[meteorite-list] Ugandan sues U.S. over meteorite

From: Michael Farmer <mike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:00:05 -0500
Message-ID: <4A4E25A8-8FA0-4778-88B1-6880EC3809AE_at_meteoriteguy.com>

One can not just walk up and "give" a meteorite to the US embassy. None of this story makes any sense. Furthermore unless he has a receipt, he would have nothing to file a claim. He also would have some trouble since that was more than 20 years ago!
Like I said, Nigerian scam of some sort.
Funny though.
I'll sell him a nice Mbale for only a few million and call it a day.
Michael Farmer

Sent from my iPhone

On Apr 18, 2013, at 5:56 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi List,
>
> Let's make assumptions, shall we?
>
> Assume the man did give a Mbale meteorite to the US Embassy.
>
> Assume the Mbale stone in question is a large, "museum-class"
> individual with fresh crust, regmaglypts, and it weighs 2 kilos.
>
> Assume the meteorite was a "loaner" and the giver had the expectation
> or right to get it back at some point in the future.
>
> Even with all of those assumptions, the stone is worth, at most, a
> couple thousand dollars - tops, under the best of circumstances.
>
> If money is what the guy is after and he wants the fair market value,
> give him a new iPhone and a $200 iTunes gift card, and call it even.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
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> On 4/18/13, Dan Miller <dannyspl12 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I like the line where it says the value of the cargo or meteorite is
>> worth billions if not trillions of dollars
>> On Apr 18, 2013 1:38 PM, "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <
>> meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Billions or trillions of dollars for a chunk of Mbale?
>>>
>>> Somebody is smoking something.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> MikeG
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>>> On 4/18/13, Tom Randall <tommy2005 at hvc.rr.com> wrote:
>>>> http://bit.ly/12qrXT9
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>>>> Regards!
>>>>
>>>> Tom
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