[meteorite-list] contest #7

[gheri fouts]

I bought a SNC Mars specimen from EBay and waited 
breathlessly for it to arrive. When the package came I ran upstairs to 
show my husband who is a rockhound. I opened the package and showed him 
with delight the Martian fragment, a  small speck but a piece of Mars! His 
comment after looking at it for quite some time was "Don't sneeze".
I buy bigger specimens now.

Gheri Fouts
"all science is either physics or stamp 
collecting"-- Ernest (1st Baron) Rutherford

Re: [meteorite-list] Roswell meteorite

[gheri fouts]

But should we blame Ebay?  The alternative is that Ebay reject all meteorite
auctions, because they are not going to staff a specialist for meteorites
just to keep unscrupulous sellers away.  We have a list like this and maybe
an association of collectors to give a buyer every opportunity to get to
know the product and buy wisely.  But loosing the opportunity of selling on
Ebay would be a great loss, from both the buyer and seller viewpoint.

Gheri

all science is either physics or stamp collecting
-- Ernest (1st Baron) Rutherford

- Original Message -
From: Dave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: metlist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 7:11 AM
Subject: [meteorite-list] Roswell meteorite


 ...and I too emailed the seller and got no reply.
 Caveat Emptor has never been more applicable.
 Now, having said that...
 I have a meteorite for sale here, now I know it LOOKS like a brick, and
has
 regmaglypts on it that say London Brick Foundry but that's only
 coincidental as my dad found it 50 years ago on a building site and he
 swears he got it just after it landed and was still warm
 Starting bids at $100 (low reserve, of course)

 ;-)

 Maybe we should start guerrilla auctions - put any old rubbish on eBay and
 flog it as something it obviously is not! When eBay get ratty with us we
say
  Ah hah! See? now you know what it's like for people who buy space rocks
in
 good faith and then get screwed!)

 Ooops, my passion's rising - time to tail off.
 --
 In gentle decay,
 dave

 http://www.meteorites.ic24.net/index.html

 http://www.thc.u-net.com/davethc1.htm


 I have a proof that x^n+y^n=z^n never has integer solutions for n2.
 However, it won't fit into my signature file






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