[meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus now ebay bashing

[Steve Dunklee]

Just changing the subject line as per Michael Blood. Cheers Steve

On Mon Nov 29th, 2010 8:39 PM EST Galactic Stone & Ironworks wrote:

>Hi Folks,
>
>I'm not saying this to bash eBay.  But eBay is not interested (or
>capable) of determining what a legit meteorite is.  If meteorites
>become problematic for eBay, they might ban their listings entirely.
>Or they might get overzealous and start hazing meteorite sellers the
>way they do with sellers of pearls.  (Just ask Dean Bessey about that
>one)
>
>The best thing a meteorite buyer can do (in regards to eBay) is to
>educate themselves on space rocks.  There is a lot of good information
>available on the web for the interested newbie, if they spend some
>time looking.
>
>Some of these bogus listings we see don't make sense to me.  It must
>cost a good bit of cash to list a $20,000 item, less yet a $200,000
>item.  The listing fee alone is nothing to scoff at.  It's costing
>some of these people a ton of cash to list these specimens and eBay is
>cashing in whether the rock sells or not.
>
>Take the Martian Blood Vessel guy for example - he keeps listing the
>same high-dollar items over and over, and nobody is buying them.  So
>he must be in pretty deep already on listing fees alone.  I bet that
>guy has spent a couple of grand on listing fees alone.  He needs to
>sell one of those specimens just to recoup his listing fees.
>
>Best regards,
>
>MikeG
>
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>On 11/29/10, Stuart McDaniel <actionshooting at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>> Ought to report him to ebay.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Adam Hupe
>> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2010 4:56 PM
>> To: Adam
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus
>>
>> Yep, another one!
>>
>> I wonder how Steve C.'s press conference went at the Montrose Library?
>> Apparently the media attention he received became addictive. I see he made
>> himself president of UNCO meteorites to give himself an air of importance
>> and
>> authority.  He says it has nothing to do with money but is asking millions
>> of
>> dollars for his self-proclaimed planetary pieces. Now he has taken it to the
>> next step by claiming to have found alien lifeforms.
>>
>> The common denominators seem to be the need for fame and money, mostly fame.
>> This guy should think about going into the entertainment industry with such
>> story telling abilities.  It seems like a waste of his talent to simply
>> write
>> eBay descriptions and hold press conferences at libraries. The sad thing is
>> that
>> in his mind, he surely is the world's best meteorite hunter and should be
>> recognized as such.
>>
>>
>> Happy Hunting,
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Sent: Mon, November 29, 2010 12:26:40 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Ice Meteorites From Jesus
>>
>> Here's a new one:
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/North-American-Biologic-Planetary-Meteorite-/120652410277?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c1771ada5
>>
>>
>>
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>> To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is
>> research.
>> (SW)
>>
>>
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>>
>>
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