[meteorite-list] BLOG REPORT: DEAN AND FARMER LEAVING METEORITESFOREVER

From: Randy Mils <acculabs_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat Apr 30 14:49:52 2005
Message-ID: <BAY101-F5C1A1886C7E4C6852EB62C7250_at_phx.gbl>

The Blog is pure filth and whoever started this piece of crap should be
taken out and flogged.

Randy

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>----- Original Message ----- From: "dean bessey" <deanbessey_at_yahoo.com>
>To: <Meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:26 PM
>Subject: [meteorite-list] BLOG REPORT: DEAN AND FARMER LEAVING
>METEORITESFOREVER
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>>This is really funny. Almost worth reading the Blog
>>for its entertainment value (Sort of like reading the
>>national enquirer without the respectible or credible
>>parts)
>>But front page of the Blog says the following:
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>>Over the years we have seen meteorite dealers come and
>>go. Now, 2 well known dealers, Mike and Dean have
>>announced they are selling out and leaving the
>>country.
>>Dean wants to escape the cold of Canada and Mike
>>states:
>>"I will not be leaving the business, just wiping out
>>all debt, and buying a house down south the spend my
>>time not hunting meteorites sitting on the beach
>>sipping mango margaritas made from mangos from my
>>garden, know what I mean?"
>>????
>>Has business for meteorite dealers reached a point
>>where it's not profitable?
>>_____________________________________________________
>>Now I dont know farmers plans but given the strenght
>>of the meteorite market the last few months I cant
>>imagine anybody leaving the meteorite business because
>>of poor sales. (An alternative hypotesis that that he
>>made enough money to retire wasnt considered on the
>>blog).
>>But my lifelong dream has always been to go to a
>>tropical island, open a bar on a beach overlooking a
>>coral reef with a river running through it so farmers
>>panama plans sounds more like retirement to me than
>>abandoning a bad line of business.
>>Also, contrary to what the blog might lead you to
>>believe I have no intention of leaving the meteorite
>>business an dmove to New Zealand. In fact the past 3
>>months has been my best 3 months ever and I have sold
>>over a quarter million dollars of meteorites this year
>>so far. I cant keep up and havent been able to keep my
>>ebay auctions over 1000 all year. A lot of people
>>genuinely believes that the meteorite business is
>>bad. Mostly these are older collectors and dealers who
>>has seen the price of the collections (Or inventory)
>>drop in value over 90%. But the real buyers nowadays
>>are new collectors who has no idea that the market has
>>dropped in value so much. Its not a demand problem
>>that the meteorite world is facing. Its a supply
>>crises.
>>However, while I will not getting out my meteorite
>>business will evolve. I wont be selling such huge
>>quantities of cheaper material much longer. Partly
>>this is because of my move to New Zealand and higher
>>shipping costs (My retirement plans noted above are
>>still in place - I even have my pacific island wife
>>(See
>>http://www.meteoriteshop.com/wedding/wedding.html)
>>although it might be nice to skip the working a bar
>>part and just completely retire and live on the beach
>>near a coral reef) but also I cant seem to buy much
>>stuff in Morocco anymore. Thats the real reason my
>>business will evolve. I used to bring over 600 kilos
>>every 6 to 8 weeks 3 years ago. Thats all I have
>>bought in the past year now. Not leaving that line of
>>business because of poor sales. I am leaving because
>>of a shortage of supply.
>>Also, just because I am going to New Zealand dont mean
>>I cant still deal in meteorites. I never said that I
>>was. But I have to go until my wife gets a New Zealand
>>passport (We spent a lot of time deciding if we would
>>live in Canada or New Zealand and I agreed to go see
>>how I would like it there after my wife showed me a
>>map that showed Tahiti and Fiji as well as numerous
>>coral reefs closer to New Zealand than they were to
>>canada - how did that happen). I think its every
>>canadians duty to go down to the lake (Near the stelco
>>plant) once a year and destroy a refridgerator - we
>>should create enough global warming to make a tropical
>>reef of Newfoundland in 15 years flat. Its not fair
>>that Canadians have been deprived of a coral reef and
>>only gets sunshine 6 days a year. Need to take matters
>>into our own hands.
>>So poor dean has to leave nice Canada and go live near
>>a warm south pacific beach. Luckily they have internet
>>and postal service there so I dont have to get a real
>>job. I dont know if they have mcdonalds there so I am
>>not sure if I will actually be leaving civilization or
>>not. But I should be able to rough it for at least a
>>year or two I am sure.
>>But I am selling down a lot of things and listing tons
>>of meteorites and stuff on ebay. So be sure to HELP
>>SUPPORT POOR DEAN'S RETIREMENT FUND. He is so poor
>>with no sales that somebody should send him money (If
>>you dont believe me? - just go read the blog).
>>And while it is true that I am agressinvely selling
>>off stuff and not buying now (I even skipped Tucson
>>this year as I didnt want to slow ebay down even for a
>>weekend) I will always be back - even though a lot of
>>stuff is offered cheap in my auctions and sales right
>>now as I try and liquidate things so I wont have to
>>pay storage or shipping fees when I go and to raise
>>money.
>>But getting back to the Blog, as I said I cant imagine
>>anybody leaving the meteorite business now because
>>they are not making money - and certainly not me or
>>farmer (Not for lack of sales reasons anyway).
>>There are other things on the Blog also that makes one
>>laugh. Just look. Its the funniest most lack of
>>intelligence reading that you will ever have.
>>And remember, send poor dean all the money you can
>>courtesy of the blog.
>>I wonder if I will have this much time on my hands
>>when I go to New Zealand. Hopefully I can buy my own
>>tropical island somewhere and just write emails while
>>sipping strawberry daquiris and chugging guinness over
>>a laptop on my very own beach. Remember, take the blog
>>to heart and HELP SUPPORT POOR DEAN'S BEACH
>>RETIREMENT FUND buy buying all of his ebay items (And
>>buy the sale items in my new sale that I plan to post
>>early around 9am EST tomorrow morning).
>>Remember, you wouldent want to stop receiving these
>>long educational emails from me.
>>Cheers
>>DEAN
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>>If profits are high and business brisk - Why check out?
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