[meteorite-list] I am home from Tokyo

[Walter Branch]

Hi Mike,

I confess, I don't understand.
Why, exactly, were you kicked out of the show?

-Water Branch

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter at comcast.net>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 2:29 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] I am home from Tokyo


> Hi everyone,
> I am home a little early from Tokyo, and am preparing now for the
Ensishiem
> and St Marie aux Mines shows in France. Anyone who wants anything, let me
> know now so that I can prepare it, ship it, or bring it to France. I will
be
> traveling on from there back to Asia, and will not be bringing much at all
> to Europe. So please make your requests now.
>
> On to other business:
>
> Just a quick note about the Tokyo show, and just to squash any rumors
before
> they start, something occurred there that needs to be addressed now, not
> when people start spreading rumors.
>
>     Hans Koser and I went to Tokyo, and managed to acquire a table at the
> show, directly from the show owner, when another dealers material was
stuck
> in customs.
> That table unfortunately was next to Marvin and Kitty Kilgore. We agreed
> from the start not to put meteorite specimens on the table (as this would
> compete too much with Marvin). Hans and I both had mineral specimens, and
> meteorite jewelry, spheres, and eggs made of meteorites.
> Within an hour of setting up the table (the show had already started)
there
> was a meeting with Marvin Kilgore and Bud Eisler. The complained to the
show
> owner several times, then Kitty Kilgore came in and saw us there and she
got
> the show owner, then they forced us to be kicked out of the show. There
was
> of course, an argument and although nothing serious, there was no
happiness
> between Hans, myself nor Marvin. He tried to explain that it was not
> personal, only business.
> Of course, any of you can imagine how much it costs to go to Tokyo,
shipping
> material, then being thrown out of the show barely two hours after it
> opened. This was not a nice thing to do, and we had only jewelry and
> manufactured items on our table, Kilgore had none of that, only large
> specimens for sale. Eisler did have lots of meteorite jewelry, but he was
> nowhere near us.
>     This is a pretty bad situation, and no need to make it worse with
> rumors. It was several dealers being jealous and not wanting competition
at
> a show, and that was that. Since I have never attended that show, the show
> owner bowed to the complaints of Bruno and Carine, Marvin, and Eisler and
> kicked us out. Bruno complained to me the moment he saw me in Tokyo.
>     Any of you who know Hans Koser knows that he is the nicest guy in the
> world, who works on very little money, and who this hurt extremely badly.
He
> did not deserve that sort of treatment, nor did I as I hardly know Bud
> Eisler (even though he lives in Tucson) and have always considered Marvin
a
> close friend. Needless to say, that is over with this action.
>
> There are two sides to every story, and Marvin tried to tell me that he
was
> kicked out of there before and it was then only fair that I got kicked out
> ( I don't buy that argument at all), and that there were too many
meteorite
> dealers there (again, so what) and those things made it ok to kick two
> friends to the curb and force them to lose $4000 to $6000 each in
expenses!
> There were many witnesses to what happened, and if you don't believe me,
ask
> Hans.
>
> I am a firm believer in "what goes around, comes around".
>
> Mike Farmer
>
>
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