There is only one person who can definitively clear up several issues, and that is the original overseas seller who sold and shipped multiple Cancun Casino chip packages to Davin:
- The current status of the investigation regarding the missing box conducted by the Israeli postal, US Customs, and USPS authorities
- If the investigation is closed, what (if any) compensation was made to the seller
- What (if any) compensation has the seller made to Davin for the missing package
Until that information becomes available -- and directly from the source, not second-hand -- any action taken now is simply premature. This is why I advised Davin to supply Tanner with the original seller's contact info, so that those questions could be answered.
Additionally, attempting to obtain additional information regarding the source and/or means that Tanner's ebay seller obtained the chips he sold to Tanner could prove useful. I believe Tanner has already asked those questions of the ebay seller and is waiting for answers.
Regardless how this turns out....
Davin's only recourse for getting compensation for his missing chips is from the original overseas seller. The various authorities conducting the investigation cannot -- and will not -- help him. It is also not Tanner's responsibility to compensate him in any way.
It is the original overseas seller's responsibility to accurately fill out shipping and customs forms, and to ask that an investigation be conducted when a shipped package goes missing or becomes 'stuck' in one location (as it appears has happened here). The conclusion and results of that investigation are critical in determining the proper actions of the authorities and the original overseas seller/shipper.
Until the investigation has been completed and results known, most of what's happening here is conjecture as to the official status of the missing shipment, along with the status of the chips purchased by Tanner on ebay. This is why I advised Tanner to contact both his ebay seller for sourcing details, and to provide the original overseas seller/shipper with any information that could be helpful in any ongoing investigation that he initiated with the postal authorities.