Farmer, you are only a little idiot, come here and you
see who crylittle boy. Ah what method you use for
take off India the all material take, you have the
permission? Pertain the prices, you are the first one
that ruins them with your auctions on Ebay, and then
claim prices highs in your
Yeah, right, SHOW ME, that is what I say, Matteo, I
will hound you inceesently about this little lie you
just told. Anyway, it shows what a coward you are,
what, not man enought to take the risks like I do, to
go see where meteorites fall, or are you taking
Caspers place as the money hunry dealer,
WOW, all I can say is WOW, I have seen your photos, if
you have not seen mine, I suggest you look. It was a
joke, but with just a little nudjing, i could take it
serious.
Is there anyone esle who is tired of Matteo? I already
know who is tired of me.
Mike Farmer.
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites
Ok and what about for 10 kilos for 50 kilos.
My 2 cents
Michel FRANCO
www.caillou-noir.com
seller of big big ones.
- Original Message -
From: Tom aka James Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Tom aka James Knudson [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday,
Comcast Mail wrote:
However I will never use the words average , marginal, kind of nicely
shaped, Ive seen nicer, not much crust , teeny tiny , garage sale quality ,
etc. in any of my meteorite auctions.
Unless I wanted to waste my money on ad submission fees.
Well, you should of..
I not understand
why this character does not be been thrown outside
from the List, seen that is the first one that
attaches the persons with its stupidity
Regards
Matteo
You're still her aren't you?
Dave
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or who is tired of you and your arrogance
emailsprobably never you see here in list write in
pubblic a opinion on you of a member, but is suffice
for me to know who it is against of you, and bushels
getting tired a lot of persons with your arrogance.
Come one members, write in pubblic it does
Hi list, and we need urgently another standard for those, who claim
everything, which has as outside a different colour than inside to be fusion
crusted or crusted.
Proposal:
rind vs. (fusion) crust
Thanks too.
Martin A.
Hello List, I have part of this figured out. We need a standard! For
We do have a standard for that. It's called a guarantee. We all have
different levels of experience and expertee's, not to mention eyesight.
Feedback and research help but they can be misleading as well. Nothing can
replace an established reputation of honesty and quality. Labels and
Hi Ryan,
Island Meteorite specializes in cutting irons for the industry. We have reasonable rates, and fast turn around.
Best Regards,
Geoff Cintron
Island Meteorite
http://www.islandmeteorite.com
OK Matteo, you asked for it. I think you should back off of all your
meteorwrongs on eBay crap. Frankly Scarlet, I don't give a damn! You
are giving the IMCA a bad name with all your harrassment. Second of all,
you may despise the US collector/dealers, but most deliver their product
without
I agree that categories like huge, museum quality ect. are subjective
attributes.
- a 10g Tatahouine is indeed huge, a 10g Campo isn't - for a small collector
a 500g stone is huge and I found in some museum exhibitions some ugly rusted
pieces too...
And even oriented can be interpreted in
I have asked an opinion to you? You go to read my
feedbacks on ebay and write me where is my delays in
the delivery of a pack, not even one. Instead with
other here present persons of delays of it quite I
had, and above all people that has taken the money and
never sent the material, I repeat, I
Hi List, Just taking a poll, am I the only one who gets irritated at all the ebay crap that is on this list?
Now, we are not only complaining about the authenticity ofa piece but the description too? You have to be kidding. Perhaps you need ahobby other thaninspecting thewording of ebay auctions.
You know with all the slamming going on of everyone and every thing, it is
a nice breath of fresh air to see someone like MIKE FARMER doing what he
is doing.I thank him totally with all my being going out to places that I
never care to go to.Being out of work and making my priorities a full time
Michael,
With the exception of the initial Matteo rant, which kind of turned me off, the India trip report I find very interesting. Keep this up; these on site field reports. That is where you shine.
Steve Schoner/ams
Michael Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone, internet here is little
AMEN !
Believe me, I hate eBay!
Take it somewhere else.
As for the pieces that are being hawked there, let the buyer beware. And also any serious collector knows the source and the quality.
IMCA exists to help new collectors become acquainted with those that know the field and what to collect.
Dear Steve and List,
I think your letter was very well put, and just about says, what alot of
us feel. When I joined this list, I was made aware of the fact, that we
are a diversified (multiplicity,variety ) group of individuals, with the
common ground, being our individual interests in
Good evening everyone, it is 10 pm here in Bhubaneswar
India. another rainy day, more flooding, lots of
problems.
I went back to Kendrapara today, and was able to
break through the absolutely hopeless Indian
beurocracy and see the meteorites.
I had to go to their version of a state or city
Mike,
Just wanted to thank you for taking me - and everyone else on the List - along with you on your latest hunting adventure. I'm one of the, shall we say, "less well off" members of the List, and I can't afford to jump on a plane and do an Indiana Jones like you do, so it is always a treat to
Hey Mike good to hear you at least managed a few grams, but sounds to me like you got more out of this one than some stones. Anyway thanks for the detailed account of your adventures and take care.
Later,
Ron
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
Dear All- and Mike Farmer
While poor people of the area have just had
their thached (straw) roofs blow off their Mud houses ,and their mud houses are
turning into more mud,and people are dying and even more will die from the
diseases to come,we get to hear about the carnage ,and learn about
Thanks Dave
I liked the way you phrased that. I have been bypassing some of the posts
for the more interesting and informative ones like Mike's and Atul's. My
minor was anthropology, so I find hearing about India interesting. Its also
a look into what can be expected when one travels for any
MARS ODYSSEY THEMIS IMAGES
October 6-10, 2003
o Two Craters (Released 6 October 2003)
http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20031006a.html
o Ritchey Crater (Released 8 October 2003)
http://themis.la.asu.edu/zoom-20031008a.html
o The Summit of Olympus Mons (Released 9 October 2003)
I joined this list in part so I wouldn't be so stupid about faux meteorites or over priced scams.
Howard WuDave Harris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,I have to throw in my 2g's worth here - seems that some people on the listspend too much of their time trawling eBay looking for auctions to
Great story, Mike, but I don't concider dying of a heart attack a meteorite kill. No more than someone dying of a heart attach ifthey found outthey paid thousands of dollars for what latter turned out to be a piece of slag. Would you call that a meteorwrong death?
Howard WuMichael Farmer [EMAIL
Hi,
Anyone out there is a reasonalbe sized (10-12g) Pultusk individual? I am
ideally looking for a provenanced one with museum numbers on it...
I do not want to spend what anymore what Matteo and I have been bidding over
on eBAy - Matteo - it's all yours!
I guess I'd like to spend around $130 or
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
Personally and practically, a 2kg meteorite of any type usually I regard as 'huge' mainly because it would have cost me a lot ofmoney - 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
and if you find a 0.01 gr. of Nogata is extra
Hugebut 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
Hello all, why can't people write 1500g Campo in their description instead
of saying huge Campo. Instead, they make people look at the auction to see
what the sellers idea of huge is. What would ebay be like if everyone simply
wrote meteorite in the description, you would have to look at every
Mike,
Thanks for making the effort to post a report of your adventure in
India. News like yours makes wading through the garbage on the Meteorite
List worth the effort.
and
Matteo,
I know there are several List members who have had to deal with your
unorthodox and questionable
--- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matteo,
I know there are several List members who have had
to deal with your
unorthodox and questionable business ethics,
including myself. Most have
kept quiet because they know it's good form to keep
one's mouth shut most
of the time.
If you ask me, huge is in the eye of the beholder.Take for instance my
HUGE piece of RIFLE.It measures 0.7 grams.It measures 1.3 cm x 7 mm x 5
mm.To me that is huge because I doudt I will ever see another piece of
RIFLE, COLORADO.And on top of that, it has a nininger AML label with it.I
love this
M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
--- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matteo,
I know there are several List members who have had
to deal with your
unorthodox and questionable business ethics,
including myself. Most have
kept quiet because they know it's good form to keep
Stu wrote:
Mike,
Just wanted to thank you for taking me - and everyone else on the
List - along with you on your latest hunting adventure. I'm one of the,
shall we say, "less welloff" members of the List, and I can't afford to
jump on a plane and do an Indiana Jones like you do, so it is always
and Dave said...
I personally
would regard 0.25g of Calcalong Creek as 'huge'!
dave
IMCA#0092
Just ask Norbert Classen. He HAS a huge 0.25 gram
specimen of Calcalong Creek, and it is awesome!!!
Matteo,
Your mail is filtered into my trash bin but others
continue to quote
your e-mails on their posts. I do not want to be
included in your
satisfied customer group so I'll speak up as you
have asked. In fact,
I have spoken up for over a year if you had noticed.
Have you ever
Hi Steve and List,
I also find field reports such as this to be
interesting reading. Just think, we get to read about these trips as they
happen and our kids can read about them from later books andperiodical
articles.
In fact, I hope Mike and others who recover
meteorites publish their
Matteo:
This is my last email I write on thisargument,
Does this meanyou are leaving the list.again?
Gregory
At 01:39 PM 10/10/03 -0700, M come Meteorite Meteorites wrote:
--- John Gwilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Matteo,
I know there are several List members who have had
to deal with your
unorthodox and questionable business ethics,
including myself. Most have
kept quiet because they know it's
Seems it is BASH matteo day.Well my experince with him was this.2 years
ago he bought some meteorites from me for $180.00.Why he sent me cash I'll
never know.Especially if the ITALIAN postal system is so corrupt.He like
john gwilliam said,sent me only $20.00.He still owed me $160.00.I said
what is
Good evening list,
Been a while since I threw in my 2 grams worth on a subject. Tom, and others,
you bring up a good points with regards to size of meteorites and cost
relation, etc. It seems to me that meteorite auctions are a bit trickier to post
than say, Wedgewood china, Waterford crystal,
I am really surprised that a sampler kit of meteorite meteorwrongs isn't
around. I have a fair amount of wrongs and they are superb learning
tools for the novice collector.
Slag by any other name,
Dave F.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good evening list,
Been a while since I threw in my 2 grams
Good question and a good suggestion.
One of the problems with ebay is they do not allow links to any pages that
also have sale pages on the same site. They want exclusive market. You can
link from your me page though, but that doesn't help the newbie as most
don't have a clue about how to get
Hello List,
I just added some pictures of (THE BEST
WRONGS)
The Best Meteorwrongs on the Planet - http://www.meteorman.org/Bestwrongs_index.htm
Best,
Tim Heitz
Midwest
Meteorman - http://www.meteorman.org
Home of the Meteorite
Pusher
Wow.what are details behing the "iron wrong"?
I must admit, that unless there's something obviously wrong (e.g., weight) when viewing it in person, I would probably have bought it.
Craig
Hi Mike Farmer, Atul Kumar and List,
First of all, many thanks to M.F. for his very interesting
emails on India and his "adventures" in meteorite-chasing there. I am pleased to
know that he has a fragment already and that, probably against all odds,
burocracy, etc, he has managed to
Good morning all.
I want to clarify a couple of things, we all seem to
forget that while meteorites are important, people are
far more inportant. The poor people here have no luck,
the rains and floods come every year, thousands die,
then every few years cyclones wipe the entire area
clean, only
Someone out ther sent me an email about the LL3 sale asking for a smaller
piece. I accidently nuked the email.
The 5.4 gram is still available for $54 shipped and the surface to weight is
good.
--
Rob Wesel
--
We are the music makers...and we are the dreamers of the dreams.
Willy
...Hey Folks! Where do we conduct IMCA related business? ..The IMCA
mailing list of course!!
(I am suggesting to the BOD (board of directors) at IMCA, that they
adopt a policy that ALL IMCA business be restricted to the IMCA list
unless specifically authorized otherwise. This Witch Hunt
Elton and list, Elton wrote; What punishment are you advocating?
I don't want anyone punished, I just would like to see the IMCA members use
a little honesty in there descriptions so they do not make us all look bad.
: ) I have noticed, NONE of the big dealers are tricking people into
looking at
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