Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/05/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]In message <199605161250.IAA26036@mh004.infi.net>, Marc James Small <msmall@roanoke.infi.net> writes >Oh, that first is the REALLY nasty part about UPS: a couple of years ago, I >had to send an $8,000 lens overseas. UPS was all ready to take my money -- >my route delivery guy warned me about the 'unique item' thing. I called >back and asked about it and was politely told, "oh, you didn't SAY it was a >unique item -- we wouldn't have paid the claim if it had been lost or >damaged. In the UK people often send valuable items from local Post Offices via Parcelforce and send them Registered Post- which supposedly insures them for up to UKP 500.00, or Registered Plus, which supposedly insures them for up to (I think) UKP 3000.00. There was a TV programme recently that spilt the beans and showed that it is actually quite rare for anyone to successfully claim for such a loss. -- joe b.