[meteorite-list] Dealers, Sellers: Please INSURE your shipments

[al mitt]

Hi Gary and all,

Good thread! Just a note to dealers who are licensed merchants and are in 
business, we had one dealer on the list who recommended to a buyer he should 
have insurance on his package. The buyer declined the insurance. The package 
was lost and when the buyer demanded his money back the dealer said no 
because he had decline the insurance. The buyer then filed a suit against 
the dealer and the court's judgment was the dealer is ultimately responsible 
for the package until it reaches the buyer. The dealer was out the value of 
the specimen, shipping, and court costs!!

This was a USA case so don't know about overseas orders. I know that many 
dealers were having trouble when shipping to Italy several years back. This 
is when I decline to ship anything there. The post office would ship global 
priority just about anywhere else but Italy so it told me there was a 
problem within that country. Not to put down the highly respected people 
there on this list. Just the way it is.

Buyers have certain rights with credit cards but right now I am fighting 
with an old card company I dealt with as after three years someone tried to 
charge something to that old account. They reactivated it (can you believe 
that) and just because they have my information they are saying I have to 
pay up. I have a little surprise coming there way if they don't start making 
sense. Best to all!

--AL

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fujihara" <fujmon at mac.com>
To: "MeteorList" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Dealers, Sellers: Please INSURE your shipments

>* On larger orders, the seller should recommend insurance to the  buyer, 
>who may elect not to do so at his/her own risk.  But give the  buyer the 
>choice, make him an active participant in the shipment.