[meteorite-list] steelhorse1994 fake rocks reappear as "Mars dust"

From: info at moonmarsrocks.com <info_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 09:47:02 -0700
Message-ID: <20140211094702.b86ea499b59be1b7298b47d2f1127a77.4f947ec782.wbe_at_email13.secureserver.net>

Hi All,
 
The ebay seller (sorens-stuff) revised their listing 2/10. Their
solution is to remove the incriminating photo of the steelhorse1984 Mars
display from their listing and to keep on selling without indicating the
source of their material so as to cover up the issue. I wrote them again
asking if this was the extent of their "solution". I suspect they would
deny still using the fake material if inquiries were made by ebay.
 
Best regards,
 
Daniel

Daniel Noyes
Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
info at moonmarsrocks.com
www.moonmarsrocks.com
 
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Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:28:19 -0700
From: <info at moonmarsrocks.com>
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] steelhorse1994 fake rocks reappear as
"Mars dust"
To: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Message-ID:
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Hello All,

I received a fairly quick response from the seller tonight : "Hi, thank
you for the information! We will look into it asap and take the
appropriate measures! Thank you!"

Words are nice, actions are better! I will keep an eye on the listing,
it is still active at the moment. If need be I will put a call into
ebay.

Mike is right, their list of items for sale is a virtual land mine of
questionably documented collectibles. Maybe they are just na?ve, but
buying something fake on ebay that claims it is real and then reselling
bits and pieces of it without proper verification does not make it any
more real. It is probably just fortuitous that their current Moon dust
offering is derived from a legitimate meteorite kit.

Best regards,
Daniel

Daniel Noyes
Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
info at moonmarsrocks.com
www.moonmarsrocks.com



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] steelhorse1994 fake rocks reappear as
"Mars dust"
From: "Galactic Stone & Ironworks" <meteoritemike at gmail.com>
Date: Sat, February 08, 2014 3:49 pm
To: info at moonmarsrocks.com
Cc: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com

Thanks for the heads-up Daniel! :)

This same seller is selling a wide variety of odd and rare artifacts.
This makes me question the authenticity of everything he offers.
Pieces of the Hindenberg? Metal from Apollo 11. Etc. If he's this
careless with his meteorite sources, then I wouldn't trust any of it.

Best regards,

MikeG


On 2/8/14, info at moonmarsrocks.com <info at moonmarsrocks.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> We have a listing on ebay selling "Mars dust specks" that are made from
> pieces of the fake rocks out of the old displays of steelhorse1994:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260853112578#ht_1544wt_853
> The second photo in the listing shows the unmistakable steelhorse1994
> display.
>
> I wrote the guy and informed him of the problem and suggested he stop
> selling them and recall the ones he has sold. Apparently this seller
> buys displays from various sources and breaks the rocks up into
> microscopic tiny dust pieces(dust is right, you can barely see them) and
> then resells them. He also has a current listing for Moon dust specks
> but those are derived from a legitimate source. I don't know if he has
> previously sold Moon specks that were from fake displays as well.
> Steelhorse1994 is like a bad coin that keeps popping up.
>
> Best regards,
> Daniel
>
> Daniel Noyes
> Genuine Moon & Mars Meteorite Rocks
> info at moonmarsrocks.com
> www.moonmarsrocks.com
> ______________________________________________
>
Received on Tue 11 Feb 2014 11:47:02 AM PST