[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police

[Impactika at aol.com]

Hello Doug, Yinan, et al.

Apparently someone at Google read the (in)famous article in the NewYork 
Times a couple month ago. 
 
I spent a lot of time researching and writing a response, and yes, there 
are a few clear limitations to the trade of meteorites, but they are really 
very few!  Now it would be nice if someone in Google would read my rebuttal. 
Here is the link:  _http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=192_ 
(http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=192) 
 
Enjoy!
 
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/) 
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com) 
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/) 



In a message dated 7/7/2011 12:19:12 PM Mountain Daylight Time, 
mexicodoug at aim.com writes:
Yinan wrote:

"They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to 
complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about 
such things. Find another checkout system?"

Hi Yinan - Egads, that was an excellent explanation which IMO sounds 
like you "hit the nail on the head". For those who care, I hope someone 
or some concerned group for the responsible exchange of meteorites out 
there recognizes and is willing to pick this up. Running from it could 
embolden others to follow suite due to the nature of meteorites. With 
stamps it is arguably clearer than meteorites. Now, it's not a 
hypothetical case- we have one concrete member of the community who's 
been affected and like in the stamp case mentioned, it is not a healthy 
situation to have all of the "eggs in one basket" via PayPal. If 
PayPal, not noted for their logic always, gets any crazy or misguided 
ideas ...

Kindest wishes
Doug