RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoAncient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexicowww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down10
arrow-up111arrow-down1external-linkAncient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexicowww.theguardian.comRandAlThor@lemmy.ca to World News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squareBlackout@kbin.runlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·3 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-squarenogooduser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoI think that people didn’t realise that this was a joke. I thought that it was funny.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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.
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.