[meteorite-list] The big questions?
From: Shaun Daniel <shauncdaniel_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:52:25 2004 Message-ID: <DAV53qQD2nHdIXHbQbi00003736_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2501B.A170AB90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello, List I have people ask all the time, "How do you know that the meteorite = that you are selling is what you say it is". And my father hounded me = about most of the night, lastnight. It's not like I have a lab in the = back room. Or a certificate of authenticity that will make it so. How = do you address these questions? How can I assure anyone who buys my = product that this is the genuine article. Without having a degree in = say something like astrophysics, or a noted geologist. I try to = explain which dealers they came from and how they are found and so on. = It does not ever seem to be enough..... What it comes down to is this, = how can anyone that can't study these rocks know for sure what they are. = Say I purchased two different H4 meteorites and both look alike in most = respects. How can anyone know its not the same stone with a different = name pinned on it. How can you assure them of its authenticity.....And = so on. Any suggestions on how to address these Big questions? Because = you have to admitt, this is a funny market on meteorites. = Regards, Shaun Daniel { = AKA " meteormagic " on E-bay } ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2501B.A170AB90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2719.2200" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hello, List</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I have people ask all the time, = "How do you=20 know that the meteorite that you are selling is what you say it = is". And=20 my father hounded me about most of the night, lastnight. It's = not=20 like I have a lab in the back room. Or a certificate of = authenticity that=20 will make it so. How do you address these questions? = How can I=20 assure anyone who buys my product that this is the genuine = article. =20 Without having a degree in say something like astrophysics, or a noted=20 geologist. I try to explain which dealers they came from and how = they are=20 found and so on. It does not ever seem to be enough..... What it = comes down=20 to is this, how can anyone that can't study these rocks = know for=20 sure what they are. Say I purchased two different H4 = meteorites and=20 both look alike in most respects. How can anyone know its = not the same=20 stone with a different name pinned on it. How can you assure them = of its=20 authenticity.....And so on. Any suggestions on how to address = these Big=20 questions? Because you have to admitt, this is a funny market on=20 meteorites. &n= bsp; &nb= sp; &nbs= p; =20 Regards, Shaun=20 Daniel &= nbsp; { &= nbsp; =20 AKA " meteormagic " on E-bay =20 }</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C2501B.A170AB90-- Received on Fri 30 Aug 2002 12:51:52 PM PDT |
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