[Leica] Canadian LUGgers: shipping to Solms

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

>Hallo Henning,
>Try these people: you can even have it watched by an armed guard
>http://www.canadiannorth.com/Cargo/sc_valuables.asp
>No idea what it costs though - I didn't look that far
>Cheers
>Douglas

Hi Douglas,

Looks interesting (and expensive), but unfortunately only good for 
possibly testing camera equipment in extreme cold. They fly to places 
like Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet and Inuvik from the warm(er) south. They 
don't go to Alert, but far enough. Nowhere near Solms, though.

Henning






>mehrdad wrote:
>>  that's funny in us fed-ex does not provide any insurance, you can
>>  declare a value but that has nothing to do with insurance. usually
>>  companies that used fed-ex have a third party insurance
>>
>>
>>  On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Vick Ko <vick.ko@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>>
>>>  Yes, Can Post won't permit you to insure over $1K.
>>>
>>>  I've been using FEDEX a lot for mega-expensive items (one Nikkor 50/1.1 
>>> to
>>>  China, another to Germany).  The cost is expensive, but it is the only 
>>> way
>>>  to go for "greater than $1K value".
>>>
>>>  As far as I understand, any insurance claim is going to be painful.
>>>
>>>  What courier did Howard Cummer use for his M8 horror story?  I 
>>> anticipate
>>>  everyone will have their own horror story for each courier.
>>>
>>>  Fortunately, none of my courier shipments got lost.
>>>
>>>  ...Vick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>  From: Henning Wulff <henningw@archiphoto.com>
>>>>  Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>  To: Leica Users Group <lug@leica-users.org>
>>>>  Subject: [Leica] Canadian LUGgers: shipping to Solms
>>>>  Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 10:21:18 -0700
>>>>
>>>>  I'm shipping a bunch of stuff off to Solms to get adjusted/coded,
>>>>  including an M8 and 4 lenses.
>>>>
>>>>  A question for Canadian LUGgers: what's the best way to ship this 
>>>> stuff?
>>>>  Canada Post only seems to provide insurance for up to $1000, 
>>>>which obviously
>>>>  falls well short of the mark.
>>>>
>>>>  The couriers seem to be in the range of $400 as far as I can tell, but 
>>>> I
>>>>  seem to recall horror stories about insurance claims from some of them.
>>>>
>>>>  What would be your advice? Thanks for any help.
>>>>
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