[meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay

[Meteorites USA]

Hey Don, Greg, Did you even bother looking at who's auction this is? Do 
you realize that the Met-List is a PUBLIC forum? Not just in your email 
box...

Maybe you don't mean to associate a reputable member of this communbity 
with the practices you mention, but your statements can be seriously 
misinterpreted by others. Perhaps showing some thoughtful intelligent 
restraint is a good thing here instead of being overly suspicious by 
pointing out probably completely unrelated circumstances which could 
cause an automatic and mistaken association with one of our communities 
most reputable dealers.

It's probably just and overly zealous and extremely excited 
inexperienced bidder.

Don't forget, this auction is for an extremely exquisite, flight 
oriented, rollover lipped, beautifully fusion crusted meteorite, being 
offered by none of than the world famous Geoff Notkin of the Meteorite Men.

Naaa... That couldn't possibly be the reason it's got such high bids.

Regards,
Eric


On 1/2/2011 2:50 PM, GREG LINDH wrote:
>    An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff.
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>    Wow, there's a shocker.
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>    Greg L.
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>> From: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
>> To: fujmon at mac.com; meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500
>> CC: dmerchan at rochester.rr.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
>>
>> The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids on one
>> item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid rigging
>> is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my guard up.
>> Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise me
>> that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I would
>> retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong on all
>> this but I have seen this game before on several occasions.
>> Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested and
>> charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were lower
>> then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to do this
>> bidding rigging!
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>> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-bidding-items-raise-prices.html
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Don Merchant
>> IMCA #0960
>> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
>> http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Fujihara"<fujmon at mac.com>
>> To: "MeteorList"<meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
>>
>>
>>      
>>> http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170585023324
>>>
>>> current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5
>>> chondrite
>>>
>>> granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation of an
>>> OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new' guy
>>> has 0 feedback.
>>>
>>> Gary Fujihara
>>> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
>>> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
>>> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
>>> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
>>> (808) 640-9161
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