[meteorite-list] E bay fraud

[Ma Lan]

Hi Mike,

Give me the seller's eBay ID and the link of the deal. I would have a try to contact the seller since he is a Chinese seller. If i know him, i'll persuade him to refund you at my best.

Hope i can help you.

Best wishes,
Ma Lan
Beijing China


--- On Mon, 9/8/08, Mike Miller <meteoritefinder at gmail.com> wrote:


> From: Mike Miller <meteoritefinder at gmail.com>

> Subject: [meteorite-list] E bay fraud

> To: "meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>

> Date: Monday, September 8, 2008, 11:28 PM

> 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?

> 

> -- 

> Mike Miller 230 Greenway Dr. Kingman Az 86401

> www.meteoritefinder.com

>  928-753-6825

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