Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 03:07 AM 7/4/97 +0100, Myron Wolf, knowledgeable cuss, wrote: > For expensive items UPS AIR has the insurance coverage, reasonable >prices (about $7.00 a pound) and minimum paperwork. Be wary: UPS, FedEx, and Purolator, will NOT insure 'unique items' -- items no longer in production which carry a serial number -- going outside the US. These companies will take your insurance payment but, if a claim is made, it will be, 'oh, too bad! We never should have insured this!' I was warned of this by my UPS delivery guy -- he suggested I start calling UPS and track it down. Took me two and a half hours before I worked up the UPS chain but, yes, they finally confirmed that they will NOT insure a 'unique item' going overseas. FedEx and Purolator also confirmed this policy to me. Postal insurance limits are determined by individual treaty but, generally, are high enough to cover the cost of what I am shipping. A couple of times I've had to run risks, but nothing ever turned up lost or broken, so my luck held. And then there's the time I got my mother to smuggle cameras for me, but that's another story for another day -- I have to go visit her now, and you know how prisons are about visiting hours! Marc Marc James Small Cha Robh Bas Fir, Gun Ghras Fir! FAX: +540/343-7315