When the moroccans began selling direct to end collectors i knew it would only end badly. You can not expect to send huge sums of money overseas and get what you paid for. I have never once sent money before the stone was delivered to me. They cant rip you off that way. Michael Farmer
Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2011, at 1:03 AM, Jack Schrader <schrad...@rocketmail.com> wrote: > I too have been had by a dishonest Moroccan dealer I am embarrassed to say. > I > have have many good dealings with this person in the past slowly building a > trusting meteorite buying relationship. This person also sent me a photo of > a > meteorite that I wished to buy, a very rare type. When I received the stone, > it > was a very obvious weathered H chondrite and not the meteorite that I agreed > to > buy and paid a great sum of money for. This person has promised to send me > other meteorites to make up for the "mistake" but has not yet done so. This > has > been going on since November 2010. I have instead gotten many "excuses", the > latest being the "border problems with Algeria do not allow for him to get > the > stones" that I will accept to make up for the money owed to me as Moroccans > cannot send money out of the country. I have been very patient with this > person > but I will soon expose his name to the list in order to protect other buyers > who > may fall prey to his scam. I still hold a small glimmer of hope that he make > make this right but I am very doubtful at this point. I have been patient > with > this person for more than 8 months now but I am rapidly losing my patience > and > hope that he will keep his many promises to me. I will give this person one > more month to clear his name and reputation and then I will expose him to the > list for the thief and liar that he is in order to keep others from falling > prey > to his dishonest scam. If he makes good, then I will owe him my apologies. > > > I have had and continue to have good dealings with no problems whatsoever > with > the following dealers: Abdelfattah Gharrad, Abdelaziz Alhyane and Ahmad > Bouragaa. I would highly recommend these dealers as I have dealt with them > for > many years with no problems at all. All very trustworthy men. All it takes > is > a couple of rotten Moroccans to give everyone a bad name though. > > I, as Gary Fujihara does, hate to make negative posts but also feel it > necessary to expose the dishonest dealers to the list. I will keep you > posted > and I hope the list of bad Moroccan delears does not continue to grow. These > are desperate times and the time to be all the more careful with our hard > earned > money. Be careful out there. > > > Jack > > > > > > ----- Forwarded Message ---- > From: Gary Fujihara <fuj...@mac.com> > To: MeteorList <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com> > Sent: Wed, June 22, 2011 2:57:25 PM > Subject: [meteorite-list] Warning about Lahcen Ait Ha > > Aloha all, > > I want to warn everyone about a dishonorable dealer of meteorites who lives > in > Morocco by the name of Lahcen Ait Ha. Lahcen offered a 748g lot of NWA 859 > Taza > iron meteorites by showing me pictures of them by email. I purchased the > lot, > but when I received his package, I realized that the material he sent me was > not > the same as the ones in the pictures. Not only that, but I have doubts > whether > the material is meteoritic at all. Needless to say, I returned the material > immediately and contacted Lahcen to get a refund. He has stalled and to this > point has refused to return my money. Several honorable Moroccan meteorite > dealers have contacted Lahcen to talk sense into him to return my money, but > these efforts have been fruitless. I have now waited over two months for > resolution and yet there is no solution in sight, despite my efforts and > those > of my friends in Morocco. > > > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/_BogusTaza.jpg > > I must say that the vast majority of meteorite dealers in Morocco are of > unquestionable integrity and good character. It is a pity that such a person > is > able to continue to perpetrate his fraudulent actions there. > > > I implore all to NEVER DEAL WITH Lahcen Ait Ha. > > I never make posts like this because I have never had a need to do so. But > extenuating circumstances have forced me to make this public immediately to > protect others from being victimized by this person. Thank you for your > understanding and caveat emptor. > > Gary Fujihara > Big Kahuna Meteorites (IMCA#1693) > 105 Puhili Place, Hilo, Hawai'i 96720 > http://bigkahuna-meteorites.com/ > http://shop.ebay.com/fujmon/m.html > (808) 640-9161 > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > ______________________________________________ > Visit the Archives at > http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html > Meteorite-list mailing list > Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com > http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list ______________________________________________ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
