Hi Fred and Group...You mention Fed X as the preferred shipper. BEWARE, Fed X has a policy that anything that is not NEW or OLD stuff that we all love has a $100 limit on Insurance Payback. I took a DX100 to have shipped when the packing company showed me the FED X rules on antiques and old stuff. She said even if you pay for $1000 insurance that they will only pay $100 of it. Needless to say we used UPS and had no problems DX100 arrived safely...
Very Best 73's Bob W1PE The Voice of Mesquite www.w1pe.com "Money is only temporary, but radios are forever" - Jim Little aka "the old dog"/K5BAI -----Original Message----- From: Boat Anchor Owners and Collectors List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] EMPE.GOV] On Behalf Of FRED HOLNAGEL Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [BOATANCHORS-TEMPE] Shipping etc. Good day list. I'm glad to find out there are new regulations on parcel services from USPS. I've been inactive for awhile. I agree Fed-Ex is probably the preferred shipper on larger items within the U.S. I can not stress, however, the importance of proper packaging. Using all of the services available domestic and foreign, I have shipped over 2000 packages worldwide in the past 7 years with no damages. I think those of us with good shipping results should get together, compare notes and make them available to those who have not been so lucky! Some of my items have been expensive accoustic musical instruments and transmitting tubes. I do not trust commercial packagers, the only good thing about them is that they bear the insurance claims! Fred W7PRV FRED HOLNAGEL [EMAIL PROTECTED] Why Wait? Move to EarthLink. ------------------------------ ----------------------------- This list is a public service of the City of Tempe, Arizona ------------------------------ ----------------------------- Subscription control - http://www.tempe.gov/lists/con trol.aspx?list=BOATANCHORS To post - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives - http://listserv.tempe.gov/arch ives/BOATANCHORS.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
