[meteorite-list] European lost orders (RHartman)

[Darren Garrison]

On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 14:34:01 -0800, "Ron Hartman" <rnhartma at mtsac.edu> wrote:

>Our input:
>
>In a shipment of membrane box components (we do final box assembly) from 
>Europe by FedEx during the Christmas season rush (en route from Paris to 
>U.S.) 11 large parcels, 20 x 16 x 16 in., after leaving U.S. customs in 
>Tennessee, ten went westward quickly to our shipping office in Crestline, 
>California (as they should have) and one went east to the Bahamas where it 
>was delivered and signed for by I believe an attorney's office.  (There is a 
>signature.)  They refused to give the package back to FedEx and the claim 
>for a lost package is processing.  FedEx assumes responsibility for lost 
>packages.

So-- somewhere in the Bahamas there is a lawyer with lots of pieces of plastic boxes.  He doesn't
know what they are for, he doesn't know what he is going to do with them, but darned if he's going
to give them up!