In a message dated 2/11/2005 2:07:08 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: No, Mike's package *was* labeled with something like "Specimen for study. No commercial value" and still we ran into this mess. When I got my beautiful Tambo Quemado from Eric Twelker, I had to drive downtown to the customs office (16 km and back again = 32 km) and I had to explain to them why this was an "educational piece" - otherwise I would have had to pay customs fees. -----------------------------------------------------------------------
And it is not just meteorites!!! I sent a nice leather jacket to my father for Christmas. The package was labeled "Christmas gift", and "clothing". The package took 4 weeks to get there, arrived in fine shape, but he had to pay 50Euros in Custom Duties. And the package was stamped as "Cleared by German Customs". He lives in Lyon, France. I don't understand that! For the last year or so, I have been sending all my international packages by Global Priority Mail. Not very expensive, and so far all my packages have arrived quickly and in good shape. Even the one that went to Australia before being re-routed to Austria. Anne M. Black www.IMPACTIKA.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] President, I.M.C.A. Inc. www.IMCA.cc ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
