wpotterw
spending too much on rocks
Member since September 2016
Posts: 445 
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Post by wpotterw on Nov 22, 2021 10:02:30 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Nov 22, 2021 10:11:58 GMT -5
Just got the email. Yup, he has some nice stuff. The prices- not so much.
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 22, 2021 11:35:05 GMT -5
I got the email also. I've bought from him a few times and not always satisfied. Buying unfaced rough of any jasper that could have orbs is a gamble and what I see from the pictures is that a lot of it I wouldn't want. I've had good luck and bad luck with BMJ, Willow Creek and Royal Imperial
It comes down to yield, cost and selling price of the cabs produced.
He's offering the rough this afternoon and I'll see the price and decide how lucky I feel.
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 22, 2021 12:40:12 GMT -5
Offer started at $35 a pound, golf to tennis ball size. I'll sit this one out.
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Fossilman
Cave Dweller 
Member since January 2009
Posts: 20,718
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Post by Fossilman on Nov 22, 2021 12:54:58 GMT -5
Passing, but watching....
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Post by MsAli on Nov 22, 2021 12:56:07 GMT -5
Oh wow The last time I sat by and watched all the rough sold out and that was the last of it  |
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Post by MsAli on Nov 22, 2021 13:10:05 GMT -5
Just an update. The nodules are sold out and there is only a little bit left of the brecciated rough
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Post by stardiamond on Nov 22, 2021 13:27:24 GMT -5
Just an update. The nodules are sold out and there I only a little bit left of the brecciated rough He has some very loyal customers. |
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Post by MsAli on Nov 22, 2021 13:30:12 GMT -5
That he does
I just bought myself a Christmas box.
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Post by MsAli on Nov 22, 2021 13:53:01 GMT -5
And now it is completely sold out. wpotterw thank you for posting this. Hopefully you got yourself some |
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oldschoolrocker
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since January 2019
Posts: 1,578
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Post by oldschoolrocker on Nov 22, 2021 14:00:20 GMT -5
Man that went fast.... sweet looking stuff too!
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Post by parfive on Nov 22, 2021 14:18:09 GMT -5
Helluva variety in that Whiskey bunch . . . stone canyon to black bruneau.
A few of his contour-polished chunks are looking mighty sweet.
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Post by stonemon on Nov 22, 2021 15:13:52 GMT -5
That is some great looking rock. The polish is flawless on those pieces.
Nice to see new material of that quality.
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realrockhound
Cave Dweller
Chucking leaverite at tweekers
Member since June 2020
Posts: 4,459
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Post by realrockhound on Nov 23, 2021 0:02:34 GMT -5
What email you guys talking about?
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Post by parfive on Nov 23, 2021 0:15:35 GMT -5
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Post by toiv0 on Nov 23, 2021 5:35:35 GMT -5
That he does I just bought myself a Christmas box. Took my order then an email came and said I was too late. No breiciated for me. |
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Post by MsAli on Nov 23, 2021 9:05:41 GMT -5
That he does I just bought myself a Christmas box. Took my order then an email came and said I was too late. No breiciated for me. I got one too that he couldn't fill it then he said he could. I'll save you a piece  |
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Post by hummingbirdstones on Nov 23, 2021 9:26:38 GMT -5
Took my order then an email came and said I was too late. No breiciated for me. I got one too that he couldn't fill it then he said he could. I'll save you a piece Ali, please post pics when you get it and cut some. I sat there and contemplated buying some and decided not. Didn't know if the larger pieces were the same as the smaller because he didn't put pictures up of the larger stuff. Didn't want to spend $35/lb for the smaller ones. Knowing Phillip, the pictures are the creme de la creme and not all of it is that fabulous.
I'd like to know the ratio between good and not so good cutters.  |
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Post by MsAli on Nov 23, 2021 11:55:43 GMT -5
I got one too that he couldn't fill it then he said he could. I'll save you a piece Ali, please post pics when you get it and cut some. I sat there and contemplated buying some and decided not. Didn't know if the larger pieces were the same as the smaller because he didn't put pictures up of the larger stuff. Didn't want to spend $35/lb for the smaller ones. Knowing Phillip, the pictures are the creme de la creme and not all of it is that fabulous.
I'd like to know the ratio between good and not so good cutters. I definitely will post it He said that the larger is not showing orbs just brecciated and he will have more of the nodules probably in the spring He does have a tendency to put up the yummy stuff and send not so yummy stuff |
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Tommy
Administrator 
Member since January 2013
Posts: 12,957
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Post by Tommy on Nov 23, 2021 12:12:22 GMT -5
He does have a tendency to put up the yummy stuff and send not so yummy stuff ^^ this ^^ I have to say this politely because Phil is a member here and he logs in occasionally when he sees his business name show up on Google searches, AND I don't want to come across as having an axe to grind for my past posts about how he claimed up my favorite hunting grounds in the Dead Camel mountains. All things aside, in my experience and in my brother's experience, when buying in 'bulk' from this vendor, the quality tends to fall of the cliff as does customer service if you complain. |
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