[meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!

From: Don Merchant <dmerchan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:57:36 -0500
Message-ID: <E136781BA62F44E1B6800D8DE4AE72B2_at_don>

Hi Brian. Thank you for the reply and I am very well aware of who you are
and Lonestar Meteorites. I understand your concern and apologize for not
putting in the "*" between the name when I mentioned lonestar*meteorites
seller on eBay. I believe that this name similarity was explained here on
the List but agree that it needed to be explained again as you did. I hope
that forwarding this reply back to you and the Met List clarifies any
confusion to you and your Buyers/Patrons and anyone reading this posts.
Sincerely
Don Merchant
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Barnett" <aerolite at austin.rr.com>
To: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 12:00 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!


Hello Don,

My name is Brian Barnett. I have been a collector of meteorites since about
1968 and a dealer operating under the name "Lonestar Meteorites" since the
late 1990's. I am licensed under that name by the Texas Comptrollers Office
and by the county where I live.

I was informed last night that a person using the Ebay name
"lonestar*meteorites" existed. After reading your posts to the list this
evening, I wanted to clarify that we are not one and the same. The posts I
am reading cause me some alarm as my usual customers may read them. With
that said, I do not sell meteorites on Ebay but only at Texas gem & mineral
shows.

I appreciate what you are trying to do but felt it necessary to clarify that
my company "Lonestar Meteorites" is not advertising on Ebay under the name
lonestar*meteorites.

Thanks for your time,

Brian

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 13, 2012, at 9:56 PM, "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
wrote:

> Sorry made some typo errors on last email and had to correct them. Hmmmm
> getting senile.
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Merchant"
> <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
> To: "Brandon" <b1dunovant at aol.com>; "Metlist"
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Cc: "Don Merchant" <dmerchan at rochester.rr.com>
> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 10:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
>
>
>> I guess what is most shocking of all this is his 100% feedback. Even more
>> bizarre and no offense to anyone, is that if you click his feedback
>> (feedback left as a Seller) there are many familiar names of Buyers in
>> the meteorite collecting community who should know better then risk
>> taking a chance purchasing any specimens, especially after this Seller
>> has been targeted for questionable authenticity of meteorite specimens in
>> his auctions.
>> *
>> What scares me most is that the many specimens this Seller has sold over
>> time will someday make their way back to the collecting community and
>> most likely via future eBay auctions. These Buyers/Collectors of
>> "lonestar meteorites" auctions, may eventually re-sell these specimens
>> either to acquire a bigger piece or different specimen thus tainting
>> (most likely unknowingly) other peoples meteorite collections by selling
>> a specimen that was not what it really is.
>> *
>> Here again I can only express as I have done over and over again
>> (sounding like a broken record) either on my Website, my eBay auctions
>> or this List, the importance of PROVENANCE! I fully understand that
>> sometimes provenance can get lost in time with paper work...it has
>> happened to me but not very often. The importance of keeping RECORDS and
>> your paper work of the sale, such as the Seller's name, the COA if one is
>> supplied and the ID card etc should be first and foremost and only takes
>> a few minutes of time! You need to have this in order to protect yourself
>> and especially if you re-sell your meteorite. These meteorite specimens
>> just don't grow on trees in peoples backyards! They have to have come
>> from somewhere, someone. Ask a Seller for this specimens history
>> information. Demand some kind of Provenance or COA, at least an ID Card
>> and have them sign it before you even consider to bid or buy. Protect,
>> Protect, Protect yourself and your ass-ets.! Most importantly protect
>> your fellow meteorite collecting community from the wrongful
>> misrepresentation of specimens being sold by speaking up and warning
>> others such as this List the IMCA and other meteorite organizations, so
>> we can get rid of these type plagues.
>> Just my thoughts.
>> *
>> Sincerely
>> Don Merchant
>> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
>> www.ctreasurescwonders.com
>> IMCA #0960
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brandon" <b1dunovant at aol.com>
>> To: "Metlist" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2012 9:37 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Bryan Scarborough still at it!
>>
>>
>>> List,
>>>
>>> I would like to give my opinion regarding Bryan Scarborough a.k.a,
>>> lonestar*meteorites.
>>>
>>> I try to give everyone the benifit of the doubt and after hearing the
>>> questions about John/Bryan's Tissint listing I had to go and look at his
>>> listings for myself. While doing so that I noticed he had a 27.2g "Oum
>>> Dreyga" slice he was selling that looked an awful lot like an
>>> unclassified slice I purchased from him a couple years ago. It was the
>>> next slice after mine so I recognized the inclusions and shape
>>> immediately.
>>> I can honestly say my slice is not Oum Dreyga as similar as they look.
>>> Oum Dreyga has twice the metal flakes as mine and I'm positive, as his.
>>> Mine is much more likely an L-chondrite, not an H. Though very similar
>>> at first glance they are indeed different and I've spent the last half
>>> hour verifying my claim.
>>>
>>> I would not trust one damn thing this guy sells! This is now the second
>>> stone he is selling which I know first hand isn't having both his
>>> specimen and the actual specimen he is representing it as.
>>>
>>> He is still up to his old game and now I am positive! Buyers still
>>> beware!
>>>
>>> Just thought I would share my 2?.
>>>
>>> Brandon D
>>> IMCA# 9312
>>>
>>>
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