----- Original Message ----- From: Chris Brogden Subject: Insurance for lenses broken in shipping
> So I was in a post office branch the other day, mailing a lens, when the > clerk told me that the insurance I was paying for didn't cover damage to > glass items like the lens. I'm going to check with the main post office > here, since I've never heard that before, but has anyone ever had problems > with Canada Post not paying out for glass that was damaged in shipping? > I pack my stuff so well that you could probably throw it off a building > without harming it, but if Customs ever decides to open it then anything > could happen. What's the deal? Welcome to the Byzantine nightmare that is Canada Post. You might want to check the rules, the clerk may be full of horse byproducts. I am not sure if a lens qualifies as glass in the traditional meaning of the word. This is funny, since I discovered the joyful way to financial ruin that is eBay, i have purchased perhaps 2 dozen items, mostly from USA and UK sources. Of these items, I think only 4 or 5 have not been opened by customs. As an aside, (ATTENTION Frank!!!), I have to wonder if customs and excise opening parcels is a Charter of Rights violation. It seems to me that what they are doing is accusing me, as an importer, of attempting to either smuggle illegal goods, or avoid taxation, and making me prove my innocence. This would be a violation of section 11.C of the Canadian Charter of Rights. But I digress. My latest aquisition was an X-Rite model 810 densitometer (a must have item for the anal Zone System photographer), which is actually something I have wanted in my darkroom for quite some time. Anyway, when I went to the posrt office to collect my box, I was quite surprised to find that it did not have customs tape on it. However, the box did look like a goat had tried to chew it open. I have to wonder if there is a correlation here. IE: customs does not want to open a box that may contain damaged goods, for fear of being accused of causing said damage. Not that it would matter, as there is no accountability in the government anyway. William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
