[Rockhounds] What do you do about falsely advertised eBay items?

[RicSchager at aol.com]

_Topaz  Garnet Quartz Realgar Amethyst Chrysocolla Amber - eBay (item 
180333600754 end  time Mar-13-09 08:38:43 PDT)_ 
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180333600754)  
 
The above link is for a mining claim in Washington about 25 miles from  where 
I live in Washington. I've prospected for gold in Money Creek, with sparse  
gold fines and flour found. And there is some quartz, mostly leaverite.   It' 
certainly not a "gem mine" that produces amber, topaz, etc.  As an  example, 
Washington's only amber producing area is several mountains to the  south, and 
just how many of you collectors have topaz from Money Creek? The  answer, of 
course, is none.
 
Seller (from Texas) responded to my message by offering his professional  
services to find these gems - but I know that they would have to be salted in  
order to be found there.  
 
There's a large number of false eBay ads. Sometimes an ad will  irritate me 
enough to contact the seller - usually they just don't know any  better and 
correct their ad. Sometimes they acknowledge it's incorrect, but  won't fix their 
ad because they want to recoup their investment,  etc. because that's how it 
was sold to them.  And then there are ads  like this one (actually he has 
two)...
 
Rich.
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