[meteorite-list] Thuathe sale - The Best Ever

From: Michael Farmer <farmerm_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:25:39 2004
Message-ID: <00f201c31973$4caac7e0$8531ef42_at_computer>

Really Matteo, I recall you telling us you bought GAO for .08 cents per
gram, a client of mine, told me that you wanted to resell it to him for
$3.00 gram.
Matteo, get real.
----- Original Message -----
From: "M come Meteorite Meteorites" <mcomemeteorite2000_at_yahoo.it>
To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Thuathe sale - The Best Ever


> Hello Adam
>
>
> he buy all for free......he have pay $0.5 for gram but
> re-sale at $8/gr.......if I buy a meteorite for $0.5 I
> re-sale max for $2/gr. not over.....
> Regards
>
> Matteo
>
> --- Adam Hupe <adamhupe_at_attbi.com> wrote:
> > Hello Mike and List Members,
> >
> > I did not mention anybody's name in my posting. I
> > did mention that we
> > purchased from a buyer in the field. As far as real
> > meteorite hunters go
> > who told you about Thuathe and Bensour in the first
> > place? Where did you
> > get the coordinates? Did you realize you put other
> > peoples life in danger
> > by paying too high a price in Thuathe. You turned a
> > nice village into
> > something off limits for people who paid 30% of what
> > you paid making it
> > looked like everybody else cheated them. If you
> > really went into the
> > disputed zone one month after the fall to get
> > Bensour (provisional working
> > name provided by us) why haven't you reported the
> > coordinates? Mike, unlike
> > you tell everybody you are not the next Robert Haag,
> > not even close. Robert
> > found his own leads and pursued them like a true
> > pioneer taking all the real
> > risks.
> >
> > Why is that you have the urge to attack everybody?
> > First it was your
> > partner Capser. Yes, that is right you partnered
> > with Casper at the Tucson
> > show. Is this where you learned this behavior?
> > Then you attacked Dean
> > Bessey on a regular basis, then Mateo and now me.
> > Mike these unprovoked
> > attacks do more harm than good. Why don't you put
> > all of your negative
> > energy into writing articles promoting meteoritics
> > instead of blasting
> > everybody around you. This will be one of last
> > times you engage me in this
> > worthless dialog. Everybody will know soon enough
> > what you are really about
> > so I really have nothing more to say right now.
> >
> > Sorry for the waste of bandwidth,
> >
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Farmer" <farmerm_at_concentric.net>
> > To: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>;
> > <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 8:33 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Thuathe sale - The
> > Best Ever
> >
> >
> > > Adam, WAAAAAAA, I paid more than $.50 cents a
> > gram, ohhhh the humanity.
> > > Don't you ever get tired of pontificating? Please,
> > you pretend to be
> > getting
> > > this yourself? It isnt that hard to buy it from
> > Ronnie McKenzie in
> > Pretoria.
> > > Mike Farmer
> > > The real meteorite hunter, not the guys who
> > pretend.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Adam Hupe" <adamhupe_at_attbi.com>
> > > To: <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:56 PM
> > > Subject: [meteorite-list] Thuathe sale - The Best
> > Ever
> > >
> > >
> > > > Dear List Members,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for your indulgence regarding the sale
> > of completely crusted
> > > > Thuathe individuals from Lesotho. We recently
> > received this batch and
> > it
> > > is
> > > > the best we have seen. The buyers in the field
> > pretty much only
> > acquired
> > > > completely crusted stones and left the rest
> > behind months ago. Because
> > of
> > > > the way our competition conducted business in
> > the field our costs are
> > > > running twice as high as our initial batch.
> > Considering these are
> > > > absolutely the best you will find our prices are
> > still very reasonable,
> > as
> > > > always. We have documented find coordinates on
> > about half of these if
> > > > anybody cares, they all came from the same small
> > strewn field. These
> > were
> > > > not cleaned and most of the slight discoloration
> > is soil staining.
> > > > Virtually all Thuate, regardless of source, has
> > dirt staining because
> > they
> > > > were not collected until about one month after
> > the fall. These are all
> > 97
> > > > to 100% crusted and range in size from the most
> > affordable to key
> > > specimens!
> > > > Our eBay link is provided below, look at the
> > most recent postings unless
> > > you
> > > > want to browse over 200 different meteorite
> > auctions:
> > > >
> > > > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/meteoritelab/
> > > >
> > > > There are two articles in this month's edition
> > of Meteorite Magazine
> > > > featuring this fantastic fall. There is, what
> > we believe to be, a
> > > Japanese
> > > > TV documentary crew on site doing a limited
> > audience piece on this fall,
> > > as
> > > > well. Thank you for looking and if you are
> > bidding, good luck. Thank
> > you
> > > > all for the support, we greatly appreciate it!
> > > >
> > > > All the best,
> > > >
> > > > Adam and Greg Hupe
> > > > The Hupe Collection
> > > > IMCA 2185
> > > >
> > > > P.S. Stay tuned becuase we will be unleashing a
> > spectacular offering
> > for
> > > > our weekly rare material special within a day or
> > two.
> > > >
> > > >
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Received on Tue 13 May 2003 01:13:00 PM PDT