[meteorite-list] Buyers BEWARE!!!!

From: Dan Furlan <danfurlan_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 12:46:24 -0400
Message-ID: <BANLkTim__8E0W5NvPSEu2NKvJaWjZbJQtw_at_mail.gmail.com>

Excuse me? i highly doubt expecting to get what i pay for is being
unreasonable.
Daniel Furlan

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:06 PM, MexicoDoug <mexicodoug at aim.com> wrote:
> 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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Received on Tue 28 Jun 2011 12:46:24 PM PDT