[meteorite-list] Doing the right thing

[j.divelbiss at att.net]

I wonder if we will all get to read another 1000 word, non-sensical rebuttal from Mr. Sudbury that this trash was not being sold as a meteorite? It may either be to one of the lists, or in the next Ebay listing about how "he never really said it was a meteorite". An apology would be more appropriate. 

Pelt this until then,

JD

-------------- Original message from "Adam Hupe" : -------------- 

> Dear List, 
> 
> I see others are feed up with meteorwrongs being sold on ebay. Here is 
> somebody making his voice heard after being burned: 
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3239&item=2260392588 
> 
> It is a funny thing that even after some sellers have been told, in no 
> uncertain terms, that what they are selling is not a meteorite they continue 
> to sell anyway. We used to pay the expense of having these objects tested 
> believing the sellers were misinformed but honest and found even with 
> official lab reports the sellers did not want to hear the outcome. This is 
> why we no longer test these objects, its a complete waste of time when so 
> many real meteorites need to be tested. If they don't believe members of 
> the IMCA or the List then the item should be ignored because there is a 
> 99.9% chance it is not a meteorite. This is why it is so important to have 
> all real meteorites tested by an approved facility and provide 
> classification data to the buyers. 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------ 
> Adam Hupe 
> The Hupe Collection 
> Team LunarRock 
> IMCA 2185 
> raremeteorites at comcast.net 
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