At 12:44 PM 10/16/2009, jarrid_gross@earthlink.net wrote:
>For me, USPS "the post office" has destroyed
more items than the rest combined.
>
>With UPS, the default insurance is $100.
>With USPS- zero, nada, zilch.
>
>Ive had packages sent via USPS poorly packaged by the seller,
>absolutely decimated
>by USPS and there is ZERO recourse from either if they didnt insure it.
>
>Food for thought.
Try this one on for size. Contemplate the
shipping of an item bearing a serial number which
is no longer in production outside the US. UPS,
FedEx, &c, will take your insurance money but, if
the item is damaged or lost, they'll suddenly
exclaim, "oh, this is a Unique Item, and we don't
insure these!" and will cheerfully refund your
insurance payment but no more. It is a rotten
scam. The USPS will insure shipments to almost
all nations save, for some odd reason, to
Singapore, and the rates and coverage are
determined by international postal treaties.
I do a fair amount of shipping older camera
lenses. The USPS has never damaged a single
shipment. UPS once left an $8,000 lens in a bush
outside my office on a rainy day, and so much for
"signature required". Luckily, the lens wasn't
harmed, but that ended my dealings with UPS.
Marc
msmall@aya.yale.edu
Cha robh b`s fir gun ghr`s fir!
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