[meteorite-list] Meteorites and Moroccans

From: Adam Hupe <raremeteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 11:49:32 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <385321.81322.qm_at_web30702.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

I have been ripped off tens of thousands of dollars by bait-and-switches pulled by Moroccans in the past along with several other dealers. You will have to go back further in the archives to get their names. The weights were always light and a disproportionate amount of terrestrial material was mixed in when I purchased several thousand pound lots. I have found meteorites glued together and terrestrial rocks with shoe polish on them I even got ripped by $4,500.00 on a piece of crusted industrial waste that the Moroccans knew was not a meteorite after being told by the French who also wasted money on the same material.

I cannot begin to tell you how many people got ripped-offed on so-called pairings to NWA 482. Not a single pairing has ever surfaced so buyers were too embarrassed to come forward and say they bought a piece of spray painted marble for thousands. Just ask dealers who got ripped off on the Masklynite-rich Eucrite that is still being sold as "lunar" even though Moroccan dealers know differently. Some of this "lunar" was being offered in Tucson this year.

Some Moroccan dealers even went as fair as telling buyers it was alright to use our nomenclature on their unstudied material. They let a small piece out of what may a rare piece. When they find out what it is, then all of sudden the bulk of it comes forward. Holding back material is what is causing all of these pairing issues.

That said, I only deal with honest Moroccans. Burn me once and I take my business elsewhere.

Jealousy is an ugly thing.

Best Regards,

Adam

  



 -- On Tue, 5/19/09, Abdelaziz Alhyane <abdelaziz_alhyane at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Abdelaziz Alhyane <abdelaziz_alhyane at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Meteorites and Moroccans
> To: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 10:21 AM
>
> """
>
> ? The Moroccans, on the other hand, are becoming
> increasingly sneaky.? They will send a sample of a
> real Martian meteorite and then send a load of crap
> which you will never see a refund on.? A couple of
> Moroccan fraudsters were even pictured at the last
> meteorite show as can bee seen by the postings to the
> List.
>
> I now refuse to buy from either one!
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Adam???""""
>
> List,
> This is an example of what I was talking about, Is that
> happened to Adam or he just want to hurt our business which
> handereds of nomads get their bread from after sending
> months on the high desert for a few dollars.
> The message is clear, it is for collectors to not buying
> from Moroccans after we can sell directly to collectors.
> Adam does not stop buying from Moroccans, hes a liar, After
> this message we all know he bought NWA5000 and this 'ROCK"
> is another story.
> All I want and most of us, from the is to make things
> clear, if I'm ripped off by someone, I would tell his name
> after many times trying to get paid or get my stone(s) back,
> and then everybody must talk to him, if he does not fix the
> problem, everybody shoud STOP dealling with him.
> I hope we will not read negative comments about Moroccans
> based on nothing than competition and selfeshness.
> Just my opinion
>
> Thanks
> Aziz
>
>
> ? ? ?
>
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