@[email protected] to World NewsEnglish • 6 months agoAncient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexicowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up1216arrow-down11
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minus-squareBlackoutlinkfedilink12•edit-26 months agoA vase for $4 is a good deal. What was she expecting, solid gold? I don’t think I would have gone as far as involving all of Mexico but I guess it’s easier to just give her a refund.
minus-square@nogooduserlinkEnglish12•6 months agoI think that people didn’t realise that this was a joke. I thought that it was funny.
minus-squareFlying SquidMlinkEnglish12•6 months agoGold? The Mayans didn’t care much about something useless like gold. Now cacao beans… she’d get a lot of cacao beans for that vase.
A vase for $4 is a good deal. What was she expecting, solid gold? I don’t think I would have gone as far as involving all of Mexico but I guess it’s easier to just give her a refund.
I think that people didn’t realise that this was a joke. I thought that it was funny.
Those Amazon customers can be ruthless.
Gold? The Mayans didn’t care much about something useless like gold. Now cacao beans… she’d get a lot of cacao beans for that vase.
Bolts of cotton too. Or maybe some jade or obsidian.