-winded as is the case with this bogus Mifflin, I immediately
become cautious. It is rare for dealers of genuine artifacts to go into more
detail than is necessary. The truth is much easier to tell than a lie and
doesn't require senseless backup explanations. In this day and age, why would
anybody deal with somebody they have never met and send cash to a P.O. Box
without first receiving the product?


Nobody likes to cut completely crusted stones so it is difficult to asses what
lays under a fresh fusion crust. A magnet might help a little bit. It really is

a matter of trust and it seems this trust is being violated frequently these
days when it comes to falls.

It is not fair to the people in the field spending hundreds of hours finding
legitimate stones to have some con artist purchase pieces for 1/100th the cost
and

then passing them off as a different fall. The meteorite fall market is so
thin, one

counterfeit can do widespread damage. Now some collectors will question the
authenticity of their Mifflin pieces and other recent falls unless they know the

exact circumstances of where the meteorite was found and by whom.

It is too bad a few Filthy, Greedy, Con-Artists have infiltrated this
semi-exclusive market which is based on trust!

The buck stops with the person that initially brought these phoneys to market.
Time to take out the trash!

Adam
Received on Sun 08 May 2011 12:06:25 PM PDT