[meteorite-list] Lost/Stolen meteorites

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 09 Dec 2006 06:37:32 -0800
Message-ID: <C1A00A2C.3129A%mlblood_at_cox.net>

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


on 12/8/06 8:04 PM, Michael Farmer at meteoriteguy at yahoo.com wrote:

> 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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