[meteorite-list] eBay Meteorite Info page

[almitt2 at localnet.com]

Greetings Don and all,

I checked out your site and enjoyed reading your step by step on ebay buying.
Wish you would include me on your site. I've only been selling for 22 
years now.

One other source and one mentioned in your webpage is here:

http://meteorite-identification.com/wrongs1.html

(I highly recommend that new bidders read this)

It lists many things to look out for when buying on ebay.

One thing that was not covered here on the list (recently) is sellers 
that find material that looks like a rarer type and intentionally sell 
it as the rare type on purpose.

We have had one person who has done this and continues to sell to his 
customers who are probably trading material out and getting 
mis-represented material in our collections. He has been pointed out 
but collectors still buy from him so THEY are just as guilty as he is. 
I keep a listing of these buyers in case they want to trade with me.

One other thing that collectors can do is to check out the 
Meteorite.com site out. It has a listing of reputable dealers to buy 
from.

Buy from dealers who have been around for a while to protect yourself.

--AL Mitterling
Mitterling Meteorites  (www.mitterling.com)
almittmet  (ebay seller name)