[meteorite-list] Lost/Stolen meteorites

From: Dave Freeman mjwy <dfreeman_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 10:57:48 -0700
Message-ID: <457AF91C.2050803_at_fascination.com>

Rare fern claim, the only known to exist; 3" celery stalk-like
acrostichum fern root base sold for $150, valued at over $500, USPS paid
sale price the buyer paid on ebay....$150. Lesson, don't bid cheap if
you know the item will later turn up missing. He was not happy, neither
was I, piece could not make a 245 mile journey down I-80 to Laramie,WY.
Only two post offices involved, only 5 individuals had access to the
package. I send important items registered mail now, for what ever that
is worth.
I require shipping insurance and delivery confirmation on EVERY item I sell.
Dave Freeman
mjwy

Michael L Blood wrote:

>Hi Mike,
> Sorry for the problems you and Jim are having - hope they
>resolve easily and quickly.
> You DID bring up a point regarding which I have been very
>concerned: I have been told by USPS, UPS & Fed Ex that I would
>never be able to collect on insurance for a meteorite because it is
>a unique item and, therefore, a replacement price cannot reliably
>be placed on it.
> Now, you and I both know that you and I and most dealers
>can, in fact, EASILY put a very reasonable "replacement value"
>on the majority (99.999%) of meteorites. However, I am wondering
>if ANYONE on this list has EVER filled an insurance claim with the
>US Post Office, UPS or Fed Ex for a lost meteorite and, if so, whether
>it was paid.
> RSVP the list - I am sure everyone would be interested in this
>subject - or I should say, the majority, as it seems there are always
>at least a few that don't care about whatever is the given topic.
> Thanks, Michael
>
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>on 12/8/06 8:04 PM, Michael Farmer at meteoriteguy at yahoo.com wrote:
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>>I need to report that a shipment from the Munich show
>>has been lost/stolen.
>>Jim Strope and I shipped via UPS Supply Chain
>>Solutions a large Muonionalusta weighing 174 kilograms
>>and a large Gibeon, highly sculptured, weighing 36
>>kilograms. It also contained some kilos of chondrites.
>>The shipment has been lost for a month. It seems to
>>have made it to Los Angeles via United Airlines, and
>>simply disappeared after that. We are told that it is
>>likely simply buried in the United Airlines bonded
>>cargo warehouse and may be found soon, but on the off
>>chance that this shipment was stolen, we must make
>>public the weights of the meteorites.
>>If anyone has been offered any meteorites of these
>>weights, please notify myself of Jim Strope as I will
>>be in Japan until Dec 19th. It seems that shipments of
>>this type have been stolen before. Let this be a
>>warning to anyone shipping material like this. It CAN
>>BE LOST/STOLEN even when weighing over 500 pounds!
>>INSURE YOUR SHIPMENTS.
>>
>>Michael Farmer
>>
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