On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:59:15 -1000, you wrote: >I have been the victim of theft after discovering that over $1600 >worth of meteorites were missing from a shipment I received from >Argentina.
... >Is it fair for me, the buyer to take the loss alone for this theft? Isn't it illegal now to export meteorites from Argentina (assuming this is a meteorite originating in Argentina, not simply meteortes from elsewhere provided by a seller there)? Okay, a little Googling, and it is just Campo del Cielo that is state-owned, and requires a duty be paid to export it: http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2002M%26PSB..37....5S/0000006.000.html I would assume that in a situation (not saying that you were in that situation) where the shipment would have been concidered illegal (Campo del Cielo shipped without paying the export) it would be uninsurable anyway. ______________________________________________ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
