[meteorite-list] AD - Lunar available for sale

[Adam Hupe]

How is this gouging people, over a $1,000.00 worth of lunar material started at just 99 cents? This material has been running long before this conversation started.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140320408963
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200341681245


I have several auctions running, all started at just 99 cents. Let the buyer decide who is or is not gouging as this is a ridiculous statement when it comes to me and has no merit whatsoever.

Best Regards,

Adam



--- On Sun, 5/17/09, GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com> wrote:


> From: GREG LINDH <geeg48 at msn.com>

> Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] AD - Lunar available for sale

> To: raremeteorites at yahoo.com

> Cc: "meteorite-list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 3:25 PM

> 

>  

>     Adam,

>  

>  

>     Actually, it has *everything* to do with

> competition.  There are those on this List, though they

> be few in number, who don't gouge their customers when they

> sell a meteorite.  Too many dealers charge outrageous

> prices for similar products.  Inevitably, I read posts

> from the high priced dealers putting down those dealers who

> give a better bargain.

>     I'll say it again, it has everything to do

> with competion.  As one who has limited financial

> resources, I have always appreciated those dealers who give

> a good product, while charging a *fair* price. 

> Sometimes I have to laugh and just shake my head when I see

> some of the "deals" being offered by the more unreasonable,

> high charging dealers.

>  

>     Greg Lindh

>  

>  

>  

>  

>    

> > Date: Sun, 17 May 2009 09:27:25 -0700

> > From: raremeteorites at yahoo.com

> > To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Lunar available for

> sale

> > 

> > 

> > This has nothing to do with competition. It has

> everything to do with proper chain of custody, legitimate

> nomenclature assignment, TKW figures, science and collector

> confidence. Just because a Moroccan dealer says something is

> a lunar meteorite does not make it so. Just ask the buyers

> who got ripped off in Tucson this year and the year before.

> There have been some very convincing lunar-looking Eucrites

> that have fooled some of the best. There was an embarrassing

> incident where a scientist claimed something was lunar

> before running all of the tests and it turned out to be a

> Eucrite. Many dealers had to recall the material after being

> in a hurry to put it on the market. 

> > 

> > To put things in perspective, Luniates are considered

> the top of the meteorite collectibles chain every since the

> article, "Mining for Meteorites" in the Smithsonian magazine

> stated so. Only advanced mineral collections incorporate

> Meteorite specimens. A mineral specimen is worth a fraction

> of its cost if the find location and history are not known.

> > 

> > Advanced mineral collectors would be appalled by what

> has happened with Martian meteorites and self-pairings. One

> well-known dealer purchased material from a Moroccan who

> stated it was paired to one of our stones. We publicly

> objected to this dealer using nomenclature assigned to our

> stones so he sent a piece in for study. It turned out to be

> a completely new Martian meteorite that was almost lost to

> science. 

> > 

> > I would dislike seeing Lunar meteorites being treated

> the same as some Martian meteorites. Total known weights

> have been carefully recorded to this point and it would be a

> shame to lose control. 

> > 

> > I congratulate anybody who is able to acquire lunar

> material, have it Laboratory confirmed and pass the

> Meteoritical Society Nomenclature Committee for name

> assignment. It would demonstrate proper respect for some of

> the world's rarest material. Anything less is a disservice.

> Dealers are not allowed to rate their own diamonds or coins

> so why should meteorites that are much more rare be any

> different? 

> > 

> > 

> > Best Regards,

> > 

> > Adam

> > 

> > 

> > 

> > --- On Sun, 5/17/09, Galactic Stone &

> Ironworks  wrote:

> > 

> >> From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks 

> >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] AD - Lunar available

> for sale

> >> To: "Greg Catterton" 

> >> Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

> >> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 8:32 AM

> >> Be careful Greg, now that you are

> >> offering planetaries at reasonable

> >> prices, you are going to be viewed as competition

> by the

> >> big guys -

> >> then they will start stabbing you in the

> back.  Those

> >> who are driven

> >> by money are threatened by those like us who don't

> give a

> >> crap about

> >> profits. ;)

> >> 

> >> Nice lunar.  If I wasn't already sitting on

> my fair

> >> share of lunars,

> >> I'd buy a piece.

> >> 

> >> Good luck.

> >> 

> >> Best regards

> >> 

> >> MikeG

> >> 

> >> 

> >> 

> >> On 5/17/09, Greg Catterton 

> >> wrote:

> >>>

> >>> Not once did I ever say to anyone it came from

> you.

> >> Anyone who claims I did,

> >>> I invite them post the email where I made

> that

> >> claim...

> >>>

> >>> I am sending a sample off to be tested Monday

> to Tony

> >> Irving and the test

> >>> results will speak for themselves as to what

> this is -

> >> however Im sure

> >>> anyone can see the picture of what I have:

> >>> http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c165/jedisdiamond/DSCF1732.jpg

> >>> and compare it with this:

> >>> http://www.meteoritemarket.com/NWA4734-596A.jpg

> >>>

> >>> I want to state for the record, I am selling

> this for

> >> less becouse I dont

> >>> need to get rich off selling it. I dont sell

> >> meteorites to make a living,

> >>> pay for cars or houses... I sell them to help

> increase

> >> my personal

> >>> collection.

> >>> I know what I paid for this and if the others

> who have

> >> this paid anywhere

> >>> close to what I did, they could sell it for

> half what

> >> they do and still

> >>> triple the money they put into it - even with

> cutting

> >> loss.

> >>>

> >>> I know who I got it from is honest and

> reliable as for

> >> the authenticity.

> >>>

> >>> That said, I wont sell anymore until testing

> is done,

> >> but when it is, I will

> >>> sell it for well under $1,200 per gram...

> >>>

> >>> Greg C.

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>> --- On Sun, 5/17/09, habibi abdelaziz 

> >> wrote:

> >>>

> >>>> From: habibi abdelaziz 

> >>>> Subject: AD - Lunar available for sale

> >>>> To: "meteorite list" 

> >>>> Cc: star_wars_collector at yahoo.com

> >>>> Date: Sunday, May 17, 2009, 3:32 AM

> >>>>

> >>>> hi greg

> >>>> this material  is not from me , 

> however

> >> it looks like

> >>>> the monzoggabro,

> >>>> but i m not sur is it isone from photo

> >>>>

> >>>> aziz

> >>>>  habibi aziz

> >>>> box 70 erfoud 52200 morroco

> >>>> phone. 21235576145

> >>>> fax.21235576170

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

> >>>

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