Aloha Mendy, Thank you for your diligence in finding and reporting suspect meteorite sales. The meteorite shown in the ebay auction is one that I sold to a well respected scientist in Europe (who also happens to be one of the subjects in a recently published book on the history and science of meteorites) on Thursday, November 21. BTW, the meteorite is NWA 7940 L3.15 and my original listing can be seen here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=231095724642&ssPageName=ADME:L:EOISSA:US:1123 The seller of the same item, musicbusiness23 has a feedback of 2 and lives in Norman, Oklahoma. http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Piece-of-the-Moon-/151170570887 I doubt the true owner of the meteorite has it in his hands yet - its still in transit. But what musicbusiness23 is selling is clearly NWA 7940, and specifically the 2.69g full slice. Not lunar. This is clearly a fraudulent listing. Ebay has been notified and a report made, but ebay’s system does not provide a means of submitting text. You can only click very general options. So, I contacted the seller and let him know that I am onto his scam and he should cease and desist. We’ll see if he takes my advice. gary On Nov 24, 2013, at 7:58 AM, Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> wrote: > Someone selling an OC as a lunar. > > I've sent them a message informing them, but they have not responded. More > disturbing, they are using Gary Fujihara's scale cube to add an air of > authenticity. > > http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Piece-of-the-Moon-/151170570887 > > Please file a complaint as people have already bid on this. Not big bucks, > but still ... > > Mendy Ouzillou > > > >> ________________________________ >> From: Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> >> To: Met-List <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2013 11:17 AM >> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Need help w/ an eBay fraudster:starchild909greg >> >> >> To everyone that responded and filed a complaint or sent the seller an email >> - Thank you. >> >> We often refer to ourselves as being a "meteorite community" and it is >> really nice to see us act like one when needed. I will be sending these >> types of requests more often. I am not turning into the meteorite police (I >> do not have the time or patience for that) as there are far to many cases of >> fraud for me to report or to expect you to follow suit. I and anyone else >> who would like to join, will only be picking on the worst offenders or in >> cases where a bid has been made and a fraudulent sale is imminent. >> >> The idea is not to specifically protect members of this community, but to >> keep the fraudulent listings or sellers from tainting our communal >> reputation and the (a)vocation we all enjoy. The advice to "buy only from >> trusted sellers" is good, but does not help the new collectors who do not >> know better. Quixotic pursuit? Maybe, but I want to try to protect new >> collectors who may eventually join the ranks of my fellow "met-heads". >> >> There is safety in numbers, so I hope that eventually, more people will >> participate in protecting our mutual interests. >> >> Best, >> >> >> Mendy (Don Quixote) Ouzillou >> IMCA 8395 >> >> >> >>> ________________________________ >>>> >>>>> On Nov 4, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Mendy Ouzillou <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have reached out to the seller (nicely), starchild909greg, telling them >>>>> that the rock they have posted is not a meteorite. >>>>> >>>>> The response was laughable: "ebay has warned me to stay away from you >>>>> sorry... they see no problem ebay is aware of this situation" >>>>> >>>>> There are 3 listings that are fraudulent. I have contacted eBay reporting >>>>> these as fraudulent, but would appreciate some help as some of these >>>>> listings actually have bids and someone is about to get defrauded. >>>>> >>>>> Please use the link below and for each of the 3 meteorite listings, >>>>> report them as fraudulent. Look for the tabs "Description and Shipping & >>>>> payments" on the left. Now go all the way to the right and you will see a >>>>> link to "Report an Item". Select "Listing practices", "fraudulent listing >>>>> practices" and "You suspect a listing is fraudulent". >>>>> >>>>> http://bit.ly/17IFbOK >>>>> >>>>> Thank you! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mendy Ouzillou >>>>> ______________________________________________ >>>>> >>>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>>> ______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >>>> Meteorite-list mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ______________________________________________ >> >> Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list >> >> > ______________________________________________ > > Visit the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com > Meteorite-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list Gary Fujihara Big Kahuna Meteorites Inc. 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