Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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. >> >> -- >> * Henning J. Wulff >> /|\ Wulff Photography & Design >> /###\ mailto:henningw@archiphoto.com >> |[ ]| http://www.archiphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- ------------------------------------- regards, mehrdad