Moderator's note on bogus valampuri

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MODERATORS NOTE: I had sent Pt Tata's message to the damaged party, and

encouraged him to contact Pt. Tata... FYI here is his reply to me...

 

"Dear Khun Richard, I think about one year ago, one of my friends

wanted to order a valampuri from this website. I had ordered by my name

because he can not speak and write english language. When the the order

came to thailand. I had opened the box. I was sure that it was fake. I

had try to contact with this man by e-mail. by phone. but he did not

keep his honour. My friend was very angry.  But now he is very happy

because I can find out many real one for him. Now a lot of his friend

believe me.  They are sure that I can find the real valampuri for them.

I have many order for their group. I wrote about the fake story in my

new book too. I want to warn every body in Thailand or the world to

know about the fake valampuri. I am sure this man know that it is fake.

so I dont want to talk with him."

 

---I wrote him back suggesting he should contact Pt Tata, still I don't

know if he will. But it is certainly nice of Pt Tata to offer to make

amends as he has written. Now Pt Tata has one of the only sites that

sells REAL Valampuri Lakshmi Shank. They are NOT cheap... and why

should they be? Most other sites are selling the bogus Whelk and

calling Valampuri.

 

--- neelakanthamayyer <neelakanthamayyer > wrote:

 

> Dear Pt.Tata,

> Your are really a rare pundit in kaliyuga. returning 45000 rupees to

> someone as you sold a wrong one to him is a laudable quality. people

> talk abou sastras but you are following them. my salutes to you sir.

> N. Ayyer

>

> ---Moderator's note: I contacted the Thai man about Pt Tata's offer

> to settle, but the Thai man was still so angry about it that he said

> he would not contact Pt. Tata at all.  I encouraged him to contact

> Pt. Tata, but I don't think he has done so. The matter remains

> unsettled.

>

> sacred-objects, "Siva Prasad Tata"

> <sptata> wrote:

> >

> > Dear Alok,

> >

> > After seeing the Dakshinavarti Shankha and its X-Ray picture, I

> want

> > you to

> > be a bit extra careful before selling it. I think these are the

> > pictures

> > sent to you from a South Indian supplier judging from the

> > language/spelling

> > used "Vellampuri Shangu". I suggest you get it re X-Rayed it in

> your

> > presence, using a heavy industrial X-Ray (also called metal X-Ray).

>

> > Ask the

> > X-Ray unit to use about 120 kv power and 5 minits exposure to

> ensure

> > a more

> > properly exposed X-Ray of the inside.

> >

> > Normally I would not raise doubts about someone else's product. But

>

> > I am

> > doing it in this case because you are still young at 28 and I don't

>

> > want a

> > fellow Vedic Astrologer to be taken for a ride and get a bad name.

> > About a

> > year ago I was fooled by almost a similar looking fake

> > Dakshinavarti. I

> > bought it for Rs.35000/- and sold it for Rs.45000/- to a fellow in

> > Thailand.

> > Fortunately, thanks to the help of this forum and especially

> > Richardji and

> > Dev Uniyal, I was able to trace him and in the process of returning

>

> > his

> > money and take the fake one back. (When I return it to the Hardwar

> > crook who

> > sold it to me, I intend to recite some pucca Punjabi verses!)

> >

> > The reasons to be careful about this Shankha are as follows:

> >

> > A)    It has several of the typical features of Lightning Whelk - a

>

> > short

> > and broad head, a big pronounced flaring contour on the opening

> side

> > and a

> > long tail.

> >

> > B)     The inside structure of the X-Ray, especially near the head

> > part, is

> > more characteristic of the lightning whelk than Velampuri as you

> can

> > see in

> > the 5 X-Ray comparison picture posted here

> > Terms of Service.