[meteorite-list] Professionals No Longer Sought

[Greg Catterton]

I sent an email out looking to see what he was interested in, then a follow up after his second post, but got not one reply from him. 
Strange...

Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
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--- On Sat, 10/9/10, Steve Witt <stelor96 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Steve Witt <stelor96 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Professionals No Longer Sought
> To: davidgunning at fairpoint.net, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com, "MEM" <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 1:25 PM
> Elton,
> 
> Well said.
> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Steve Witt
> IMCA #9020
> http://imca.cc/
> 
> 
> --- On Sat, 10/9/10, MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: MEM <mstreman53 at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Professionals No Longer
> Sought
> > To: davidgunning at fairpoint.net,
> meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > Date: Saturday, October 9, 2010, 11:28 AM
> > Dear Dave-- were I inclined I could
> > go back in the list archives and fine 20 or 
> > more flash-in-the-pan  EX list members who came in
> > like a bull elephant, 
> > throwing around all types of  ill-formed demands, or
> > egotistical proclamations 
> > and after not getting the attention they demanded
> ranted
> > out some monologue as 
> > to what a substandard list this is.
> > 
> > What made you specify that "dealers" were all you
> > sought--was below the noise 
> > level to bother with. And why now complain that the
> rest of
> > the list didn't 
> > answer you--Are  you under the misconception the
> this
> > is a list mainly of 
> > dealers?   I don't know which dealers who
> > responded but how do you know they 
> > were "professional" dealers?  Getting more than 1
> > person offering to do business 
> > based on your original post is quiet successful.
> > 
> > So get a clue--if you want assistance on specific
> questions
> > just ask.  We were 
> > all novices once and if you don't come in here ranting
> like
> > you are owed our 
> > undivided attention and just ask your specific
> question you
> > might get what you 
> > need-- if not what you want.   (Pray tell
> > what are other "celestial objects 
> > mainly meteorites?????" are you talking about?)
> > 
> > Let me take this opportunity to remind you that if
> you
> > don't like the way we do 
> > business and elect to join the list of other EX list
> > members and you are going 
> > to loudly announce your taking leave of us... take
> care to
> > not let the door hit 
> > you in the tushie on your way out...
> > 
> > Elton
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----
> > > From: David Gunning <davidgunning at fairpoint.net>
> > > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> > > Sent: Fri, October 8, 2010 5:50:11 PM
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Professionals No
> Longer
> > Sought
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Hi All,
> > > 
> > > After an initial responsive surge of 6
> > "professional"  meteorite dealers
> > > to my ad seeking same, the surge has,
> apparently,
> > subsided.  Dried-up. 
> > > Gone kaput.  So, lemme see, out of a total list
> > membership  of, what, 950,
> > > or so, members, and with six acknowledged
> > professional  meteorite dealers,
> > > (and other celestial objects dealers) amongst
> your
> > ranks,  that would be a
> > > ratio of 950 to 6 for an estimated percentage
> value of
> > less  that 1% total
> > > of professional dealers who view themselves as
> such
> > and are  willing to
> > > allow themselves as being such on the list.
> > > 
> > > Wow, there sure  must be alot of collectors and
> > scientists on the list.
> > > 
> > > How cool is  that?
> > > 
> > > Thanks, Chummies!
> > > 
> > > Dave  Gunning
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
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