[meteorite-list] Bob Evans

[al mitterling]

Hi Jay, Phil and other concerned list members.

Since this individual keeps showing up on this list and peddling his 
misrepresented meteorites here (he is substituting certain common falls for 
rarer types), I'd suggest that people email Art and tell him of your 
concern. If you have been ripped off by this individual or know of any 
illegitimate business practices you can email Art here: Art 
<blurtheline at gmail.com> and tell him of your difficulties. I doubt that Art 
wants someone like this on the list.

I plan on emailing him to make a request to have Bob Evans removed and I 
hope that others will do the same, whether you are a victim or not. Phil did 
he send his package by mail?? Do you still have the box it was shipped in. 
If so you can go to the post office and file a mail fraud complaint against 
him which could land him in jail. Since I live close to you, I'd be glad to 
help you out with this. We can also bring other documentation to further 
enforce our side. I'd urge others to do the same. If they see several people 
filing against the same individual then it will weigh heavily on him. I 
agree with Mexico Doug that flaming won't make the group look good to 
perspective aficionados. All my best!

--AL Mitterling




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wendy Piatek" <wpiatek at indy.rr.com>
To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 8:04 PM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Bob Evans


>I couldn't agree more with Phil.
> I have no  idea why he is allowed to continue his communications on this 
> list. We should not continue to look away and let some unsuspecting 
> collector be taken advantage of. It can eventually affect the value of all 
> of our collections.
> What needs to be done to get Art to remove him from the list.
>
> This was brought up in the past but no action was taken. I was hoping he 
> would just pick a different hobby. Not so lucky...
>
> Al, Phil,McCartney,Anne,Martin H,Art...Everyone.... What is the next step?
>
>
> Jay Piatek MD
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
> To: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD- Catalog of the Antarctic Meteorites 
> VERYRare Book
>
>
>>A respected and important member of the meteorite community checked out 
>>the provenance of the last offerings on eBay by Bob Evans and they turned 
>>out to be shady to say the least.  It looks like Bob Evans was selling 
>>stones with fake Monnig provenance according to his own source.  Wouldn't 
>>this constitute fraud on a felony level?  Can't something be done to stop 
>>this guy?  When he comes back out of hiding after his latest rip off scams 
>>I say flame him until he crawls back into the scum from whence he came.
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
>>