[meteorite-list] - "witness" to July 6 Fireball PA

[drtanuki]

Dear Steve and List,
  Your answer points to the need of an advance-prepared press release so that reporters get their facts straight and so that there is less chance of a mis-quote.  Reporters are infamous for making headlines and ignoring the facts.
  Good use of the reporter and news to get the word out for video evidence.
  Have a great day in your hunt!  Best, Dirk Ross...Tokyo

--- On Thu, 7/9/09, MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com> wrote:


> From: MeteorHntr at aol.com <MeteorHntr at aol.com>

> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] - "witness" to July 6 Fireball PA

> To: drtanuki at yahoo.com, meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> Date: Thursday, July 9, 2009, 10:23 PM

> In a message dated 7/9/2009 4:46:27

> A.M. Central  Daylight Time, 

> drtanuki at yahoo.com

> writes:

> Regarding what a meteorite is  worth.... it is worth

> what you or someone is 

> willing to pay, so I suggest that  you re-phrase the

> question to the 

> reporter when asked, and reply that "I am  willing to

> pay up to... (or a realistic 

> price) range".   

> 

> Dirk,

> 

> The problem is that I am not willing to pay anything for

> a  meteorite, at 

> least not now. I didn't come here to buy a meteorite. And

> as such,  I didn't 

> talk to the media about buying one.  I was asking for

> people to  check their 

> video and to come forward if they had any footage with the

> fireball.  

> 

> The reporters didn't ask me what I was willing to

> pay.  They asked  me 

> somewhere in the context of "All this effort,spent time and

> money, to come up  

> here and do all this work, are meteorites worth it?" 

> Which I answered with  

> the normal response of how they can be valuable to science,

> bla, bla, bla, 

> and  that museums and researchers and private

> collectors are interested, bla, 

> bla,  bla.  And then I was asked "Well, what are

> meteorites worth?" 

> 

> And,  even if I was wanting to buy a meteorite, I

> still would not quote a 

> price,  because I don't give quotes for purchase when

> I don't know how big it 

> is, what  condition it is in, or the supply and demand

> factors involved at 

> the moment of  making the offer.  All that can

> change, and about the only 

> thing certain,  is that when the time might come to

> make a real offer on a 

> real meteorite, I  would most likely be willing to pay

> more or less, maybe far 

> more or far less  than any quote I would give back in

> the hypothetical 

> stage.    

> 

> Again, the question to me wasn't what I was willing to pay,

> but what  

> meteorites are worth.  

> 

> Now, I have some work to do, and some rocks  to go

> find.

> 

> Have a nice day.

> 

> Steve Arnold

> of "Meteorite Men"  

> 

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