[meteorite-list] Buyers BEWARE!!!!

From: MexicoDoug <mexicodoug_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:06:31 -0400
Message-ID: <8CE03C472C84778-2638-162C8_at_webmail-d128.sysops.aol.com>

Hi Dan

Your seller states:

"Authenticity Guaranteed and backed up by a 100% money back no
questions asked return policy."

Why not try to work the problem out first before airing dirty laundry
in public? I don't know the guy, but your expecting $333/gram material
while he's faced with the costs and having to make those nice cases and
sell 42 of them per gram without a mg of waste, pay eBay and PayPal -
sounds like you were being very unreasonable in your expectation,
wholesale or not. Please don't take this the wrong way, a deal IS a
deal. If there is a problem run from the deal to the fullest extent of
your rights.

... You're right, there may be a hundred victims out there, although
your message seems more irate about your personal dealing, likely to be
caused by a copy paste of ebay auctions and has been corrected in all
present auctions. Given the sentimental value I place on the Moon I am
profoundly disappointed that we are faced with this for such revered
treasures. I don't know the guy; I'm just ready for the funny-farm.
Sorry for the first class rant.

Best wishes
Doug






-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Furlan <danfurlan at gmail.com>
To: met-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Tue, Jun 28, 2011 11:24 am
Subject: [meteorite-list] Buyers BEWARE!!!!


Hello all, unfortunately I have found another person on ebay who is
selling underweight lunar and martian material. His ebay ID is
spaceterrain4sale and his first name is Ariel. He is advertising his
mounts at 24mg each at the time i purchased.. i purchased a whole
bunch from him for around 8.00 each thinking he was an honest seller
and i liked the display cases they came in. When i got the items they
looked very small... I decided to break open one of the mounts and
weigh it on my diamond scale. IT ONLY WEIGHS 7 MG and this was the
biggest piece.. if you are bidding on any of his items make sure you
understand he is misleading people in the weight he is stating. his
ebay ID is spaceterrain4sale just to let everybody know. I am talking
to him now about getting a refund for all the mounts i bought another
meteorite dealer ripping people off on ebay.. what a waste.. if he
doesn't agree to refund me my money i will open a claim against him
with paypal... i noticed on his new listings he is not stating the
weight anymore but I am talking about the items i purchased and the
listings at the time of when i purchased the items.. please beware of
this guy.

Daniel Furlan
dealer and collector
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