[meteorite-list] Fraudulant Trade - Bob Evans

[wahlperry at aol.com]

Hi McCartney,

Sorry to hear about Bob stealing your meteorite. I would like to hear 
his reply .Lets hope he takes care of this matter. Next time you send a 
meteorite make sure you get full payment and if they don't like it 
return the money minus shipping.

Sonny

-----Original Message-----
From: McCartney Taylor <mccartney at blackbearddata.com>
To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 22:54:39 -0500
Subject: [meteorite-list] Fraudulant Trade - Bob Evans

I am saddened to announce that I've been the victim of a fruadulent 
trade. I
view it is as my duty as an IMCA member and a proactive citizen to warn 
other
meteorite collectors of this person to help them avoid entanglements 
with this
person, thus I post here. I am pursuing other action, both police and 
court to
recover my material.

The person I tried to trade with was Bob Evans of Romeoville, IL.

Timeline:
Aug 5, 2005- I shipped him a 1.44kg quartercut of Wellman(f) for his 
review.
On August 5, 2005 he confirms he received it. At that time Wellman was 
worth
$3/g, thus a $4320 piece.

>From August 2005 to January 2006 I was put off several times with 
excuses
about his wife 'stealing' his collection in a marital dispute which 
included my
Wellman (f) piece. He asked me to keep quiet about it. Being sensitive, 
I did
as asked.

Febuary 2006- Tucson show. I cornered him at the Tucson show, he agreed 
to a
reasonable trade amout in exchange for the Wellman.

Febuary 7, 2006 - The week after the Tucson show ended I got an email 
from
Bob stating he's changed his mind and no deal. But he didn't ship back 
the
Wellman.

March to June 2006 - After numerous unanswered emails and phone calls, 
I
sent a certified letter demanding the Wellman's return. There has been 
no
response at all.

Yes, I'm aware I was foolish in letting myself be fooled for almost a 
year. I
tend
to overly trust the meteorite community in general. Perhaps its a 
character
flaw of mine.

-- McCartneyTaylor, IMCA 2760
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