Actually, the USPS does have exactly that program for unique and/or high
value items. Its called Registered Mail. They even offer actual
insurance also. Every Registered item is hand carried into and out of
the registered mail truck. registered mail is totally segregated from
any other mail. As this is a USPS service that is why UPS, FedEx etc do
not offer a competing service.
UPS, FedEx, and USPS are not actually offering insurance. Only USPS
Registered Mail offers true insurance. If you are interested go read
their tariff regulations or the Domestic mail manual. They tell you
that it is not insurance.
Mike Stitt wrote:
I've always wonder why UPS or any shipper doesn't have a specialty handling
charge. How many buy a rare item that needs to be shipped and wouldn't be
glad to pay extra? I would. Say it is a small package worth $1500. Shipping
and worthless insurance $20.00
I'd pay $50 if you got it to me in one piece, maybe more!
Hell it's worth that if they would acknowledge what FRAGILE means and treat
it so...
On the scale that UPS ships could you imagine the extra money............for
doing what they ought to do.
Mike
Oldcranky
On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 2:50 PM, Steven Medved <[email protected]> wrote:
The Post Office is wonderful until something goes wrong. I purchased a
reproducer from Peru back in 1994, the clerk said to mail the Postal Money
order Certified so I could trace it. It got lost and I went back and ask
them to trace it a month later. I was informed the could only trace inside
the US. It took me over six months to get a refund on the Postal Money
order, I finally found a lady that told me to call her friend who took care
of cases like mine.
I sent a reproducer to Oz and the post office mistakenly sent it sea mail
when I paid for air mail. In both cases no refund was offered for their
mistake.
I recently received cylinder records that arrived broken, after waiting
over thirty minutes a 'supervisor' came out and told me they were not packed
properly and no claim could be honored.
UPS is worse.
Fed Ex is the only company that is decent when things go wrong. So far all
the phono items I have shipped Fed Ex have arrived safely.
That being said, this just goes to show the sate of the US education
system since we were blessed with the Department of Education almost 50
years ago. Little Johnny and Janie are just plain dumb. They know
nothing about history. Never even heard about some guy named Thomas
Edison
I just love dealing with government workers at any level.
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