[meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil

From: countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:36:48 -0500 (EST)
Message-ID: <24244987.1266349009103.JavaMail.root_at_wamui-cynical.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Your right. I never even thought of that aspect. This person could have a big time personality disorder and come looking for whomever was getting in his way. Lot of paranoid schizophrenics out there.

Count Deiro
IMCA 3536

-----Original Message-----
>From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
>Sent: Feb 16, 2010 11:22 AM
>To: countdeiro at earthlink.net
>Cc: mafer at imagineopals.com, Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil
>
>Hi Count and List,
>
>This person has been listing different variations of this same
>"meteorite" for months now. I'm not sure how many he has actually
>sold. But the scary thing is, go to his About Me page and then go to
>his blog. His blog is a long, rambling affair - he is absolutely
>convinced that these materials are genuine and contain "blood vessels"
>and fossils. He has also found "blood vessels" in a specimen that is
>obviously an etched iron meteorite (looks like Gibeon or
>Muonionalusta), but the majority of his specimens are definitely not
>meteorites. I don't think this person is an outright scammer. I
>think this person is deluded and actually believes his own story.
>These are the hardest types to deal with. Someone who is blatantly
>lying and trying to pull a scam can be dissuaded with a threat of
>imminent legal action. But deluded people will not be dissuaded with
>silly things like fact and reality - they will view any attempt to
>educate them (or stop them) as persecution for their unorthodox
>beliefs. This is not unlike the nutjob who keeps bombarding List
>members (notably Randy Korotev) with offers for his bogus lunaites.
>
>The best cure for this seller of martian blood vessel meteorites is
>medication, electroshock, or lobotomy. ;)
>
>Best regards,
>
>MikeG
>
>
>On 2/16/10, countdeiro at earthlink.net <countdeiro at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I would like to see someone, or an organization with credentials, put a hurt
>> on this scam artist with eBay. These bogus offerings don't do any of you
>> legitimate dealers any good. Not at all.
>>
>> Count Deiro
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>>>From: mafer at imagineopals.com
>>>Sent: Feb 16, 2010 9:49 AM
>>>To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>>>Subject: [meteorite-list] Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil
>>>
>>> http://cgi.ebay.com/Martian-Fossil-Meteorite-containing-fossil-BV-HC-RBC_W0QQitemZ130365214796QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e5a5f504c
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>inventiveness usually captures someone sometime
>>>
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Received on Tue 16 Feb 2010 02:36:48 PM PST