SNES preservation project on hold due to missing $10,000 package
>Obviously, it should have been insured for the full value. But please understand that hindsight is 20/20. The sender chose the insurance amount, and had no <i>reason to suspect the package would be lost</i>, and that we would be given no help on the matter. It's <i>not unreasonable to believe a mail carrier would try to avoid the need to pay out 1000 Euros worth of insurance by not losing said package</i>.<p>That's some really high expectations there.<p>If you want to send something to another country and aren't willing to lose it? Buy a plane ticket.<p>It's essentially impossible for the carriers to prevent this from happening given their volumes.