Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 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. >>> >>> -- >>> * 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 >> >> > > > >