Under US and International law, in general, unless the parties agreed otherwise, the seller bears the risk of lost or damaged goods until the good are delivered to the buyer. Why? Because it is the seller who chooses and delivers the goods to the carrier, who then acts as the seller's agent to deliver the goods. The buyer has nothing to do with it. Thus, if the goods do not make it to the buyer, the seller is responsible for replacing the goods, refunding the purchase price or paying the amount it would reasonably cost the buyer to purchase the same goods for an alternate seller.

The gist is that you are probably responsible and should send other chips or pay for the chips you got. I don't know what the laws are where you are or where Virgil is, but they are probably the same. Sales laws in the US are under the Uniform Commercial Code and don't vary much state to state.

Please note that I am not giving legal advice and I have not researched this issue for some time, but I believe my memory on this matter is pretty good.

Most importantly, you can see what effect it has had when this came out. You stopped getting responses to your unrelated question. Reputation is everything on this board and in this hobby. It is probably worth it to set this right and restore you good name.

JMHO

Michael Siskin