and if you find a 0.01 gr. of Nogata is extra Huge....but for me is many many huge a 3.92 gr. slice of Barbotan, my birthday meteorite...all collectors have a personal scale for meteorites. Regards
Matteo --- Dave Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Personally and practically, a 2kg meteorite of any > type usually I regard as > huge' mainly because it would have cost me a lot of > money - I have been > collecting for a few years and I don't have anything > approaching 2kg in size > so for me 'huge' is an appropriate adjective! > Also, I would, if I were that buyer, look around so > see what else was on > offer in order go guesstimate the correct sort of > price, and decide that if > it is good value and looks good then ok, it may not > be a 3/4 ton Otumba as > in the NHM (London) but for domestic collections it > is pretty substantial. > It is all relative! > But I agree with Tom's last statement that the > perhaps the seller ought to > check out what 'huge' is relative to the rock he is > selling. I personally > would regard 0.25g of Calcalong Creek as 'huge'! > > > Research, that is the key, both for buyers and > sellers! > > thanks for your indulgence > > > dave > > > IMCA#0092 > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Tom aka James Knudson > Date: Friday, October 10, 2003 20:45:46 > To: Howard Wu; Dave Harris; metlist > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen? > > Hello List, Please correct me if I am wrong! Please > try to be polite when > doing so! : ) > I think it hurts us all when some one uses > misleading tactics to sell > meteorites. Why do I think that? I will tell you. > Ebay is by far the best, > cheapest and easiest place to get meteorites. Lets > say someone new goes on > ebay and sees a 2000g Campo described as "HUGE" and > looks around and there > is no Campo larger on ebay at the time, the buyer > goes back to the auction > and finds a IMCA link, clicks on it and learns what > a honest bunch of > sellers IMCA members are. The new buyer even clicks > on a few links and does > not see a Campo that big on any of the sites. The > buyer will feel like he is > getting a Huge Campo at a great price. He goes back > to the auction and uses > Buy it now. He gets it and is thrilled with this > Huge Campo. > He gets the "BUG" and goes back to Ebay to look > around. This time he finds > a 94lb Campo, but his campo was huge? So what is a > buyer to think? DON"T > TRUST THEM DISHONEST IMCA MEMBERS, that whole bunch > are full of #&%$(# !!!!! > > Now what, buy from none IMCA members, OK, and it > turns out to be slag! Oh > well, this meteorite collecting thing sucks! You can > not trust anyone! > I do know, one important part of selling, is you > need buyers. If no one > wants to buy meteorites, no one can sell them!!! > I live in AZ, and it is still summer here, still in > the high 90's, to hot > for GB, so all my meteorite hunting is done on ebay! > I am just telling you > all of my hunting adventures. : ) > All I am trying to get across is that honesty is > the best policy. If you > have a 2k Holbrook, tell people it is huge!!! If you > have a 2k campo, say it > is nice sized or something, save HUGE for the huge > Campos! > Thanks, Tom > wondering if I should be the proudest member of the > IMCA 6168 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Howard Wu > To: Dave Harris ; metlist > Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 11:13 AM > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay policemen? > > > I joined this list in part so I wouldn't be so > stupid about faux meteorites > or over priced scams. > > Howard Wu > > Dave Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I have to throw in my 2g's worth here - seems that > some people on the list > spend too much of their time trawling eBay looking > for auctions to criticise > and debunk and publish their 'findings' to the list. > Fine in principle, but we are not here to police > eBay - I think that "Caveat > Emptor" should prevail here. If anyone is naive or > stupid enough to spend > thousands of bucks on a so-called 'meteorite' and > from a supplier who doesn > t sport the IMCA label then so be it. > > Like a lot of people, I find the exceptional ripoffs > very funny and I am > quite happy to have my attention drawn to it, but on > the whole these > auctions for faux meteorites are all a bit sad, > desperate and not really > funny. > > Seems to me that every Metlist digest I get now has > a "look at this eBay > auction..." gleefully pointing out some stupid ad - > Can I suggest that > perhaps one could spend one's time better employed? > > > frustratingly frustrated! > > > dave > > > IMCA #0092 > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? 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