[meteorite-list] E bay fraud

From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 08:28:31 -0700
Message-ID: <468bf6050809080828t601df989ifdb435ed495cf067_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi all a while back I bought a stone that was supposed to be Nantan on
E bay it was actually a pretty good fake. They had added coloring to
make it look rusty and a magnet really stuck to it. So I stuck it on
the saw thinking it might just be a ball of rust, well as soon as it
started cutting it turned the everything a reddish color. When I
finished the cut and looked at it, it was stone not iron at all.I
would be surprised if it is not hematite. So I contacted the Chinese
dealer and told them all of this and after a couple attempts to
satisfy me will some discount or a better deal next time. I filed a
case with Pay pal and demanded a full refund, and that they stop
selling these lumps of rock as meteorites. I do not know if they ever
really stopped but I see they are back to their same old tricks again,
except this time I know that they know they are committing fraud. Does
that make any difference? Is there anything we can do?

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Mike Miller 230 Greenway Dr. Kingman Az 86401
www.meteoritefinder.com
 928-753-6825

Received on Mon 08 Sep 2008 11:28:31 AM PDT