Amber Listserv / Amber List - business to avoid in Czech Republic

[ADAM SPIEGEL]

$5.00?  What a ripoff.  My fake amber with real scorpion from Mexico set me back 20 pesos.  But that was awhile ago, so who knows.  I did a show last weekend and some woman was going to bring in what she claimed was amber which she found washed up on the shore of Lake Michigan, near Chicago.  When I told her I would like to see it, since that would be rare if not unknown, she said she would bring it in the next day, but didnt.  Another scam, or just embarrassment?  Who knows?

tamber12 at aol.com wrote:    Hey folks,
   
  In the interest of saving people's hard earned cash..... A fella wrote to me last week.  He visited the Czech Republic this past summer and dropped $450.00 for a piece of amber with a full sized scorpion in it.  Four hundred and fifty dollars, US!!!!  Ugh.  He sent photo images, and the minute I saw it I was sick on his behalf.  It looks like the same thing a friend of mine bought for me on the streets of Mexico for $5.00.  I went through the explanations of how they were faked, why it couldn't possibly be real and he was very understanding, and poorer by nearly 500 dollars.  Anyway, he sent me the name and location of the shop.  They assured him that the specimen was genuine, the real deal and persuaded him to buy.  How many people have they bilked out of hundreds and thousands of dollars?  
   
  Here is the name and location of the business so we can warn others if need be.  
   
  -Tammi 
   
  Tammi;
 
I brought their business card in today, here it is, to the best of my interpretation:
 
Ceske Zlatnictoi
Gold Point
Vaclavske nam 43
Praha 1, Czech Republic

    
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