Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 16:00:25 -0800
From: e...@meteoritesusa.com
To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
Hey Don, Greg, Did you even bother looking at who's auction this is? Do
you realize that the Met-List is a PUBLIC forum? Not just in your email
box...
Maybe you don't mean to associate a reputable member of this communbity
with the practices you mention, but your statements can be seriously
misinterpreted by others. Perhaps showing some thoughtful intelligent
restraint is a good thing here instead of being overly suspicious by
pointing out probably completely unrelated circumstances which could
cause an automatic and mistaken association with one of our communities
most reputable dealers.
It's probably just and overly zealous and extremely excited
inexperienced bidder.
Don't forget, this auction is for an extremely exquisite, flight
oriented, rollover lipped, beautifully fusion crusted meteorite, being
offered by none of than the world famous Geoff Notkin of the Meteorite
Men.
Naaa... That couldn't possibly be the reason it's got such high bids.
Regards,
Eric
On 1/2/2011 2:50 PM, GREG LINDH wrote:
> An Ebayer bidding on his own stuff.
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> Wow, there's a shocker.
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> Greg L.
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>> From: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com
>> To: fuj...@mac.com; meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 17:44:32 -0500
>> CC: dmerc...@rochester.rr.com
>> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
>>
>> The fact that one individual bidder has 0 feedback and that many bids
>> on one
>> item in that span of time, leads me to feel that maybe a form of bid
>> rigging
>> is taken place. At least that's what would catch my eye and put my
>> guard up.
>> Now that the price is where the seller wants it, it would not surprise
>> me
>> that Mr. 0 feedback will not bid again. If I was the high bidder I
>> would
>> retract my bid this way Mr. 0 would be high bidder! I could be wrong
>> on all
>> this but I have seen this game before on several occasions.
>> Here is a link to a news source in which an eBay bidder was arrested
>> and
>> charged with bidding on his own auctions because he said they were
>> lower
>> then expected...he even admits creating another account with name to
>> do this
>> bidding rigging!
>>
>>
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1267410/Ebay-seller-faces-fine-bidding-items-raise-prices.html
>>
>> Sincerely
>> Don Merchant
>> IMCA #0960
>> Founder-Cosmic Treasures Celestial Wonders
>> http://www.ctreasurescwonders.com/index.html
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Fujihara"
>> To: "MeteorList"
>> Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2011 12:46 PM
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Another crazy bidder on ebay
>>
>>
>>
>>> http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=170585023324
>>>
>>> current bid is at $180 for a 2.3g complete oriented Bassikounou H5
>>> chondrite
>>>
>>> granted Geoff's offering is a pristine example of flight orientation
>>> of an
>>> OC, but would anybody in their right mind bid $79/g? FWIW, this 'new'
>>> guy
>>> has 0 feedback.
>>>
>>> Gary Fujihara
>>> Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693)
>>> 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
>>> http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/
>>> http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html
>>> (808) 640-9161
>>>
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