[meteorite-list] Fw: Warning about Lahcen Ait Ha

[Jack Schrader]

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 <fujmon at mac.com>
To: MeteorList <meteorite-list at 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

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