[meteorite-list] google checkout declare themselves the meteorite police

From: Impactika at aol.com <Impactika_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2011 15:14:42 EDT
Message-ID: <c384.1faf46f2.3b475fa2_at_aol.com>

Hello Doug, Yinan, et al.

Apparently someone at Google read the (in)famous article in the NewYork
Times a couple month ago.
 
I spent a lot of time researching and writing a response, and yes, there
are a few clear limitations to the trade of meteorites, but they are really
very few! Now it would be nice if someone in Google would read my rebuttal.
Here is the link: _http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=192_
(http://imca.cc/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=192)
 
Enjoy!
 
Anne M. Black
_http://www.impactika.com/_ (http://www.impactika.com/)
_IMPACTIKA at aol.com_ (mailto:IMPACTIKA at aol.com)
President, I.M.C.A. Inc.
_http://www.imca.cc/_ (http://www.imca.cc/)



In a message dated 7/7/2011 12:19:12 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
mexicodoug at aim.com writes:
Yinan wrote:

"They also don't have a call center or any numbers you can call to
complain. So at the moment there is not much that can be done about
such things. Find another checkout system?"

Hi Yinan - Egads, that was an excellent explanation which IMO sounds
like you "hit the nail on the head". For those who care, I hope someone
or some concerned group for the responsible exchange of meteorites out
there recognizes and is willing to pick this up. Running from it could
embolden others to follow suite due to the nature of meteorites. With
stamps it is arguably clearer than meteorites. Now, it's not a
hypothetical case- we have one concrete member of the community who's
been affected and like in the stamp case mentioned, it is not a healthy
situation to have all of the "eggs in one basket" via PayPal. If
PayPal, not noted for their logic always, gets any crazy or misguided
ideas ...

Kindest wishes
Doug
Received on Thu 07 Jul 2011 03:14:42 PM PDT