[meteorite-list] "Ebay Again!"

From: bill kies <parkforestmet_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:17:22 -0500
Message-ID: <BAY173-W75AC7DDB95585B3A468FDA2930_at_phx.gbl>

First, I didn't question your material. I question crumbs in general. Second, it shouldn't be the responsibility of the buyer to try and find a lab that would be willing to examine crumbs. Crumb sellers know this. So, I think it's time for someone to take this task seriously and look at these endless micros. IMCA maybe?


I see your footnote about hate. What is that about?

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> Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 20:32:02 -0400
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Ebay Again!"
> From: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
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> Bill - Put your money where your mouth is. I have 100 localities of
> crumbs. Test every single one of them and post the results publicly.
> I'll give you a killer one-time discount deal for the purposes of
> testing. Use an XRF gun, microprobe, SEM, nickel test, magnetic
> susceptibility, or whatever method you choose. Just because you have a
> crazy bias against people who collect micromounts (and trade in them),
> doesn't give you any authority to make blanket judgements.
>
> Yes, buyers should always beware, and this is especially true with
> micro-crumbs that are not easily identified in a visual manner. If
> somebody wants a genuine speck of something rare, they know where to
> go. There are a few of us who are well-known and our sources are
> well-known. I get my crumbs from many of the same big dealers that
> high-budget collectors and institutions acquire material from. I just
> get the remainders and pieces that are too small for their clients and
> purposes. Nothing goes to waste. What do you do with the tiny specks
> and crumbs that fall off the larger specimens during handling? Suck
> it up with a dust-buster and throw it in the landfill?
>
> Yes to all of that and lets not forget the sellers of crumbs and specks. The
>> sale of miniscule meteorite material may be the most horrific method of
>> undermining the collections of the most vulnerable buyers.
>
> The most vulnerable buyers? Some of my clients have microprobes.
>
> Haters gonna hate. They see me rolling.
>
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> On 10/23/14, bill kies via Meteorite-list
> <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
>> Yes to all of that and lets not forget the sellers of crumbs and specks. The
>> sale of miniscule meteorite material may be the most horrific method of
>> undermining the collections of the most vulnerable buyers.
>>
>>
>> Those that are enthusiastic but on a limited budget. People who peddle these
>> worthless pips know full well that the material will never be authenticated
>> so they continue relentlessly without question, criticism or the slightest
>> regulation because this bs is profitable.
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