[meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay

[Richard Montgomery]

We all stand by our reputations, and have grown into this knowledge through 
our own study, and also by holding in our hands specimens and the 
reputations of those before us.

The task is to disembody willy-nilly-start-up-crap-bubble-sellers....and on 
eBay this is only done through their current feedback mechanism. 
Free-markets work, especially when fraud kills the goose.  Our task is to 
somehow inform, even when buyers have no clue.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
To: "JoshuaTreeMuseum" <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com>
Cc: <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] "Weston" on e-bay


> eBay certainly doesn't have the best interest of it's sellers in mind,
> and from the looks of this auction (and others like it), they don't
> care about their buyers or the integrity of their marketplace either.
> Caveat Emptor.
>
>
> On 11/18/10, JoshuaTreeMuseum <joshuatreemuseum at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>> This auction just ended, a great price for 72 grams of Weston, (I paid a 
>> lot
>> more than that for mine!), not so great of a  price for botryoidal 
>> hematite.
>> But seriously, if you're so dumb you don't know that Weston is an H4 and 
>> you
>> bid on a piece of Weston sold as an iron, I don't really feel that sorry 
>> for
>> you.
>>
>> --------------------
>>
>> Phil Whitmer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=390261289839&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&autorefresh=true
>>
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