Re: MIssing Joao Reis Pipes Found On Ebay Store

Hi Art,
If she did purchase them at a Postal Recovery auction legally, does she not
have the right to legally sell them or do whatever with them she likes?. As
far as I know, If she went through all the proper channels she is in the
clear. Having said that, I think she COULD choose to settle this matter with
Steve if she is so inclined...but does she HAVE to by law.... hmmm
Just wondering....

Mario Persico
<mingkahuna@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I have no particular knowledge of the matters at hand, but I must point
> out one possibility that should be investigated.
>
> Some time back a shipment of Bertram Safferling pipes being shipped via
> German and US mail from Germany to the US came up missing. Many months
> later the pipes started to show up on ebay. The seller, a very
> honorable estate pipe seller, was contacted and the whole story came
> out. It seems that the US post office sells lost items from the mail
> on ebay at auction. Apparently the package was damaged to the degree
> that the sender and recipient could not be indentified, so the items
> were sold at auction. Amazingly this was after a full search was
> conducted by the recipient, Don Bellchamber, Safferling's US rep at the
> time, when the shipment came up missing. The Safferling story has
> happy ending as the estate dealer who acquired the missing pipes
> returned them to Don, an honorable act by an honorable guy, Joe Allen
> of JoeE Pipes. He didn't even hesitate when it was obvious to him that
> the rightful owner had surfaced. This story was recounted in the NASPC
> newsletter.
>
> While I can't say for sure, but this *may* be what is going on here.
> If this is the case the seller should divulge this NOW rather than sit
> on the info to try to protect her source, which is downright silly and
> stupid. THE US MAIL AUCTIONS OFF LOST ITEMS ON EBAY. Apparently this
> seller is no Joe Allen.
>
> I only offer this as one possible explanation.
>
> Art
>


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