Let's get something strait now. Almost every customer in Europe wants their packages to declare "NO VALUE" "GIFT" "For scientific study only" etc, to avoid customs. Except there is a problem with that. When you declare no value, then there is no possible insurance value either.
thats not true - at least for my post office.
i usually put no customs value or a small amount - say 20$ - but ALWAYS insure a package for what it's worth - and have not had a prob;em processing the one claim I had - nor have I had anyone calim that customs gave them a hard time even though the insured value is written ont he customs form - in obvious conflict with the dclared value.
basically the post office explained it to me that the customs declaration can be set at value of the transaction - but the insurance amount can be for whatever you can document your loss at should the package go missing..
so as a hypothetical example, if you sell your customer a several gram howardite slice @ 20$ - a killer deal because you want them to come back again and again - you can put 20$ ont he customs form for shipment to germany - but you can insure it for 200$ - the price some dude in germany recently bought the same material off of you for.
a convinient loophole i'd say
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