[meteorite-list] Non Paying bidder

From: Roman Nakonechny <uraninut239__at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:31:29 2004
Message-ID: <Law9-F347L3l9a7fWom0000f312_at_hotmail.com>

Hi tom,
        Did you state on the forms that it was a meteorite. You know there's
a lot of antiquities being smuggled out of Italy and into Italy at the
moment and they do open suspicious packages. Hell , there's even a ban on
exporting Roman Empire coins , and they people find them every day there,
sometimes in caches of a hundred pounds or more -mostly copper an bronze. I
heard through some archaelogy fans that theres a United Nations Ban on
export of "All " antiquities out of Italy . If your package paperwork
mentioned that it was a meteorite or even mineral of some sort , they
(italian Customs) figure that maybe the receiver in Italy might also be
exporting antiquities and outlawed minerals , antiquities, and especially
meteorites- so they check him/her out. This takes a hell of a lot of time.
Could be one possibility.
                                  HAVE A GOOD NIGHT
                      Roman Nakonechny (IMCA# 0583)

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