[meteorite-list] Pool on the Chi-town collector's er I mean"Dealer"'s return?

[Darren Garrison]

On Fri, 15 Apr 2005 18:45:06 +0000, "tracy latimer" <daistiho at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Steve's latest purchase may be nonexistent.  There is a thread up right now 
>on the Trust and Safety board about how the seller of the "meteorite" from 
>"the Andes" is yet another scammer, stealing auctions and pictures to 
>fabricate their own.  He may be lucky if he gets a rusted out tractor part 
>from this guy!  There is a growing sense of caveat emptor about sellers from 
>China since so many (not all, but many) are turning out to be grifters.

I assume that is the seller I mentioned in the "Vaca Meurta iron from Siberia" post?  (quoted below)

If so, it should have been really, deeply, PAINFULLY obvious that it was a scam.






To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Subject: [meteorite-list] Vaca Meurta iron from Siberia!
From: Darren Garrison <cynapse at charter.net>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 23:26:58 -0400

Now THIS is an interesting auction.  I don't see how you could have more alarms going off unless the
auction page actually HAD a .wav of alarms going off.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6524768989

Vaca Meurta is listed as iron (though later it is a "mesosiderite iron")
Vaca Meurta is listed as being from Siberia.
Seller has 0 feedback.
Seller is in China.
Seller accepts only cash, bank transfer, and Western Union
Seller is 30 British Pounds for shipping a 30 gram piece.

Now who would touch one of this seller's auctions with a ten foot/3.05 meter pole?

well...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6524773792

:-)
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