[meteorite-list] Mifflin, WHAT is Amiss

[Michael Blood]

Re Mifflin,
        I Bought a hand full of small specimens on ebay
that were nothing more than hot rocks. It pissed me off,
but I figured the guy was a dumb ass rather that fraudulent
and just threw them away. It wasn't worth going through
PayPal procedures.
        Someone said  the Joe Kerchner issue should be solved
By a photo in situ next to a GPS unit. Well, that is not how
All hunters process finds. One should not be REQUIRED to
Purchase a GPS unit and digital camera to find meteorites.
         AND it is unreasonable to expect
Someone to PROVE innocence. Prove guilt if that is your
Thing, but asking someone to prove they are innocent is
Not how we do things in the ol' U S of A.
        Michael


On 5/8/11 9:06 AM, "Adam Hupe" <raremeteorites at yahoo.com> wrote:

> When purchasing artifacts, I learned that the more lengthy a seller's
> explanation is, the more likely you are dealing with a fraudster.  When the
> story is long-winded as is the case with this bogus Mifflin, I immediately
> become cautious. It is rare for dealers of genuine artifacts to go into more
> detail  than is necessary. The truth is much easier to tell than a lie and
> doesn't require senseless backup explanations. In this day and age, why would
> anybody deal with somebody they have never met and send cash to a P.O. Box
> without first receiving the product?
> 
> 
> Nobody likes to cut completely crusted stones so it is difficult to asses what
> lays under a fresh fusion crust. A magnet might help a little bit.  It really
> is 
> 
> a matter of trust and it seems this trust is being violated frequently these
> days when it comes to falls.
> 
> It is not fair to the people in the field spending hundreds of hours finding
> legitimate stones to have some con artist purchase pieces for 1/100th the cost
> and 
> 
> then passing them off as a different fall.  The meteorite fall market is so
> thin, one 
> 
> counterfeit can do widespread damage.  Now some collectors will question the
> authenticity of their Mifflin pieces and other recent falls unless they know
> the 
> 
> exact circumstances of where the meteorite was found and by whom.
> 
> It is too bad a few Filthy, Greedy, Con-Artists have infiltrated this
> semi-exclusive market which is based on trust!
> 
> The buck stops with the person that initially brought these phoneys to market.
> Time to take out the trash!
> 
> Adam
> 
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