[Leica] Paypal and Postal Insurance Question

[alal at duke.poly.edu (A. Lal)]

I have had  UPS shipments damaged in transit and never had a good experience 
in filing and collecting damages. I think the USPS is the way to go too.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc James Small" <marcsmall@comcast.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, 11 January, 2009 2:35 AM
Subject: RE: [Leica] Paypal and Postal Insurance Question


> At 01:53 AM 1/11/2009, Frank Filippone wrote:
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> >Or ship UPS with $100 in insurance for free......
>
> NOT for foreign shipments unless the item is still in production.  None of 
> the private carriers will insure an item which is no longer in production 
> but which bears a serial number.  I understand their rationale for doing 
> so but they should tell you that BEFORE you ship with them which they do 
> not do:  if a loss occurs, they simply refund the insurance premium, if 
> any, and burp out, "so sorry".
>
> As a retired attorney, I do admire a decent larceny, but that of UPS and 
> FedEx is over the top in this matter.
>
> Insist on insurance, and ship it by mail.  Safest and surest.  Avoid UPS 
> and the like as you avoid taking your flu shot every year!
>
> Marc
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> msmall@aya.yale.edu
> Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir!
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