I need some advise on a shipping disaster.


I recently purchased a pair of speakers on Audiogon.  The price I offered was accepted and I sent the payment promptly.  The seller in return shipped the 2 speakers promptly and sent me the tracking numbers.  One of the speakers was delivered the next day and UPS has lost the other speaker.  The seller has put in a lost package investigation however UPs has not recovered the speaker.  It has been 8 days since the lost investigation has started.
I come to find out that the package was only insured for only half of what I paid for the whole package and it would cost twice that to replace the lost speaker new. So even if UPS cannot find the speaker and pay the insurance claim I cannot even replace the missing speaker for the amount of the claim.  
I'm not sure how to go about solving this issue.  I purchased and paid for a full set of speakers and only have 1.  
Any suggestion on what I should do next?  Has anyone ever experienced an issue such as this?  Does Audiogon have policies around issues such as this?

Thank you,
Vince
vtdragani
Ran into this with USPS on two mono amps that were shipped in two boxs and insured for the total paid, 1 was lost and they wound up paying 1/2 of the total for that one and left me to scramble to replace that amp. Who knew? Me now.
^This.  You've got to get back to a clean slate by shipping the one speaker back to him and getting a full refund.  He can then duke it out with UPS.
Since the seller is the person responsible for getting the item(s) to you. HE is responsible for the insurance and packing.HE is the one collecting the insurance.
I say *though plenty of folks will disagree) he owes you the full amount you paid. He gets the one speaker back.

The shipping responsibility and insurance is a contentious issue and has been since day one.
IMO AudiogoN should have a 'sticky' about WHO is responsible for proper packing financially and legally if a failure occurs. Ditto the cost of insurance. How it must cover the possible loss, and WHO pays for it. If the responsibility is 100% on the seller. then the liability of wrong or no insurance is also on the person sending the package.
The buyer should be able to get a item with no liability toward the sending of said item.
I think both Elizabeth and jmc are correct.
Though, for me, I would send back the one speaker and let the seller deal with the headache-Of course, you should receive a full refund. Audiogon, too, should be made aware of the issue.
B
Vince,

Please contact support@audiogon.com, Attn: Tammy if you want us to intervene.