Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-20 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
, September 18, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package Another one sent to Texas came back with the notice Customs Declaration is missing. We have always known that Texas is different but when did it become independent?;-) Anne M. Black

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-20 Thread Rob McCafferty
--- M come Meteorite Meteorites [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: another record? 1 week of delay for a little pack sent to Venice from my house, 20 minutes of bus... Matteo I'm not so sure! The guy in the room next to me at university came from Torino (Riccardo Ferraro, I swear it really was

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-19 Thread Jeff Kuyken
Kangaroos are a bit faster! ;-) Jeff - Original Message - From: Stefan Brandes To: Meteorite-list Sent: Tuesday, September 19, 2006 2:02 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package One year seven and a half months for the package to cross the US. Who can beat that? I

AW: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-19 Thread Martin Altmann
von Martin Horejsi Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. September 2006 04:20 An: Walter Branch Cc: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story Hi Walter, Not this Martin. But I seem to remember the tale as well. I hope I won't have a story to add

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-19 Thread Eduardo.
: Walter Branch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2006 18:08:16 -0400 Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story Hello Everyone, Not long after the 9/11 attacks here in America, I sent two large irons to Norway and Philedelphia

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-19 Thread Matthias Bärmann
] Im Auftrag von Eduardo. Gesendet: Dienstag, 19. September 2006 13:28 An: Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story Walter Sorry to hear that I was at Denver on 9/11, and had to ship 5 boxes with stones (up to 20kg each) back

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - is UPS better?

2006-09-19 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi all - I am greatly enjoying everyone's tales of woe with government mail services - sharing the burden of a frustration does make it lighter - sometimes there really is nothing one can do but laugh. But I am wondering, is UPS better? good hunting, Ed --- Martin Horejsi [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - is UPS better?

2006-09-19 Thread Don Edwards
--- E.P. Grondine [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But I am wondering, is UPS better? Not particularly. A few years ago I bought a share of one of Michael Cottingham's Moroccan investments. He sent a package of, I think it was, about 5K of material UPS. I was home the evening when they supposedly

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-19 Thread Alexander Seidel
I did not order many meteorites from e.g. the United States lately, but whenever I did in the more remote past within the last two years or so, delivery was very very very slow - most probably due to German customs, as others have already stated here. It is even likely to happen to be a slow

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - is UPS better?

2006-09-19 Thread E.P. Grondine
Hi Don, list - Thanks for the information. I have regularly been experiencing late delieveries with international mailings of my book Man and Impact in the Americas when shipping via USPS, so this information is quite important for me. It's frustrating, but then what are the alternatives? good

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-19 Thread R. N. Hartman
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Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-19 Thread JKGwilliam
]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:13 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:45 PM Subject

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-18 Thread M come Meteorite Meteorites
the same for me, 2 packs of meteorites lost years ago why he have sent via ordinary mail - no track - and not via registered how I jave ask me. No money seen back. Matteo --- Darren Garrison [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha scritto: So, the only meteorite purchase I've had lost in the mail was one

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-18 Thread Stefan Brandes
One year seven and a half months for the package to cross the US. Who can beat that? I got one of my packages from a well known US-dealer ;) after three months, with inside notice: This package was opened by the AUSTRALIAN customs. Around the world and still not unbelievably late. They do

RE: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-18 Thread tracy latimer
I beat everyone so far. Four Christmases ago, I got a package from my parents; not unusual, but the postmark was from 2 seasons prior! Talk about some stale marzipan! Tracy Latimer __ Meteorite-list mailing list

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-18 Thread Deborah Martin
At 01:57 PM 18/09/2006, Bernd wrote: The customs people were not the culprits this time. That honor goes to the German mail company. There must have been a potential thief who opened Christmas mail that looked promising (precious metals, jewelry, money, etc.). Meteorites were just worthless

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-18 Thread MexicoDoug
Bernd wrote: finally arrived (again) after this transaltantic odyssey which lasted only three months! Awww:-) ! I love those tearful stories like Bernd's above that have storybook-happy endings! Reminds me of the time the most gentlemanly German sent to the US the most exciting sample

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-18 Thread Walter Branch
Hello Everyone, I have my own horror story about mail/package delivery but unlike most others I must take part of the blame. Not long after the 9/11 attacks here in America, I sent two large irons to Norway and Philedelphia. They never made it. What was I thinking? I was trying to send two

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-18 Thread Walter Branch
Hi Bernd, (sometimes it is good people do not know much about meteorites You are right. This is how I judge whether to dismiss these stories that make it to the list. Sort of like Hollywood vs. reality. Who was it that had their apartment broken into and items where stolen, except the

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-18 Thread Impactika
In a message dated 9/18/2006 10:04:09 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: One year seven and a half months for the package to cross the US. Who can beat that? I got one of my packages from a well known US-dealer ;) after three months, with inside notice: This package was

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-18 Thread Sterling K. Webb
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Monday, September 18, 2006 6:45 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package Another one sent to Texas came back with the notice Customs Declaration is missing

Re: Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package - my story

2006-09-18 Thread Martin Horejsi
Hi Walter, Not this Martin. But I seem to remember the tale as well. I hope I won't have a story to add here, but I might have one in the works. I mailed a meteorite to San Diego about a month ago and, you guessed it, we're still waiting. Cheers, Martin On 9/18/06, Walter Branch [EMAIL

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-17 Thread Pekka Savolainen
Pony Express still in use? ;-) best, pekka s Darren Garrison wrote: So, the only meteorite purchase I've had lost in the mail was one from Michael Cottingham from Ebay. I go to the mailbox today, though, and the package is there. Dirty, torn, and taped and with a postmark of January 31st,

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-17 Thread Don Edwards
--- Pekka Savolainen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pony Express still in use? ;-) best, pekka s No ... that's why it's called snail mail. D.E. __ Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com

Re: [meteorite-list] Unbelievably late package

2006-09-17 Thread Sterling K. Webb
Hi, I make it an average speed of roughly 12 feet a minute. That's a little fast for a snail, but a little too slow for a pony. Floundering about for the optimal solution, I believe that TURTLES provide the best fit to the data... Sterling K. Webb