[meteorite-list] Self Proclaimed Pairings Issues (SPPI)

[tracy latimer]

IMHO, there is significant difference between someone fraudulently 
proclaiming (without doing the  legwork) "This meteorite IS paired with 
XXXX" and someone saying "This meteorite I BELIEVE TO BE paired with XXXX" 
or "This meteorite MIGHT BE paired with XXXX".  If the latter, I want to see 
large disclaimers and that an appropriate sample has been submitted for 
classification to the appropriate labs before I spend my money. although I 
have been known to take a flyer.  That's also how I got a couple of my 
meteorwrongs :)  It doesn't hurt to be a known reliable source either.  
Anyone can say they THINK they have the newest lunar, but show me the 
paperwork first.

"Allah will provide, but tie your camel anyway."

Tracy Latimer

>From: "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at comcast.net>
>To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Self Proclaimed Pairings Issues (SPPI)
>Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 12:56:05 -0700
>
>Yea but...
>
>A PCGS rated coin is worth a lot more than a dealer's self proclaimed 
>rating
>which means nothing no matter how honest he may be perceived.  Same for
>baseball cards. Borrowing a serial number from an officially rated baseball
>card would be considered fraudulent.  A dealer rating a card a perfect "10"
>doesn't make it so.  Borrowing NWA numbers is the same thing as far as I am
>concerned. Buyer beware I guess sums it up.
>
>Go to go,
>
>Adam
>
>
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