I used to use FedEx ground all the time. A couple of years ago I sold a
very expensive machine to someone on the west coast. I wanted to insure
it for $3000 but was informed by the clerk that the maximum insurance on
antiques shipped FedEx Ground was $100.00. On FedEx Air the maximum was
$500.00. this item was very well packed and I was more concerned with
loss rather than damage so I decided to ship it Priority Mail. It was
more expensive but I could insure it properly. I think this was about 3
years ago in January. When I checked FedEx on line they had indeed
changed the rules about insuring antiques. It seems they were taking too
many losses because of inexperienced shippers selling on line and not
packing their items properly. I'm not selling that many things right
now, but at the time I stopped using FedEx for expensive antique items.
Have any of you run into this problem? I really like shipping with FedEx
and would like to know if the insurance policies have been changed.
Thanks
----- Original Message ----- From: "john robles" <[email protected]>
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 02, 2010 3:45 AM
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs
I typically use Priority Mail or Fed Ex Ground. UPS has commonly damaged
items so I don't use them at all. I have seen things fal off their
conveyor system at the local shipping point.
I have only had one damaged item with USPS and none with FedEx Ground.
The one I had with USPS was almost unimaginable. I double boxed a
phonograph with tons of packing material, yet in shipping part of the
motor frame was broken. It took awhile to get that claim paid.
John Robles
--- On Fri, 1/1/10, Abe Feder <[email protected]> wrote:
From: Abe Feder <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Shipping phonographs
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <[email protected]>
Date: Friday, January 1, 2010, 7:17 PM
Hi All,
I hate to tell all of you this but there is no magic bullet. I have been
in
the art business for 35 years and have used FedX , UPS and others and the
fact is that you gotta build a box that will take just about any form of
bad
treatment. One of my nephews grew up working 1st for FedX -4 years and
UPS-6
years and now works for a speciality shipper and freight company that
deals
in special shipment of special goods. The stories he told of both
companies
made my head hurt and no matter what shipper I use I build a box that
will
make it almost anywhere and my last item still did not get there. They
drive
a fork lift arm right through it and I used 3/4 plywood for sides. 3
months
later the customer got a ck for $15000.00. But they did EVERYTHING they
could to keep from paying the claim. Photos showing how the crate was put
together shamed them and a bit of advice from my nephew to stay on them
at
least twice a week really worked.
For our phono's small units well packed under normal conditions should
get
there. Larger units, either know someone who can get it back to you- or
pay
the very high price of craters and freighters. On more expensive machines
it
is OK but on standard ones the freight charge can make it really to
expensive to purchase a machine like a c-250. I am working through that
on a
machine now.
But bottom line on a common carrier youse pays your money and takes your
chances
Happy New Year
Abe
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Bill Boruff <[email protected]> wrote:
Steve-
FedEx does not always use kid gloves when handling packages. During this
past year I shipped a banner front Edison Home in 3 boxes with each
carefully packed to withstand any rough handling. One box was for the
case,
one for the mechanism and one for the horn. The mechanism was badly
damaged
when the tines of a fork lift went completely through the center of its
box. The motor frame was broken into pieces and the bolts holding the
motor
frame to the bedplate were sheared off. It was the last time I shipped a
machine via FedEx!
Bill
On Jan 1, 2010, at 3:34 PM, Steven Medved wrote:
I highly recommend if anyone purchases a phono that the seller says
will
be sent UPS, ask them to send it Fed Ex ground. I have had 2 triumphs
and
an order of auto parts damaged by UPS. UPS is wonderful for small,
light
parts, but larger ones seem to get dropper or crushed by their
automatic
alligator mouth sorting system.
Save a phono, use Fed Ex. Also Fed Ex is much easier to collect from if
there is an accident.
Steve
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