the thai man

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dear richard sir,

can i get the thai man's name and contact details, email, phone etc..

i would like to read his book and know more about the valampuri from

him...many thanks>>aadi

 

sacred-objects, Richard Shaw Brown

<rsbj66> wrote:

>

> 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.