[meteorite-list] Another meteorite millionaire wannabe

[Adam Hupe]

Honestly, meteorite wrongs do clog up the system.  I have wasted hundreds of 
hours on them myself. I can only imagine what a University who studied these 
wrongs goes through. I was told that the IMCA is tying up a huge amount of 
resources on meteorite wrongs these days when only few inquiries would come in a 
month when I was on the board.

ASU meteorite services is now closed to the public. If I recall properly, they 
even posted an image of a mountain of meteorite wrongs on the Rocks from Space 
Picture of the Day not too long ago.  Now they announce a discontinuation of 
service.  



Over 700 a year were coming to ASU if I read this properly,
http://meteorite-identification.com/mwnews/82202.html
 
WUSTL meteorite wrongs:
http://meteorites.wustl.edu/meteorwrongs/meteorwrongs.htm

It takes more time to explain why a meteorite wrong is not a meteorite than it 
takes to determine what it actually is. Then it has to be packaged and sent back 
to the disbelieving owner.  All of this takes time.  Multiple it by thousands 
and they certainly will clog up systems.  They get way more meteorite wrongs 
than rights so what is tying up more time?  This goes back to the responsibility 
over ratings thread. These people who are selling meteorite wrongs could care 
less about the meteorites, only the overemphasized amount of money they may get.


Best Regards,

Adam





----- Original Message ----
From: Greg Catterton <star_wars_collector at yahoo.com>
To: Adam <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>; Adam Hupe 
<raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, September 12, 2010 10:41:24 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another meteorite millionaire wannabe

Another ebay winner!
I honestly doubt this clogs anything as one look will show its not a meteorite.
>From my experience, Most places that test wont even bother with a sample if they 
dont think its a meteorite - thats without even doing any testing and just based 
on how it looks.

As many people like this who come out (due to meteorite men tv show or not - 
they were here before the show also) there is a great impact that the show has 
made. Not once do I go out and as soon as the subject of meteorites comes up I 
hear "I saw that show about meteorite men on TV" or something close is 
mentioned. The more that see it means the more that are interested in it... That 
can only be good over the long run for anyone who sells. I usually get 1-2 sales 
per week from people who see the show and go searching on the internet for more 
info. I even use the search term "meteorite men" now as it does bring hits and 
sales to my website.

hope everyone is good!


Greg Catterton
www.wanderingstarmeteorites.com
IMCA member 4682
On Ebay: http://stores.shop.ebay.com/wanderingstarmeteorites
On Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WanderingStarMeteorites


--- On Sun, 9/12/10, Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another meteorite millionaire wannabe
> To: "Adam" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 12, 2010, 1:28 PM
> Another meteorite millionaire wannabe
> who watches too much TV, thinks he will 
> become rich beyond belief and won't take no for an
> answer.  Read his responses 
> to parties inquiring about his $5,000,000.00 auction with
> $1.00 postage.  It 
> must be real, it looks just like what he saw on TV. 
> More negative backlash.  It 
> is idiots like this that clog the classification systems
> with crap.  Expect more 
> laboratories to close their doors as mountains of meteorite
> wrongs come in.
> 
> Link to auction:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270631312395
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Adam
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