[meteorite-list] lying thiefs

[Mark Crawford]

I don't have strong views on 'outing' people on this list - although I 
would certainly aim for private resolution first, as it seems like 
Michael and Darryl already have done.

One question I do have (and excuse me if it sounds naive) - are these 
individuals people who you've known for some time, and have suddenly 
gone bad (in which case yeah - we've all met them)?  If not, why send 
the goods without receiving payment first?  I know this is  a 
trust-based hobby, but...?

Mark


Darryl Pitt wrote:

>
>
> there should be an abstract on meteorites and sociopaths....volumes I  
> & II
>
> there are unreliable, bad human beings in our constellation, for  
> sure.  the worst (and the most disheartening) are the folks who  
> masquerade as good guys who we want to believe-in and who repeatedly  
> lie and disappoint and who thumb their noses at significant debts--- 
> and who think nothing of repeatedly doing so.
>