[meteorite-list] Russia meteorite ebay fraud

[valparint at aol.com]

Crikey! There are a lot of stupid people. There were at least a dozen bidders on this and they put in a total of 84 bids to work a starting price of 99 cents up to $4100.

Paul Swartz

> It seems someone lost $ 4000.00 on a fake russian meteorite listing:
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> http://www.ebay.com/itm/111013565868?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2648
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> Only few rock samples were found and this seems a big iron. Cant belive how stupid people buy such things on ebay..
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