[meteorite-list] My take if it's ok... On Steve Arnold

[Bill Southern]

I was just going to let this go, but seeing some folks not understanding how 
this fellow operates I have decided to tell a short story about my first 
dealings with Steve A. from Chicago (Elgin) IL.

 I was actually taken in by a request for some Franconia irons a few weeks 
back which I hunt for and find myself here in Arizona, by Steve. Now I hunt 
these and take pride in my finds and picked out some very nice little irons 
and also a slice of about 1.5 grams or so of the H5 chondrite thought to be 
the source of the small and very unique irons and sent them to Steve as a 
gift thinking he would add them to his collection.

A few days later they show up for sale on ebay...Didn't sell there so he put 
them in his sale...Needless to say I felt sort of stupid and taken for the 
proverbial ride. This was my first and LAST experience with Mr. Arnold. I 
emailed him asking about it and got no reply.

Yes it is true that they are his do with as he pleases, but I feel I should 
have been told before sending them to him that he intended to sell them and 
not keep them. His pretence was owning some for his collection in his 
request. Alas I am fond of learning some things the hard way, but just once 
:)

Whoops...Bill