[Elecraft] Shipping high value items by UPS

[Fred Jensen]

Interesting thread.  Back when we had lots of troops in Iraq, my wife 
and I adopted some and sent them packages. ["Pay it Forward" ... my 
combat team and I got many in SE Asia from strangers].  They had to go 
USPS Priority, every one made it.  OTOH, my employer had a contract with 
FedX.  Everything went FedX.  I don't remember ever having a problem.  
Much less experience with UPS so I don't really know except that when 
something we buy comes UPS and the email warning says it will require a 
signature, it's almost always just left on the porch.

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 9/25/2018 1:17 PM, Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) wrote:
> I ship *everything* by the US Postal Service, and if the day ever comes that I need to send my K3s or KPA-1500 back for service you can bet it'll be using the post office, with original Elecraft shipping boxes and a premium shipping method with full insurance. I ship merchandise commercially and I've found their insurance far easier to claim on the 2 instances in 27 years that I needed to do so than the first (and only) time I ever tried to do this with UPS on a used/dead laptop. And they refused to pay. FedEx I wouldn't trust to pick up a piece of litter on the ground, let alone a $6,000 amp.
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> Peter Dougherty, W2IRT
> DXCC Card Checker/CQ-WAZ Checkpoint
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